The street trading licence no longer exists
Since 1 April 2024, the street trading licence has been abolished for sales at markets and in public spaces across Belgium. Instead, your registration at the enterprise register must match your activity exactly. Many new traders don't know which code is needed, or assume their existing registration covers everything. If you sell food, you must also meet food authority requirements.
Example:Sophie sells cheese every weekend at the market and thinks her existing enterprise registration as an online shop owner covers this too. During a market inspection, her registration shows the wrong activity. She gets a warningand must update her registration before trading again.
Door-to-door sales are the exception
For home-to-consumer sales, the rules are different, especially in Brussels. There you still need a specific registration through the enterprise desk, separate from your standard enterprise registration. That registration only covers door-to-door sales, not market trading. Don't mix them up.
Take note:a wrong activity code in your enterprise registration doesn't cover you. During an inspection you'll have no valid proof,even though you're registered.
No confusion about what you actually need
What you need depends on where and how you sell: at markets, door-to-door, or both. Connect Inn checks your enterprise registration, corrects the activity code if needed, and arranges the Brussels-specific registration if it applies. You don't have to figure out what changed since April 2024. One appointment, and you'll know exactly what applies to you.