Tourist accommodation

To run a hotel, offer a tourist accommodation or a room in your own home through Airbnb or another booking website, you must be registered with Brussels Economy and Employment and meet certain conditions. If you are running a hotel, from now on you can get an official recognition of your hotel's comfort level under the Region's star-based classification system.

 

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As a candidate operator and then an operator, you have to comply with these regulations if:
  • your accommodation is located in the Brussels-Capital Region
  • you make a charge for your accommodation
  • the persons to whom you offer accommodation
    • are travelling, for private or professional purposes
    • stay there for a minimum of one night and a maximum of 90 days
The operator of tourist accommodation is a natural person or legal entity who runs tourist accommodation or on whose behalf such accommodation is run.
It is only when your accommodation has been registered that you can start to run it. Every tourist accommodation situated in the Brussels Capital Region must be registered.
Conditions relating to the operator and conditions relating to the accommodation have to be met.
Some of these conditions apply to all candidate operators and to all operators; other conditions are specific depending on the category of tourist accommodation in question.
It is only when your accommodation has been registered that you can start to run it. Every tourist accommodation situated in the Brussels Capital Region must be registered.
You have to send a dossier to Brussels Economy and Employment to be registered in one of the catégories stipulated by the regulations.
Submit a prior declaration dossier.
 
Among the documents to be collected, we recommend that you start the process by the certicate of compliance with the land management and urban planning standards.
Obtaining this document as well as the fire safety certificate and the simplified inspection certificate depends on the municipality where your tourist accommodation is located. If you are unable to provide us with these documents quickly, you are first asked to attach proof that the requests have been made to the Municipality (copy of the registered letter,...).
 
Regarding regional taxes, we invite you to contact Brussels Fiscalité.
 
You have to meet all the conditions of the regulations for each category and sub-category of tourist accommodation at each establishment that you wish to run.


Examples

  1. You run a homestay accommodation facility and a tourist residence.
    You have to meet the conditions and fill in a 'prior declaration' dossier for the homestay accommodation and you have to meet the conditions and fill in a 'prior declaration' dossier for the tourist residence.
  2. You run a single establishment. This consists of a hotel or furnished tourist accommodation.
    You have to meet the conditions and fill in a 'prior declaration' dossier for the hotel and you have to meet the conditions and fill in a 'prior declaration' dossier for the furnished tourist accommodation.

The benefits? Once your file is complete and has been validated, Brussels Economy and Employment will allocate you a registration number. You receive a logo, which is to be displayed near the entrance to your accommodation, and you can use certain terms.
  1. Certain data or information alters or you modify your accommodation
    In some cases, you have to submit an application to modify your registration.
  2. You transfer the tourist accommodation to another operator
    The transferee has to make  another «prior declaration» with a view to registration.
  3. You stop running tourist accommodation temporarily or permanently
    You have to inform Brussels Economy and Employment by recorded delivery and return your plate bearing the logo identifying your category to the administration.
Inspectors monitor compliance with the regulations. They can impose fines.
Find out more about the inspections and penalties.
The ordinance of 8 May 2014 on tourist accommodation and the decree implementing this ordinance aim to:
  • guarantee better safety in tourist accommodation in Brussels
  • introduce fairer competition among the various operators
  • ensure better consumer information and
  • contribute towards the fight against the housing crisis for the people of the Region.

The managers have to meet their tax obligations, both on regional and on federal level.
This is not a competency of Brussels Economy and Employment. For more information regarding the regional tax, please check the website of Brussels Taxation. With regard to the income tax, please contact the Federal Public Service Finance. You can also contact your federation.
Do you have any other questions, comments or doubts? Contact us!

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