Applying for a permit for a private investigation company
Private investigation company
A private investigation company is a company that provides services, operates or advertises itself as such, relating to a service consisting of the commissioning by a natural person, on the instructions of a client, to gather information obtained by processing information on natural or legal persons or on potential offences that they have committed, for the purpose of supplying that information to the client in order to safeguard its interests in the context of an existing or potential conflict, or in order to locate missing persons or lost or stolen property.
Permit
All companies or services operating in the private investigation sector require a permit.
https://www.besafe.be/sites/default/files/2025-05/Verklaring onderneming.pdf
https://www.besafe.be/sites/default/files/2025-05/Verklaring personeel.pdf
Legislation
Law of 18 May 2024 regulating private investigations
Responsible department
General Directorate for Safety & Prevention (Algemene Directie Veiligheid & Preventie)
spv.rpo@ibz.be
Tel. 027394280