Applying for a permit to operate an internal private investigation department
Private investigation company
Any department set up by a natural or legal person on their own behalf for the purpose of carrying out, or having carried out by third parties, private investigative activities in a structural manner, 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