Bekaert

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 8 official records from 7 official sources are on file. 4 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-05. OpenSanctions
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-05. OpenSanctions
• Business email on the company's own domain (record type: corporate-mail-on-domain) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows the domain runs its own email rather than a free mailbox. It describes the domain, not who owns it. checked 2026-08-05. Mail server of the company domain
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-09-07. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-08-08. EEA Industrial Emissions Portal (IED), EU-wide permit register
• Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-10-15. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-05. Domain registry record
• Authorised Economic Operator in the EU customs register (record type: aeo-certified) [official record; status green] Customs granted trusted-trader status after auditing its procedures. checked 2026-08-30. EU AEO register (European Commission)
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), full open-data file
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), full open-data file
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 5 active business units on the register, 2 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-02. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units

Registered business units

5 active units in Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units (its open data lists active units only, so closed units are not counted here); 2 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• Bekaertstraat(Z) 2, 8550 Zwevegem: Establishment unit 2.004.225.183, trade name NV BEKAERT SA, active, manufacturing activity code 13.960 (Fabrication d'autres textiles techniques et industriels), manufacturing activity code 25.402 (Façonnage de métal; métallurgie des poudres), manufacturing activity code 25.930 (Fabrication d'articles en fils métalliques, de chaînes et de ressorts), manufacturing activity code 28.410 (Fabrication de machines et machines-outils pour le formage et le travail des métaux), opened 1924-04-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Meulebekestraat 139, 8770 Ingelmunster: Establishment unit 2.004.225.282, trade name NV BEKAERT SA, active, manufacturing activity code 28.410 (Fabrication de machines et machines-outils pour le formage et le travail des métaux), manufacturing activity code 28.420 (Fabrication d'autres machines-outils), opened 1964-08-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Avenue du Bourget 42, 1130 Bruxelles: Establishment unit 2.139.567.996, trade name NV BEKAERT SA, active, activity code 82.100 (Activités de service de bureau et de soutien administratif), opened 1999-07-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Oude Heerweg 5, 8540 Deerlijk: Establishment unit 2.147.252.475, trade name NV BEKAERT SA, active, activity code 71.121 (Activités d'ingénierie et de conseils techniques, sauf activités des géomètres-experts), activity code 71.209 (Autres activités de contrôle et analyses techniques), activity code 74.999 (Autres activités des professions libérales et autres activités scientifiques et techniques, nca), opened 1964-01-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units
• Blokkestraat(Z) 21, 8550 Zwevegem: Establishment unit 2.276.122.321, active, activity code 56.220 (Activités de service contractuel de restauration et autres activités de service de restauration), activity code 56.22001 (Préparation de repas et de mets dans les cuisines centrales pour le compte de tiers, tels les: compagnies aériennes, cantines, restaurants d'entreprises, etc), opened 2006-01-01. Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (KBO/BCE), establishment units

Relationships

8 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• BEKAERT: Site named in the record, registry number vl00117852000272. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• Zwevegem: Holds the site's permit. EEA Industrial Emissions Portal (IED), EU-wide permit register

Candidates, not confirmed

• bekaert.com: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

Goods family established: Suministros industriales (registered activity code). The exact product, operation and trade route needed to determine a product-specific requirement are not established here. Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog categories Maquinaria industrial, Herramientas y equipos: no record or company text names goods of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)