The right way to prospect KBO data

What Prospexi unlocks from KBO data

• ICP-scored prospect lists from KBO

  You describe your ideal customer (sector, size, region, founding year, ownership shape). Prospexi scores all 1.18M KBO companies against that profile. Top matches surface every morning.

• Founding date, active status, VAT — clean and filtered

  The raw KBO export is messy: mixed active/inactive statuses, half-populated fields, duplicate VATs. We clean and score continuously; you never touch raw KBO data.

• Directors and ownership from the Staatsblad

  KBO is cross-referenced with Belgian Staatsblad publications. New director appointments, capital changes and ownership shifts show up as buying signals in your score.

• NACE-based sector filtering that works

  Full NACE hierarchy respected: you filter on category 62 (IT) and get every sub-code, not just exact matches. Sectors that need it get manual expansion (creative industries, energy).

What raw KBO data alone can't give you

• Fit against your ICP

  KBO gives you 1.18M rows. Your ICP is 200 rows. Scoring bridges the gap; raw KBO doesn't.

• Financial signals

  KBO holds registrations, not financials. For revenue, EBITDA and employee count you need NBB financial statements, which Prospexi merges into every score.

• Buying signals

  KBO changes when a company changes legal status. It doesn't tell you they won a subsidy, hired 3 people, or got mentioned in an award. Signals come from Staatsblad, NBB, Flemish subsidies and job-site scraping.

Frequently asked

• Isn't KBO data free?

  Yes. The KBO Open Data is free to download. But 1.18M rows with mixed statuses and no scoring is not a prospect list. Prospexi's value is in the enrichment, scoring and ranking, not in access to the raw data.

• How often do you refresh KBO?

  Company status, founding data and legal-form changes: weekly. Director appointments and capital changes (which come from Staatsblad, not KBO directly): within 72 hours of publication.

• Can I export KBO scores to a spreadsheet?

  Yes. Every plan supports CSV export of your scored shortlist. Growth and Enterprise plans have larger export limits.

• Do you cover BCE (French-side Belgian company data) too?

  Yes. BCE is the French name for the same registry — the underlying dataset is one national system. All 1.18M companies are covered regardless of registration language.

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