For employers in Ghent
Payroll office in Ghent: Business Centrum, your fixed contact
Looking for a payroll office in Ghent? Business Centrum is your fixed contact at Doornzelestraat 23-25, a 1.3 km walk from Gent-Dampoort station. We handle salaries, Dimona, contracts and absences, and Acerta, the recognised social secretariat, files the returns and collects the contributions.
What a payroll office in Ghent does for you
A payroll office, in Dutch a sociaal bureau, is not a social secretariat: it takes over the work and partners with a recognised secretariat. The full difference is in what is a sociaal bureau. With us it works like this:
We do the work
You send hours worked, new hires and absences by email or form. We process them, file the Dimona and follow up contracts and leave.
Acerta behind us
Acerta is your recognised social secretariat. It files the returns with the NSSO and collects the contributions.
Compare first?
Our page on social secretariats in Ghent lists the recognised secretariats with an office in Ghent, with their address and services.
Ghent in figures: employers and the way to our office
The official figures on Ghent and its district, and how to reach our office.
What Business Centrum takes over as your payroll office
This is what we take over:
- Determining the right joint committee for your activity
- Salaries every month, with indexation and sector bonuses
- Every Dimona on time, also for flexi-jobbers, casual workers and students
- Contracts for blue-collar and white-collar staff
- Holidays, sickness and absences
- Your employees' questions about their payslip
- The switch from your current social secretariat
What is left for you
You tell us who works and what changes. We call you if something does not add up.
Business Centrum is a payroll and HR office and your fixed contact in Ghent. Returns to the NSSO go through Acerta, a recognised social secretariat.
Ghent employers and their joint committee
Ghent has 274,042 inhabitants and 32,141 VAT-registered businesses. In the district, 16,416 workplaces employ staff, with 283,839 jobs in total. 12,409 of them have fewer than ten employees, often without an HR department.
Trade
The largest group: 3,216 workplaces with employees are in trade. White-collar staff in an independent shop often fall under JC 201.
Construction
1,553 construction firms employ staff. Their blue-collar workers fall under JC 124, with loyalty stamps and bad-weather rules.
Hospitality
Ghent has 1,996 VAT-registered hospitality businesses, and 1,535 hospitality workplaces employ staff. They work under JC 302, often with flexi-jobbers, casual workers and students.
How to reach our office in Ghent
Everything can be done by phone and email. For a meeting at the office, you book an appointment.
By train
Gent-Dampoort is the station closest to our office: 1.3 km, about 17 minutes on foot. Arriving at Gent-Sint-Pieters, the train takes you to Gent-Dampoort in 8 minutes.
Call or request a call back
Call us, or ask on this page for us to call you back. Who we are: see about us.
How to start with our payroll office
Get acquainted
A conversation by phone or at our office: how many people, which joint committee, what is in place today?
Set up
We open your file with Acerta and handle the switch if you already have a social secretariat.
Every month
You pass on the hours worked, we do the rest. Your staff get their payslip on time.
Payroll office in Ghent: frequently asked questions
Is Business Centrum a social secretariat?
No. Business Centrum is a payroll and HR office and a recognised partner of Acerta. Acerta is the recognised social secretariat that files the returns and collects the contributions. We are your fixed contact and do the work.
Can I visit your office in Ghent?
Yes, by appointment, at Doornzelestraat 23-25. Gent-Dampoort station is within walking distance.
Do you only work for employers in Ghent?
No. We work for employers across East Flanders. If you are further away, everything is settled by phone and email.
Sources
Every amount and deadline on this page was checked against these official sources, last consulted on .
- iRail, NMBS-dienstregeling
- OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM (voetganger, FOSSGIS)
- RSZ, Verdeling van de arbeidsplaatsen naar plaats van tewerkstelling, 31 december 2024
- Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024
- Statbel, Structuur van de bevolking: bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2026
Business Centrum, your payroll office in Ghent
A payroll office in Ghent that knows your file?
Call us or request a call back. We look at your situation, tell you what we take over and prepare a tailored quote.