For employers in Dendermonde
Social secretariat for Dendermonde: offices, construction and garages
Your social secretariat for Dendermonde can just as well be in Ghent: Business Centrum runs your staff administration and payroll, and the returns go through Acerta. In the district, blue-collar and white-collar staff are roughly equal in number, so many employers deal with two joint committees. We keep them apart, for an accounting office as much as for a garage or a construction firm.
Employers in Dendermonde and their joint committee
Dendermonde has 47,828 inhabitants and 4,233 VAT-registered businesses. Three groups stand out:
Offices and professional services
With 800 businesses, the largest group in the town. 152 of them are legal or accounting offices. Their white-collar staff usually fall under JC 200, those of a notary under JC 216.
Construction
685 businesses in Dendermonde are construction firms. In the district, construction has 5,084 employee jobs. Blue-collar staff fall under JC 124, with bad-weather days and loyalty stamps.
Garages
133 businesses sell or repair cars. A garage's mechanics fall under JC 112, the sales and office staff under a committee for white-collar staff.
Dendermonde in figures
Official figures on the town and the district, and the trip to our office.
What Business Centrum takes over for your business in Dendermonde
This is what we take over:
- The right committee for your blue-collar staff and the one for your white-collar staff
- Contracts for blue-collar and white-collar staff and students
- Monthly salaries, with indexation, end-of-year bonus and holiday pay
- The quarterly return and NSSO contributions, via Acerta
- Leave, sickness and absences
- 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 is not right.
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.
Blue-collar and white-collar staff in the Dendermonde district
In the private sector the district has 19,885 blue-collar and 19,044 white-collar employees. For your payroll that means:
Two committees in one company
Blue-collar and white-collar staff often fall under different committees, with their own pay scales, bonuses and indexation. Sick pay and holiday pay differ too. We set up both before the first payslip.
Working with our Ghent office from Dendermonde
We have no office in Dendermonde. This is how it still runs smoothly:
Call or get a call back
You call us or your fixed contact, who knows your file, calls you back.
By appointment in Ghent
Our office is at Doornzelestraat 23-25, 9000 Ghent: 37 km via the N47 and the E17, 34 minutes without traffic. By train you reach Gent-Dampoort in 36 minutes, with one change at Lokeren.
Everything else remotely
You pass on hours worked and absences by email or phone. You do not need to come to Ghent for your payroll.
How to start from Dendermonde
Get acquainted
A conversation by phone or at our office: who works for you, as blue-collar or white-collar staff, under which committee?
Start
We set up 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.
Social secretariat in Dendermonde: frequently asked questions
Does my social secretariat have to be in Dendermonde?
No. The Dimona and the quarterly return go to the NSSO electronically. What matters is that you can call someone who knows your file. If you want to drop by, you book an appointment in Ghent.
My office only employs white-collar staff. Which committee applies?
Often JC 200, the auxiliary committee for white-collar staff. Some professions have a committee of their own, such as notary offices. We check it before the first payslip.
My garage has mechanics and a salesperson. How many committees is that?
Two: JC 112 for the workshop staff and a committee for the white-collar staff. We calculate each salary on the right pay scale.
Sources
Every amount and deadline on this page was checked against these official sources, last consulted on .
- iRail, NMBS-dienstregeling via de iRail-API, maandag 19 oktober 2026
- OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM: route van het stadhuis van Dendermonde naar Doornzelestraat, Gent
- 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
Social secretariat in Dendermonde
Want the staff work in Dendermonde off your desk?
Call us or ask for a call back. Afterwards you know which committees apply and what we take over, and you get a quote for your business.