Social secretariat Eeklo: a Business Centrum case manager at work in the Ghent office

For employers in Eeklo and the Meetjesland

Social secretariat for Eeklo: retail, construction, metal and food

Your social secretariat for Eeklo can be Business Centrum, a payroll office in Ghent that runs your payroll, Dimona declarations and contracts, with the returns via Acerta. The train takes you from Eeklo to Gent-Dampoort in 24 minutes, direct, but we handle most things by phone. We know the joint committees of the shops, the construction firms and the metal and food companies in the area.

What we take over

Employers in Eeklo and their joint committee

Eeklo has 22,911 inhabitants and 1,921 VAT-registered businesses. The Eeklo district has 23,301 employee jobs. These are the main groups:

  1. Trade

    With 313 businesses, the largest group in the town. White-collar staff in an independent shop usually fall under JC 201, a large chain under JC 311.

  2. Construction

    309 businesses are construction firms, almost as many as in trade. Their blue-collar staff fall under JC 124, with bad-weather days and loyalty stamps.

  3. Metal and food

    Manufacturing has 4,838 employee jobs in the district, 1,670 of them in food. In Eeklo itself, 50 companies make metal products. Blue-collar staff then fall under JC 111 or JC 118, white-collar staff under JC 209 or JC 220.

Eeklo in figures

Official figures on the town and the Eeklo district, and the trip to our office.

Eeklo in figures
FigureValueReference dateSource
Road distance from Eeklo town hall to our office in Ghent (km)20OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM: route van het stadhuis van Eeklo naar Doornzelestraat, Gent
Driving time to our office in Ghent, without traffic (minutes)26OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM: route van het stadhuis van Eeklo naar Doornzelestraat, Gent
Fastest direct train from Eeklo station to Gent-Dampoort (minutes)24iRail: iRail, NMBS-dienstregeling via de iRail-API, maandag 19 oktober 2026
Population of Eeklo22,911Statbel: Statbel, Structuur van de bevolking: bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2026
VAT-registered businesses with head office in Eeklo1,921Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024
VAT-registered businesses in trade, Eeklo313Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024
Employee jobs in the Eeklo district23,301NSSO: RSZ, Verdeling van de arbeidsplaatsen naar plaats van tewerkstelling, 31 december 2024
Employee jobs in manufacturing, Eeklo district4,838NSSO: RSZ, Verdeling van de arbeidsplaatsen naar plaats van tewerkstelling, 31 december 2024

What Business Centrum takes over for your business in Eeklo

This is what we take over:

  • The right joint committee, also when blue-collar and white-collar staff fall under different ones
  • Contracts for permanent staff, students and flexi-jobs
  • Every Dimona on time, also for a student who runs the shop on Saturday
  • Monthly salaries, with indexation, end-of-year bonus and holiday pay
  • The quarterly return and NSSO contributions, via Acerta
  • 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.

Working with our Ghent office from Eeklo

We have no office in Eeklo. This is how it still runs smoothly:

  1. Call or get a call back

    You call us or your fixed contact, who knows your file, calls you back.

  2. By appointment in Ghent

    Our office is at Doornzelestraat 23-25, 9000 Ghent. The train takes 24 minutes without a change to Gent-Dampoort, the station closest to our office. By car it is 20 km along the N9, 26 minutes without traffic.

  3. 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 Eeklo

  1. Get acquainted

    A conversation by phone or at our office: who works for you, under which committee, what is in place?

  2. Start

    We set up your file with Acerta and handle the switch if you already have a social secretariat.

  3. Every month

    You pass on the hours worked, we do the rest. Your staff get their payslip on time.

Social secretariat in Eeklo: frequently asked questions

In Eeklo, do I look for a payroll office or a social secretariat?

For your payroll it makes little difference. A recognised social secretariat files the returns with the NSSO. A payroll office like Business Centrum is your fixed contact and works with a recognised social secretariat, in our case Acerta. More in our guide on the [payroll office](/gids/sociaal-bureau/).

Does my social secretariat have to be in Eeklo?

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 metal company has workshop staff and office staff. How many committees is that?

Usually two: JC 111 for the blue-collar staff and JC 209 for the white-collar staff. We set up both before the first payslip.

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Sources

Every amount and deadline on this page was checked against these official sources, last consulted on .

Social secretariat in Eeklo

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