Payroll Mechelen: the Business Centrum team in Ghent

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Payroll in Mechelen: your staff administration with Business Centrum

Looking for payroll in Mechelen? Business Centrum takes over your staff administration from Ghent, with Acerta as the recognised social secretariat. We handle salaries, Dimona, contracts and absences for logistics firms, shops and industrial small businesses. You always call the same contact, and nearly everything is settled by phone or email.

What we take over

Employers in Mechelen and their joint committee

Mechelen has 8,836 VAT-registered businesses, including 1,188 in trade and 961 in information and communication. Three sectors set the pay rules:

  1. Logistics

    Transport and storage account for 8,985 jobs in the district, along the E19 between Antwerp and Brussels. Blue-collar workers in third-party logistics fall under JC 140.03, white-collar staff often under JC 226.

  2. Small business trade

    2,013 workplaces with staff are in wholesale and retail, with 19,412 jobs. Shop staff often fall under JC 201, white-collar staff at a wholesaler without its own committee under JC 200.

  3. Industry and pharma

    Manufacturing employs 22,070 people in the district, 7,275 of them in pharmaceuticals. There, blue-collar workers fall under JC 116 and white-collar staff under JC 207.

Mechelen in figures: employers and distance to our office

The official figures on Mechelen and its district, and how far our office is. Each figure links to its source.

Mechelen in figures: employers and distance to our office
FigureValueReference dateSource
Population of Mechelen90,355Statbel: Statbel, Structuur van de bevolking: bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2026
VAT-registered businesses with head office in Mechelen8,836Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2025
Workplaces with employees in the Mechelen district8,659NSSO: RSZ, Verdeling van de arbeidsplaatsen naar plaats van tewerkstelling, 31 december 2024
Employee jobs in the Mechelen district137,451NSSO: RSZ, Verdeling van de arbeidsplaatsen naar plaats van tewerkstelling, 31 december 2024
Road distance from the Grote Markt in Mechelen to our office in Ghent, in km79OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM, route met de auto
Driving time without traffic from the Grote Markt in Mechelen to our office, in minutes60OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM, route met de auto
Fastest train journey from Mechelen station to Gent-Dampoort, changing at Antwerpen-Berchem, in minutes58iRail: iRail, NMBS-dienstregeling

What Business Centrum takes over for your business in Mechelen

From payroll administration to switching providers, this is what we take over:

  • Determining the right joint committee
  • Salaries every month, with indexation and sector bonuses
  • Every Dimona on time, also for students and flexi-jobbers
  • Contracts for blue-collar and white-collar staff
  • Holidays, sickness and absences
  • The quarterly return and NSSO contributions, through 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 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.

What works differently for an employer in Mechelen

Mechelen is part of Antwerp province and of Flanders. That sets two rules:

  1. Year-end bonus in JC 209

    In Antwerp province, white-collar staff in metalworking get a bonus based on their base salary of 1 December 2026, if they have at least 6 months of service at the end of November. Flemish Brabant and Brussels calculate it differently.

  2. Flemish target group reduction

    Hire a jobseeker who was registered with VDAB for at least 2 years and has no recent sustained work experience, and you get up to € 1,000 per quarter, for 4 quarters.

How we work with you from Mechelen

You do not need to drive to Ghent to work with us:

  1. Remotely, and by appointment in Ghent

    You send hours and absences by email or phone; Acerta files the NSSO returns. To meet in person, you come to Doornzelestraat 23-25: 79 km via the E19 and E17, 60 minutes without traffic, or 58 minutes by train, changing at Antwerpen-Berchem.

How to start from Mechelen

  1. Get acquainted

    By phone or at our office: how many people, which joint committee, what is in place today?

  2. Set up

    We open your file with Acerta and handle the switch.

  3. Every month

    You pass on the hours worked, we do the rest.

Payroll in Mechelen: frequently asked questions

Does Business Centrum have an office in Mechelen?

No. Our office is in Ghent, at Doornzelestraat 23-25. We work for you by phone and email; for a meeting at the office, you book an appointment.

Does a logistics firm in Mechelen fall under JC 140 or JC 226?

Often both: blue-collar workers handling goods for third parties under JC 140.03, white-collar staff under JC 226. The activity decides, not the municipality.

Are the rules in Mechelen different from Ghent?

Most are the same, because the committee follows the activity. A few sector rules differ by province, such as the year-end bonus in JC 209.

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Sources

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