Social secretariat Wetteren: the Business Centrum team in Ghent

For employers in Wetteren, Massemen and Westrem

Social secretariat for Wetteren, with a fixed contact close by

For a social secretariat in Wetteren you need not look far: Business Centrum is 20 km away in Ghent and runs your payroll, Dimona declarations and contracts, with the returns via Acerta. Shops and cafés, offices, and construction and maintenance firms are the main groups there. Each of those groups has its own joint committee, and we know them.

What we take over

Employers in Wetteren and their joint committee

Wetteren has 27,071 inhabitants and 2,539 VAT-registered businesses. It belongs to the Dendermonde district, which has 4,519 workplaces with employees. These are the main groups:

  1. Shops and hospitality

    384 businesses are in trade, 137 are cafés, restaurants or hotels. White-collar staff in an independent shop usually fall under JC 201. Hospitality falls under JC 302, often with flexi-jobs and students at the weekend.

  2. Offices and professional services

    With 441 businesses, the largest group: accountants, architects, advisers. Their white-collar staff often fall under JC 200.

  3. Construction and maintenance

    392 businesses are construction firms, with blue-collar staff under JC 124. Another 90 do cleaning, building management or landscaping. Cleaning falls under JC 121, landscaping under JC 145.

Wetteren in figures

Official figures on the municipality and the trip to our office.

Wetteren in figures
FigureValueReference dateSource
Road distance from Wetteren town hall to our office in Ghent (km)20OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM: route van het gemeentehuis van Wetteren naar Doornzelestraat, Gent
Driving time to our office in Ghent, without traffic (minutes)25OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap, routeplanner OSRM: route van het gemeentehuis van Wetteren naar Doornzelestraat, Gent
Fastest train journey from Wetteren station to Gent-Dampoort, with one change at Gent-Sint-Pieters (minutes)25iRail: iRail, NMBS-dienstregeling via de iRail-API, maandag 19 oktober 2026
Population of Wetteren27,071Statbel: Statbel, Structuur van de bevolking: bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2026
VAT-registered businesses with head office in Wetteren2,539Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024
VAT-registered businesses in trade, Wetteren384Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024
VAT-registered businesses in hospitality, Wetteren137Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024
VAT-registered businesses in professional and technical services, Wetteren441Statbel: Statbel, open data: btw-plichtige ondernemingen volgens rechtsvorm en gemeente, 2024

What Business Centrum takes over for your business in Wetteren

This is what we take over:

  • The right joint committee, also when your business combines a shop and a café
  • Every Dimona, also for a flexi-jobber or a student covering on Saturday
  • Contracts for permanent staff, students and flexi-jobs
  • 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 Wetteren

We have no office in Wetteren, but we are close by:

  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. By car it is 20 km via Laarne and the R4, 25 minutes without traffic. By train you reach Gent-Dampoort in 25 minutes, with one change at Gent-Sint-Pieters.

  3. Everything else remotely

    You pass on hours worked, extra staff and absences by email or phone. You do not need to come to Ghent for your payroll.

How to start from Wetteren

  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 Wetteren: frequently asked questions

Do you also work for businesses in Massemen and Westrem?

Yes. We work for employers across the whole municipality, from our office in Ghent. Where your business is located makes no difference to your payroll.

My café works with flexi-jobbers and students. What do I need to pass on?

Who works and when, before the shift starts. We do the Dimona and process the hours in the payroll. The rules are in our article on [flexi-jobs in hospitality](/blog/flexijobs-horeca/).

Does my social secretariat have to be in Wetteren?

No. The Dimona and the quarterly return go to the NSSO electronically. What matters is that you can call someone who knows your file.

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Sources

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

Social secretariat in Wetteren

Want the staff work in Wetteren 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.

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