Belgium
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
76.1composite, 0–100
3 / 45rank · 3 of 27 in EU-27
+0.4change since 2015, time-varying indicators
BelgiumEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 81.5 | 6 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 82.2 | 2 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 83.9 | 2 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 67.0 | 15 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 9 / 16 |
| Financial | 66.0 | 19 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 76.1 | 3 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 39 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
BelgiumEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Regional only: Alternativ'ES Wallonia (2020–2024); Brussels Shifting Economy 2022–2030; Flemish Beleidsnota Sociale economie 2024–2029 · source | 2/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Regional SE ministers and administrations (Walloon SE administration; Flemish Department for Social Economy; Brussels Economy and Employment · source | 2/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 Walloon social-clauses framework (2014, strengthened 2019) with facilitator network; Brussels 2018 framework and reserved contracts for soci · source | 2/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 Regional legal definitions (Walloon Decree 2008, Flemish Decree 2012, Brussels Ordinance 2018); federal CCA art. 8:5 social-enterprise accre · source | 1/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Regional decrees: Walloon Decree on the Social Economy (2008); Flemish SE Decree (2012); Brussels Ordinance on social enterprises (2018); fe · source | 2/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Walloon SE consulting agencies and SE incubator; Brussels CoopCity, hub.brussels, Innoviris social-innovation pathway; Flemish SE department · source | 2/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 ESF+, RRF (regional recovery plans), Erasmus+; Interreg Proseco · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 Regional budget lines: Alternativ'ES €153m (Wallonia); Brusoc CoopUs/Citizus/bullet loans (finance&invest.brussels); Flemish custom-work and · source | 2/2 |
Policy composite 89.6 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Belgium: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/belgium/