| 4 Mar 2024 |
 barthanssens | R: Statbel informed me that they don't have numbers per brand, but they do have a survey with some figures about how much households are spending on e.g. food, and on what types of pasta (see Excel files at the bottom of https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/households/household-budget-survey-hbs#figures) | 16:04:28 |
| 8 Mar 2024 |
|  wouterw joined the room. | 10:02:39 |
| wouterw | Hi, I'm looking for a better way to browse https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/doc/rech_n.htm as the website is terrible. Are there API's or anything else available to parse this data? | 10:03:08 |
| barthanssens | wouterw: there are a few companies providing alternative renderings / search options | 10:26:19 |
| barthanssens | there is also a website hosted by the non-profit OpenJustice: https://etaamb.openjustice.be/ | 10:27:23 |
| barthanssens | then there are commercial offerings like https://lex.be, https://jura.kluwer.be/ ... | 10:29:04 |
| barthanssens | if you're more interested in info from companies (which may be published in the official gazette), there is https://www.staatsbladmonitor.be, https://data.be, https://www.companytracker.be ... | 10:30:37 |
| 11 Mar 2024 |
|  nathan vandeven joined the room. | 09:53:55 |
| nathan vandeven | Hi, I'm looking for open data containing the enterprise name, VAT-number or something to identify the enterprise and the URL of that enterprise. This is in context of my master thesis. Does this kind of dataset exist and is this openly available? | 09:56:44 |
| barthanssens | nathan vandeven: you might want to download the Crossroad Bank Enterprises https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/enterprises/crossroads-bank-enterprises/services-everyone/public-data-available-reuse/cbe-open-data | 10:12:23 |
| barthanssens | note that the website is an optional element, so no guarantees on how many companies do (or do not) provide that info | 10:13:10 |
| nathan vandeven | Thanks for your quick responds! I will look into this dataset! Thanks | 10:13:33 |
|  Thomas Scheerlinck joined the room. | 13:38:12 |
| Thomas Scheerlinck | hello, looking for a dataset of all public companies in belgium (nutsvoorzieningen / intercommunales / aamloze vennootschap van publiek recht / ...).
Is there a dataset since these are (semi) public institutions? | 13:40:13 |
| barthanssens | Thomas Scheerlinck: you can check the Crossroad Bank Enterprises, since it contains all legal entities, and filter on (a series of) NACE codes: https://economie.fgov.be/en/themes/enterprises/crossroads-bank-enterprises/services-everyone/public-data-available-reuse/cbe-open-data | 14:33:45 |
| barthanssens | but probably error-prone / complex, since AFAIK there isn't a nice overview of what exactly is (semi) public institutions based on NACE, so probably beter to check if it is an "Aanbestedende overheid" | 14:41:17 |
| barthanssens | unfortunately, that property doesn't seem to be included in the open data CSV :-/ I'll have to check with the CBE helpdesk... | 14:56:39 |
| 12 Mar 2024 |
| nathan vandeven | Dear Bart, Does their exist an open dataset that has the size of the enterprise or the amount of employees working for the enterprise? Maybe even a free API to work with? Thanks in advance! | 13:35:47 |
| barthanssens | nathan vandeven: via the National Bank one can obtain the number of FTE (not sure about the total number of employees), either download the XBRL (for a small number of companies) one by one, or check their webservices / bulk download (https://www.nbb.be/en/central-balance-sheet-office/central-balance-sheet-office-gets-new-look-cbso-2022/webservices) , some of these services are free | 14:18:48 |
| barthanssens | in addition, there are several commercial APIs available that already combine data from various sources, but obviously not free | 14:20:05 |
| barthanssens | (NBB, completely random example https://consult.cbso.nbb.be/consult-enterprise/0414835841) | 14:20:57 |
| barthanssens | in addition there's the Employers' repertory of the Social security, but AFAIK they don't provide a bulk download and public info only lists a range (e.g. size is between 50 - 100 employees), "importance", e.g. https://employer-identification-consult.prd.pub.socialsecurity.be/employer/enterprise/0414835841 | 14:23:22 |
| 13 Mar 2024 |
| barthanssens | Thomas Scheerlinck: no news (yet) from CBE helpdesk about the property if an entity is subject to public procurement ruiles | 10:19:59 |
|  gauthierf joined the room. | 13:35:57 |
| gauthierf | Hello Bart,
I'm working on a project to asses the evolution of gas stations in belgium along the highway. Do you have any datasets about the proportion of EV charging stations compared to Fuel stations? If yes, could you help me with this?
Thanks in advance
| 13:37:35 |
| barthanssens | gauthierf: hmz, good question, I was hoping it was part of the "POI" dataset of the NGI, but apparently it isn't... I do know the Regions have their own (different) maps on charging stations, but not sure about fuel stations...let me check .... | 13:56:23 |
| gauthierf | Ultimately, I would like to check on data the evolution of Charging stations on Belgium highways and if there is a correlation with maybe a decrease of fuel stations on that same location. Thank you already for the help! | 14:04:58 |
| barthanssens | ok, I'll check with Statbel, TransportData.be and Klimaat.be ... | 14:10:45 |
| barthanssens | gauthierf: statbel and transportdata are looking into it, Statbel also suggested OpenStreetMap (even though that's not an official source, and it would require downloading/processing/comparing current and old datasets, which can be a somewhat lengthy process) | 14:49:41 |
| gauthierf | thanks a lot i will look into it! | 15:12:48 |
