Will my invoice arrive in Belgium?

Type your customer's enterprise number or VAT number, choose what you're sending (invoice, credit note or self-billing invoice), and see whether that document can be delivered over Peppol today. You can check your own number the same way.

What the check tells you

The check asks the Peppol network the same questions your provider's access point asks before it sends:

• Registered? Whether the number is registered as a Peppol receiver, and under which ID: the enterprise number (scheme 0208) or the VAT number (9925).
• Does the provider's record answer? Whether the address book (SMP) that holds the registration can be read.
• Is your document accepted? Every document type is registered separately: an invoice, a credit note and a self-billing invoice are different entries ^[7][9].
• Is the provider's certificate valid? Valid, expiring within 30 days, or expired.
• Do both IDs lead to the same provider? Or is only one of them registered?

You get a verdict, the exact Peppol ID to put in your invoicing software and, if the document can't go over Peppol, what the Belgian rules allow instead. We show no names or contact details, and there is no reverse search.

Why an e-invoice doesn't arrive

1. Wrong ID or scheme. Every company on Peppol in Belgium is registered at least under its enterprise number (0208). The VAT number and other IDs are optional extras ^[2]. Send to 0208 unless your customer asks otherwise.
2. Two IDs, two providers. Each Peppol ID points to exactly one address book ^[7]. If the VAT number is still registered with an old provider, invoices sent to it land there. If only one of the two IDs is registered, use that one.
3. Credit note not registered. Credit notes on an e-invoice must also go over Peppol, in the same format as the invoice ^[3]. If your customer only registered the invoice type, the credit note has nowhere to go: an access point must refuse a document type it doesn't serve for that receiver ^[8].
4. Self-billing. Here the roles swap: the supplier must register to receive the self-billing document type ^[3].
5. Expired certificate. The sending access point must verify the receiver's certificate it fetches from the address book ^[8]. An expired certificate stops delivery until the provider renews it.
6. Not registered (yet). Your customer isn't on Peppol.
7. Just a delay. Most e-invoices arrive within minutes to a few hours. After more than one working day, ask your software vendor ^[2].

What to do next

• Copy the Peppol ID from the result and send to exactly that address.
• Missing document type, or IDs at different providers? Only your customer, through their provider, can fix their registration. Tell them what the check showed.
• Customer technically unable to receive? You may issue the invoice on paper or electronically, for example as a PDF ^[4]. An electronic alternative needs your customer's agreement on a secure method; that invoice is legally valid, and once your customer is ready you don't resend it over Peppol ^[1]. Another structured format or channel is only allowed if both parties agree and it meets EN 16931 ^[5].
• The general tolerance period (January to March 2026) has ended. A fine can still be waived, but only after an individual review ^[6].

More: Peppol invoice not received.

Is it your own company?

Type your own number and choose "my own company". If something isn't green, ask your provider:

• Am I registered with you under my enterprise number (0208), and under my VAT number if I use it, and not still with an old provider?
• Are both the invoice and the credit note registered? And the self-billing type, if a customer bills on my behalf?
• When does your access point certificate expire, and is the renewal planned?

Step by step: check your Peppol registration.

Checked on 7 October 2026. "Peppol" is used here as a descriptive word only; E-Invoice Map is not affiliated with OpenPeppol. Not tax or legal advice.