Belgium has one of the most distinctive employee benefits systems in Europe. Belgian employers routinely supplement wages with a range of different digital vouchers. There are meal vouchers for daily lunches, eco vouchers for sustainable purchases, and sport and culture vouchers for fitness and leisure.
These vouchers aren’t occasional perks – they’re a legally recognised, tax-advantaged form of compensation that has become structurally embedded in the Belgian culture over decades.
Unlike the rest of Europe where vouchers are a niche payment method, in Belgium vouchers are a mainstream payment method, with their own issuers, infrastructure, and ingrained consumer habits.
This article explains how your business can benefit from voucher payments, why accepting vouchers has been difficult in the past, and why that’s changing fast.