Order of Architects Fees

Fee for 2026

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Architect:  €495

The natural person operating as an architect and entered to one of the rolls of the Order of Architects.

Trainee Architect: €110

The natural person operating as an architect and entered to one of the rolls of the trainees of the Order.

Architectural legal entity €160

The architectural legal entity entered to one of the rolls of the Order.

Payment of the Fee

Under Article 49 §2 of the Act of 26 June 1963 establishing an Order of Architects the Order collects from its members the annual fees set by the National Council. Architects are required to pay their fees within 30 calendar days of receiving their subscription notice (Cf. Article 85 of the Rules of Procedure of the National Council).

Setting the Fee Category

The Order calculates the membership fees for the 2026 calendar year from the information in its possession on 1 January 2026. Your subscription notice is final, unless the exemption from payment option applies.

Payment Reference

When paying the fee it is important to mention the correct payment reference, which is unique to each subscription notice. The payment reference for any fees paid by your legal entity will not be the same as that for a natural person. Please fill each in correctly to avoid unnecessary reminders, notices, collections, etc.

Terms of Payment

In the case of non-payment, a reminder will be sent and the amount of 30 euro will be added to the fee automatically to cover administrative costs. All costs relating to the collection of unpaid fees are payable by the party in whose name the fees are owed.

For further information on the collection of fees, please contact bijdragen@ordevanarchitecten.be.

Entry to the Roll of Architects, Trainee List

If an architect is not up to date with fees owing to the Order of Architects, we are obliged to make reference to Article 38 §9 of the law of 26 June 1963, establishing the Order of Architects. This article confers on the Order the following task: “to publish on its website a list of the architects and a list of trainees on any of the Order's rolls, who are current with their subscriptions and entitled to practise the profession of architect”.

Reprobel – Bizili

The 2026 membership contribution includes, among other things, the combined Reprobel “Bizili” licence, which covers copyright fees for the reproduction of original works (such as printouts, photocopies, scans, digital copies, etc.) for which architects are required to pay remuneration.

If Reprobel contacts you requesting an individual payment for the year 2026, we recommend informing them that your contribution has already been paid centrally by the Order under sector agreement no. 71746 – 0218.024.227. It is also advisable to mention your registration number in this communication, so that you can demonstrate that you are indeed a member of the Order of Architects.

For the year 2025, the Order paid €155,000 to Reprobel.

Taxation of Fees

If an employer or company covers the annual fees payable to the Order of Architects by one of its employees or company directors, the fees paid are deductible as employer/company professional expenses and constitute a non-taxable reimbursement for the employee or company director. 

The tax administration considers these paid fees as legitimate expenses for the employer, provided it is demonstrated that this reimbursement was indeed used to pay the fees.

The conditions set by the administration for this purpose, are satisfied when:

• the profession is regulated;
• the holding of the professional title is protected by law or by royal decree;
• the profession is overseen by an Order or institute created by law or by royal decree;
• to practice the profession it is necessary to be a member of this Order or Institute;
• the payment of the fee is necessary to be a member of the Order or the Institute.

To benefit from this measure in terms of professional expenses and legitimate employer expenses, it is necessary that the activity for which the fee is due be effectively carried out.

The tax administration took this measure, which it introduced in an administrative circular, to address the issues of administrative tolerance and simplification.

Budget for 2026

As every year, the budget for the operation of the Order of Architects was prepared and approved by the National Council. This budget, together with the committed contributions, was submitted to and approved by the competent minister of the Middle Classes, Self-Employed, SMEs, Ms Eléonore Simonet. 

Below you will find an overview of the 2026 budget, broken down by expenditure category.