What Fednot does

Fednot (Fédération Royale du Notariat belge asbl, also known as Koninklijke Federatie van het Belgische Notariaat) is the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries, a non-profit professional association headquartered in Brussels (Rue de la Montagne 30/34) that has served as the statutory coordinating body of the Belgian notarial profession since its founding year of 2000. The organization supports all 1,113 notary offices (études notariales) and 1,754 individual notaries across Belgium's three regions (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels), and is the sole entity designated by Belgian law to manage central authentic source registries: wills, marriage/cohabitation agreements, inheritance, power of attorney contracts, declarations, and the Bank for Notarial Acts (NABAN). Its underlying infrastructure includes the Secure Notarial Network (Réseau Notarial Sécurisé) connecting every Belgian notary office, the e-Notariat professional information platform, and government-facing data-exchange applications (ASF for social/fiscal notices, eRegistration for digital deed filing, eDepot for company incorporation dossiers).

Fednot's product portfolio splits between professional tools for notaries and citizen-facing digital platforms. Notary-facing tools include the e-Notariat continuous-information platform and the central registries suite. Consumer-facing platforms operated by Fednot wholly-owned subsidiaries include Izimi (free digital vault for notarial documents), Biddit (online real estate auction marketplace), StartMyBusiness (online company incorporation portal), StartMySuccession (citizen guidance for succession procedures, launched 2024), eStox (electronic share register replacing paper registers), and Notaire.be (legal information portal). Annually, these services support citizen interactions with notaries reaching approximately 2.5 million Belgians and have facilitated 310,651 free succession renunciation declarations since March 2018 and 42,161 new company creations between May 2023 and April 2024.

The organization operates a non-profit funding model: revenues derive from membership dues paid by Belgium's 1,113 notary offices, with notaries obligated to fund the federation as a condition of the profession's regulatory structure. Citizen-facing tools are free or low-cost to end users; notaries access Fednot services via professional dues, and government filings flow through dedicated integration applications. Leadership transitions in 2024 placed Anne Wuilquot (notary since 2003) as President, succeeding Katrin Roggeman, with Jan Sap continuing as CEO. The federation employs more than 200 staff spanning lawyers, IT specialists, and communications roles.

Name

Fednot

Legal name

Fédération Royale du Notariat belge asbl

Website

https://fednot.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fednot is the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries, a non-profit association serving all 1,113 Belgian notary offices and 1,754 notaries with statutory central registries, IT infrastructure, legal advice, training, and citizen-facing digital platforms including Izimi, Biddit, and StartMyBusiness.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues from Notaries: Fednot operates as a professional federation funded by membership dues from the 1,113 notary offices and 1,754 notaries it represents across Belgium. Fednot does not charge citizens directly for its services; citizens access notarial services through notary offices which operate on regulated fee structures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fednot is a non-profit professional federation that supports Belgian notary offices with legal opinions, IT solutions, training, and central registry management. It manages statutory central registries (wills, inheritance, marriage agreements, powers of attorney) and operates citizen-facing digital platforms including Biddit (real estate auctions), Izimi (digital vault), StartMyBusiness (company formation), StartMySuccession (succession guidance), and eStox (electronic share register).

Product overview

Fednot operates a platform-plus-services model serving Belgian notaries and citizens. The consumer-facing portfolio includes Izimi (digital vault for storing and sharing notarial documents), Biddit (online real estate auction platform), StartMyBusiness (company incorporation portal), StartMySuccession (succession guidance site), and Notaire.be (legal information portal). For notary professionals, Fednot provides the e-Notariat platform (digital workspace) and operates the Secure Notarial Network for inter-office communication. Cross-cutting government-facing applications include ASF (social/fiscal notices exchange), eRegistration (digital deed filing), and eDepot (company incorporation filing), all coordinated through Fednot's central authentic registries infrastructure spanning wills, inheritance, marriage contracts, and notarial acts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Izimi (Digital Vault) A free digital vault for citizens to securely store and share notarial documents, succession instructions, and personal paperwork with family members and notaries. Contains all notarial acts since 2015.
• Biddit (Real Estate Auction Platform) An online auction platform for real estate properties allowing public and private sales of immovable property through a secure digital marketplace managed by Belgian notaries.
• StartMyBusiness An online platform assisting entrepreneurs with the digital creation and incorporation of companies, filing dossiers with the Company Court for business number issuance and Belgian Official Gazette publication.
• eStox (Electronic Share Registry) An electronic and secure register for tracking and managing shares and securities of companies, replacing traditional paper share registers.
• StartMySuccession A practical citizen-facing website providing guidance on administrative steps after a bereavement, including succession procedures, document requirements, and notary services for inheritance matters.
• Notaire.be The reference website of francophone Belgian notaries offering extensive legal information across multiple life situations including succession, marriage, and real estate matters.
• e-Notariat Platform A digital workspace platform that continuously informs notaries and their collaborators on all matters impacting their professional activities, providing up-to-date legal and professional content and tools.
• ASF (Avis Sociaux et Fiscaux) An application enabling the exchange of social and fiscal notices between notaries and government administrations, particularly in cases involving debt.
• eRegistration An application allowing notaries to digitally register deeds at the registration office or remove mortgages electronically.
• eDepot An application enabling notaries to digitally file company incorporation dossiers with the Company Court clerk's office for business number issuance and Belgian Official Gazette publication.
• Central Registers (Authentic Sources) A suite of central registers managed by Fednot including the Central Register of Wills, Central Register of Cohabitation and Marriage Agreements, Central Register of Inheritance, Central Register of Power of Attorney Contracts, Central Register of Declarations, and the Bank for Notarial Acts (NABAN).

Quantifiable outcome

• Fednot supports 1,113 notary offices and 1,754 notaries who serve 2.5 million Belgians annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Conseil National des Notaires (France): France's national council of notaries, a federally organized professional body representing all French notaries and operating centralized authentic registries. Highly analogous to Fednot in mandate, structure, and the regulatory oversight of notarial acts across the national territory.
• The Law Society of England and Wales: The representative body for solicitors in England and Wales, providing regulatory oversight, member services, training, and IT infrastructure to a defined professional class under statutory authority. Directly comparable in operating model — dues-funded federation serving legal professionals with regulatory functions.
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS): Global professional body that regulates property professionals via member dues, training, standards-setting, and digital tools. Highly similar in operating model to a federation funded by practitioner membership with regulatory moat and citizen-facing information services.
• Conseil Francophone du Notariat Belge: The francophone arm of the Belgian notariat, with which Fednot coordinates on regional/languague matters, member representation, and public-facing tools like Notaire.be. Operates as a complementary direct peer within the same national notarial ecosystem.
• The Notaries' Society (England and Wales): The professional society for notaries in England and Wales, focused on education, member support, and standards. A direct smaller-scale counterpart to Fednot within the UK notarial profession.

Regional players

• Koninklijke Notariële Beroepsorganisatie (KNB): The Dutch Royal Notarial Professional Organization, a parallel national federation of notaries in the Netherlands with comparable statutory functions, central registry responsibilities, and member dues-funded operating model. Operates in an adjacent jurisdiction rather than directly in Belgium.
• Bundesnotarkammer (Germany): The German Federal Chamber of Notaries — a public-law body with statutory oversight of all German notaries, managing central registers (including the electronic Wills Register) and providing IT infrastructure. Operates in the adjacent German market with a directly analogous regulatory and registry mandate.

Others

• LexisNexis (Legal & Professional): Global legal information and software provider serving lawyers, notaries, and compliance professionals with research, regulatory data, and practice management tools. Adjacent to Fednot's e-Notariat and Notaire.be operations as a content/technology ecosystem partner rather than a competing federation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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