{"id":3771,"date":"2021-01-19T14:09:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T14:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/?page_id=3771"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:24:20","slug":"take-over-a-business-to-develop-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/en\/toolbox\/start-as-an-entrepreneur\/take-over-a-business-to-develop-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking over a business to develop it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3771\" class=\"elementor elementor-3771\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53fe79d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53fe79d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15820faa\" data-id=\"15820faa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b90e970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b90e970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Why not take over an existing business?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>One might associate business takeovers with companies having unpaid debts, but this isn't always the case. Many businesses close because their managers are approaching retirement, for example. Sometimes they have health problems or want to venture into something else...<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Business succession is a major challenge for the coming years. About 40% of entrepreneurs in Belgium are over 50 years old, 15% over 60 years old according to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actoria.be\/transmission-des-entreprises-en-belgique-faits-et-chiffres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Actoria.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Future entrepreneurs will therefore have plenty of choice.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Taking over an existing business provides a customer base, brand recognition, sometimes skilled employees, suppliers...<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>However, it requires having some money set aside to buy out or invest in the business.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Statistically, the chances of success are higher for a buyer than for a startup founder.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Several websites exist to help you find businesses for sale and assist you in the takeover process.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemoniteur.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Moniteur<\/a><\/span> provides a list of businesses and commercial establishments for purchase.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.affairesasuivre.be\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Affaires \u00e0 suivre<\/span><\/a>: This is the platform for buying and selling businesses in Brussels and Wallonia. You'll find valuable information and expert advice there.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sowaccess.be\/fr\/articles\/entreprises-a-vendre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sowaccess<\/a><\/span> helps you find a business to take over according to your criteria and accompanies you throughout the entire process.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overnamemarkt.be\/fr\/acheter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Plateforme de la transmission<\/a><\/span> : has been facilitating business transfers for 10 years. Managed by UNIZO, which also offers support programs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cessionpro.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cessionpro:<\/a><\/span>A site that lists businesses for takeover.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shape.law\/taj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shape.law<\/a><\/span> : A law firm that maintains a list on its website of businesses to take over as part of transfers under judicial authority.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leplacard.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Placard<\/a><\/span>: a marketplace that unearths and highlights aborted projects with high potential. To buy all or part of a business or startup project.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dotmarket.eu\/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwhYS_BhD2ARIsAJTMMQZP1J2g3NBmC-KULrySf-tNK3q5nIZHpqaOajUsr6Bk7GZ935P8AXUaAumSEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DotMarket<\/span><\/a>To safely take over a digital activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An accelerator was launched by the Families in Business Chair at ICHEC to support both the seller and buyer in various procedures. If you want more information, click here. <a href=\"https:\/\/lmdr.ichec.be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Brussels, there's also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reloadyourself.be\/reprendre-une-affaire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reload Yourself<\/a> <\/span>In Brussels, there's also Reload Yourself which accompanies you in taking over a business. This multidisciplinary support is aimed at anyone regardless of your current status: employee, self-employed, job seeker, on sick leave. You must be from Brussels or want to take over a business headquartered in Brussels and already have an idea of a potential project to take over. The support takes the form of regular contact with a business coach. A fee contribution is sometimes requested depending on your situation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pourquoi ne pas reprendre une entreprise existante\u00a0? On peut associer reprise d\u2019entreprise \u00e0 soci\u00e9t\u00e9 avec des dettes impay\u00e9es mais ce n\u2019est pas toujours le cas. De nombreuses entreprises ferment car leurs g\u00e9rants approchent de la retraite par exemple.\u00a0 Parfois ils ont des probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 ou ils veulent se lancer dans autre chose, \u2026 La&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3772,"parent":2783,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3771","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reprendre une entreprise pour la d\u00e9velopper &#8226; Job&amp;Sense<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reprendre une entreprise existante pourrait \u00eatre une option int\u00e9ressante pour quelqu&#039;un qui se reconverti.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/en\/toolbox\/start-as-an-entrepreneur\/take-over-a-business-to-develop-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reprendre une entreprise pour la d\u00e9velopper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reprendre une entreprise existante pourrait \u00eatre une option int\u00e9ressante pour quelqu&#039;un qui se reconverti.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/en\/toolbox\/start-as-an-entrepreneur\/take-over-a-business-to-develop-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Job&amp;Sense\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JobandSense\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-29T09:24:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/reprendre-une-entreprise.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"729\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/boite-a-outils\/se-lancer-en-tant-quindependant\/reprendre-une-entreprise-pour-la-developper\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jobandsense.be\/boite-a-outils\/se-lancer-en-tant-quindependant\/reprendre-une-entreprise-pour-la-developper\/\",\"name\":\"Reprendre une entreprise pour la d\u00e9velopper &#8226; 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