How it worksVerification · Awards · Reviews
Three processes, one rule: people decide.
Verifications, awards and review moderation are all handled manually by MeritVeri, following methods we publish. Software keeps the records; a person makes every decision.
Diagram: the verification, award and review processes each end in a decision made by a person.
AVerificationBAwardsCReviewsA person decidesand records the reason01Three journeys
Whoever you are, the route is written down.
Choose who you are. Each route shows what you do, what MeritVeri does, and what becomes public.
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Search
By company name, enterprise number or VAT number. No account needed.
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Open the profile
Each fact has its own mark. Anything without a verified mark was not independently checked.
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Check the record
Reference, dates and the current status — worked out every time the page is shown.
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Read reviews
Only moderated reviews appear, with labels that say exactly what was checked.
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Report
Anyone can report a review or response. A report never removes content automatically.
- 01
Create an account
And confirm your email address. Everything else starts here.
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Claim your listing
Free. MeritVeri confirms that you represent the company. Then you manage the profile and respond to reviews.
- 03
Apply for verification
Submit company details and documents. Annual administration fee of €3,000 excl. VAT.
- 04
MeritVeri checks
Against official public sources and your documents. A person approves or refuses, with a reason.
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Record, badge, renewal
Valid for 12 months. Renew before expiry and no validity is lost.
- 01
Create an account
And confirm your email address. Anonymous reviews are not accepted.
- 02
State your relationship
Customer, employee, supplier… and declare that you have no conflict of interest and were not paid.
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Write
A rating and your experience, in plain text. Evidence you add stays private.
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Moderation
MeritVeri approves, asks for more information or refuses with a reason.
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Published
Edit it later (it goes back to moderation) or delete it at any time.
02Verification
The life of a verification, every state shown truthfully.
A verification confirms specific facts about a company at a specific moment. It says what was checked, when, and until when it is valid. Select a state to see who acts and what visitors see.
02MeritVeri checks
Who actsMeritVeri
Every fact is compared with official public sources — the CBE in Belgium, the KvK in the Netherlands, the RCS in Luxembourg — and with the documents provided. The source of each fact is recorded internally.
Visitors seeNothing yet.
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Application
Who actsA representative with a verified MeritVeri account
Submits the company details — registration number, country, website, contact person — and supporting documents. Documents stay private and are only used for the check.
Visitors seeNothing yet. Applications are never public.
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MeritVeri checks
Who actsMeritVeri
Every fact is compared with official public sources — the CBE in Belgium, the KvK in the Netherlands, the RCS in Luxembourg — and with the documents provided. The source of each fact is recorded internally.
Visitors seeNothing yet.
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More information
Who actsMeritVeri asks; the applicant replies
If something is missing or unclear, we ask in the application thread. The applicant replies and adds documents there, and the check continues.
Visitors seeNothing yet.
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A person decides
Who actsA person — never software alone
The application is approved or refused, and the reason is recorded. When approved, each checked fact is marked as verified, one by one.
Visitors seeNothing until the record is issued.
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Refused
Who actsMeritVeri, with a written reason
The company is not verified. The annual administration fee pays for the work, not the outcome: a refusal is never reversed by payment. You can apply again once the issue is resolved.
Visitors seeNo verified marks.
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Verified
Who actsMeritVeri issues the record
The company receives a reference such as VRF-BE-2026-000123, a public record page, a live badge and a printable certificate. Valid for 12 months.
Visitors seeVerified
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Renewal
Who actsThe company applies again; MeritVeri re-checks
Reminders go out 60, 30 and 7 days before expiry. A renewal before expiry continues from the end of the current period. The new cycle has its own reference; earlier cycles stay in the history.
Visitors seeVerified
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Expired
Who actsNobody — it is calculated
The validity period has ended. Expiry is worked out every time the record is shown, so an expired verification never appears as valid, not even for a minute.
Visitors seeExpired
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Suspended
Who actsMeritVeri
Temporarily not valid, for example while we investigate new information. It can return to Verified after the investigation.
Visitors seeSuspended
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Revoked
Who actsMeritVeri, with a recorded reason
Withdrawn permanently. The record stays online and shows the verification as revoked; the badge and certificate say so too.
Visitors seeRevoked
03Awards
Ten places. None of them for sale.
Awards are organised in award types, such as Best Employer, and editions for a year, country, region or industry. Each edition ranks at most 10 companies.
- Award typeBest EmployerOwn description and published methodology
- EditionBelgium · 2026 · TechnologyOne year, and where relevant a country, region or industry
- PlacementRank 1 · AWD-BE-2026-000435One company, one rank, its own record
At most 10 · one company per rank · once per edition
- Up to 10 ranked companiesA rank belongs to one company, and a company appears only once per edition.
- Published methodologyEvery award type publishes its criteria and sources. MeritVeri prepares the ranking manually; draft editions are not public.
- A record for every placementEach placement gets its own reference, record page, badge and certificate.
- A result in timeAn award reflects a result at a moment. It is not proof of a current verification, and a revoked placement is clearly shown as revoked.
- Never for saleNo company can pay for a placement, a better rank, or the removal of a competitor. The verification fee buys no advantage in any ranking.
04Reviews and moderation
Every review read before anyone else reads it.
Reviews help visitors, but only if they are genuine. That is why every review is moderated before publication, and only approved reviews count in ratings.
Write
A registered reviewer chooses their relationship with the company and declares no conflict of interest and no payment.
Moderate
MeritVeri checks the review against the public review policy.
- Approve
- Ask for more information
- Refuse, with a reason
Respond and report
The company can publish one official response. Anyone can report a review or response; a report never removes content automatically.
What the labels mean
- Email verifiedlabel · account check
- The reviewer's account has a confirmed email address. It says nothing about the relationship with the company.
- Employment verifiedlabel · relationship check
- MeritVeri has manually checked the relationship stated by the reviewer — here, employment. The same applies to customers and suppliers. Shown only after that manual check.
05Full details
Read the rules we follow.
Everything on this page is a summary. The published documents are the reference.
Verification methodology
What we check, how we decide and what a verification does not mean.
Award methodology
How editions are prepared, ranked, published and revoked.
Review policy
Collection, moderation, labels and how to report a review.