Business apartments in Antwerp are fully furnished homes rented by the month to people who are in the city for work: an engineer on a port project, a consultant on a six-month engagement, a specialist placed in the diamond district. Globexs rents business apartments in Antwerp from EUR 1,300 per month, all-in, on contracts from 1 to 11 months. This page explains what a business apartment is, what the price covers and where in Antwerp people working in the city usually stay.
A business apartment is a fully furnished home rented for the length of a work assignment, usually by the month, with the running costs built into one price. The person moving in arrives with a suitcase and starts work the next morning: beds, kitchen, washing machine, energy and internet are already in place.
The contract can be signed by the company or by the employee, and it runs for the assignment, not for the years of a standard Belgian lease.
Providers sell the same product as corporate housing, business accommodation, fully furnished business stays or serviced apartments in Antwerp. The label matters less than four questions: how long the contract runs, what the price includes, whether the address can be registered, and how quickly someone can move in. The labels are compared in serviced apartments in Belgium.
For stays of a month or longer, a business apartment usually gives the most space for the money and the most predictable budget; for a week or two, a hotel is simpler.
Business apartment (Globexs) | Hotel | Serviced apartment | Standard lease | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Typical length | 1 to 11 months | nights to a few weeks | a few nights to several months | 3 years or longer |
Furniture | fully furnished and equipped | room only | furnished | usually unfurnished |
Kitchen and washing machine | yes | rarely | often a kitchenette | depends on the property |
Energy and internet | included, energy with no cap in euros | included | usually included, sometimes capped | tenant opens own contracts |
Cleaning | every two weeks in selected apartments | daily | weekly or more often | none |
Registered address with the commune | possible with the owner's permission | not possible | depends on the operator | yes |
Documents for an individual | ID only | ID and a card | varies | income proof, rental guarantee |
Time to move in | same or next day after signing and instant transfer | same day | varies | weeks |
These are typical patterns, not rules. The main difference for a company is the budget: a hotel is priced by the night and moves with demand, while a business apartment has one fixed monthly rent. See also hotel vs furnished apartment in Belgium and mid-term rental vs a standard lease.
A Globexs business apartment in Antwerp is priced all-in: one monthly amount covers the furnished apartment, energy and internet.
Furnished and equipped. Beds, a kitchen you can cook in, a washing machine and a living space.
Energy with no cap in euros. Heating, electricity and water are in the rent, with no monthly limit after which extra costs are billed.
Internet. Connected before arrival, so work can start on day one.
Cleaning every two weeks in selected apartments. Each listing says whether it applies.
Parking as shown in the listing. Some apartments have a private space, usually at an extra monthly charge; others rely on street parking. Antwerp has a low-emission zone, so check the vehicle before it arrives.
Prices start at EUR 1,300 per month and depend on size, district and the number of occupants, because energy is part of the price. The company receives one all-in monthly invoice for the apartment, with no separate utility bills.
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The right district for a business apartment in Antwerp depends on where the person works and how they get there. The port is large and split by the river, so the direction of the commute matters more than the distance.
Centrum and the station area. Antwerpen-Centraal, the diamond district beside it and most city-centre offices are within walking or tram distance. This suits short assignments, people without a car and anyone working in the diamond trade.
Eilandje. The former docks north of the old town, now residential, with converted warehouses and newer buildings. It is the city neighbourhood closest to the port's administrative heart, a natural base for shipping and logistics staff who split their time between an office and a site.
Zuid. Museums, restaurants, 19th-century streets and the newer Nieuw Zuid, with the law courts nearby. It suits consultants, legal staff and longer stays.
Near the port. Port sites stretch along both banks of the Scheldt and are reached mostly by car. For a left-bank site, Linkeroever avoids a daily river crossing; for the northern terminals and the chemical cluster, the northern districts are closer. Site by site: furnished apartments near Antwerp port.
Berchem. Berchem station has direct trains to Brussels in around 40 minutes, which makes it the practical base for anyone who works in Antwerp but spends part of the week in Brussels.
To see what is free now, go to furnished apartments in Antwerp. For the industries that bring people to the city and how HR teams plan around them, read corporate housing in Antwerp: a guide for HR teams.
Move-in can be the same day or the next day after the contract is signed and the first payment arrives by instant transfer. Availability is the only real limit.
You send the dates, the work location, the number of people and whether they drive.
We come back with available apartments, with the parking situation for each.
You choose, and the contract is signed by the company or the employee.
The first payment is made by instant transfer.
The keys are handed over the same day or the next day.
For an individual tenant, the only document we ask for is an ID: no payslips, no employer letter, no guarantor, no Belgian bank account. September is the busiest month, when projects restart after the summer; for a September arrival, start in July.
A business apartment contract can follow the assignment: it can be extended, handed to a colleague or scaled up to a team.
Extension. If the project runs over, one email is enough to request an extension, for companies as well as individuals.
A colleague takes over. When one employee replaces another, the contract continues and an addendum changes the tenant. The new person moves into a home that is already set up.
A team instead of one person. Globexs houses teams from 1 to 50 people, in apartments or houses close to the site. See housing a project team in Belgium and rotation, extension and early exit.
Anyone staying in Belgium for more than three months has to register with the commune, and a Globexs business apartment can be the registered address when the owner agrees. In Antwerp, registration goes through the district office (districtshuis) for the address.
Send a written request to your rental agent, we ask the owner and tell you the decision. Registration does not change the rent, the contract or the deposit. Step by step: registering with the commune in Belgium.
The full Antwerp offer is on corporate housing in Antwerp. For the capital, see business apartments in Brussels.
A fully furnished apartment rented by the month to someone working in the city, with energy and internet included in one price. It offers more space and a kitchen than a hotel room, and a much shorter commitment than a Belgian residential lease.
Globexs business apartments in Antwerp start at EUR 1,300 per month, all-in: the furnished apartment, energy with no cap in euros, and internet. The exact price depends on size, district and the number of occupants.
One month. Contracts run from 1 to 11 months, and an extension can be requested with one email.
In selected apartments, cleaning every two weeks is already included in the rent. Each listing shows whether it applies.
It depends on which bank of the Scheldt the site is on. Linkeroever suits left-bank sites, the northern districts suit the northern terminals, and Eilandje suits staff who divide their time between a port office and the city.
Yes. The contract continues and an addendum changes the tenant, so the apartment and the set-up stay as they are.
Yes. Berchem and Antwerpen-Centraal both have direct trains to Brussels, around 40 minutes from Berchem. A business apartment near either station makes a split week practical.
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Globexs was founded in Antwerp in 2002, has rented furnished apartments in the city since 2009, and today lists 135 furnished properties in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent.
