Brussels service vouchers: purchase price to rise on January 1, 2026

The Government of the Brussels-Capital Region has increased the purchase price of service vouchers: the vouchers are increasing from 10 and 12 euros to 11.40 and 14 euros, effective as of January 1, 2026. The decision is detailed in the decree of September 3, 2026, published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) No. 211 of September 18, 2026, under reference C − 2026/006670, page 50782. The text amends the Royal Decree of December 12, 2001, concerning service vouchers and directly affects Brussels households that employ domestic help.

The decree was adopted based on Article 4 of the Law of July 20, 2001, aimed at promoting the development of local services and employment. It bears the signature of Minister-President B. DILLIES and the Minister of the Brussels Government in charge of Employment L. HUBLET, and was issued in Brussels on September 3, 2026. The file followed the standard procedure: an equal opportunities test conducted on June 12, 2026, an opinion from the Finance Inspectorate on June 22, 2026, approval from the Minister of Budget, and then a request for an opinion from the Council of State on July 22, 2026, registered under number 79.880/1/V and removed from the docket on the same day in application of Article 84, § 5, of the coordinated laws on the Council of State.

Exactly what the decree modifies

• Article 1: in Article 3, § 5 of the Royal Decree of December 12, 2001, the words “either 10 EUR or 12 EUR” are replaced by the words “either 11.40 EUR or 14 EUR”.
• In the same article, the date “January 1, 2023” is replaced by “January 1, 2026”.
• Article 2: the minister responsible for Employment is charged with the execution of the decree.
• Official reference: C − 2026/006670, published on page 50782 of the Belgian Official Gazette No. 211 of September 18, 2026.

An increase of 14% to 16.7% per voucher

• The voucher purchased at the rate of 10 EUR increases to 11.40 EUR, an increase of 1.40 EUR, or 14%.
• The voucher purchased at the rate of 12 EUR increases to 14 EUR, an increase of 2 EUR, or 16.7%.
• The two previous amounts of 10 and 12 EUR were linked to the date of January 1, 2023, which has now been replaced in the regulatory framework.

A Flemish precedent and a Brussels wage revaluation

The Flemish Region has already increased the acquisition value of the service voucher by 1 EUR as of January 1, 2025, by decree of the Flemish Government of December 20, 2024, published in the Belgian Official Gazette of December 30, 2024. Several collective labor agreements made mandatory in recent weeks refer to this Flemish framework and align it with Brussels financing.

In Brussels, the salary revaluation for service voucher workers is already underway. The collective labor agreement of December 10, 2025, concluded within the Joint Sub-committee for approved companies providing local work or services and made mandatory by royal decree of August 27, 2026, published in the Belgian Official Gazette on September 9, 2026, sets an increase of 0.77 EUR gross per hour as of July 1, 2025, as well as a one-time gross bonus for services funded by the Brussels-Capital Region.

What this changes for households

For a Brussels user, each voucher purchased will cost 1.40 EUR or 2 EUR more, and the new rate is now linked to the date of January 1, 2026, in the royal decree of December 12, 2001, as amended. The measure applies to all households using the system for home help, regardless of income or household composition in the published text. The cost of the system for the Region, which finances the scheme, therefore evolves in parallel with the price paid by the user.

Source: Belgian Official Gazette No. 211 of September 18, 2026, decree of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region of September 3, 2026, amending the royal decree of December 12, 2001, concerning service vouchers, C − 2026/006670, p. 50782.