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Sourced tally · published grids · 2023 to 2026

How much do people in Belgium really pay for a bank safe deposit box?

Published grids range from €80 to €720 a year depending on size and bank (Le Soir, 3 January 2025). The smallest box now costs €180 a year at KBC and at BNP Paribas Fortis after two rounds of increases (VRT, 6 February 2025); Belfius rents from €80 a year. Customers report rents that quadrupled in three years. The dated, sourced tally follows, bank by bank.
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Bank box, Belgium
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The tally, bank by bank

Published grids and declared figures, dated and sourced. Every bank bills by capacity, in cubic decimetres (dm³); your price depends on the size and on the date of your contract.

Published grid

KBC / CBC

up to 17 dm³ (2023-2024)€90/year
36 to 43 dm³€140/year
140 to 174 dm³€369.99/year
smallest format, 2025 price€180/year
1 m³ format€510/year

81,707 boxes rented in late November (Le Soir). Grid: Spaargids · VRT

Published grid

BNP Paribas Fortis

19.99 dm³€180/year
29.99 dm³€200/year
39.99 dm³€220/year
1 m³ format€510/year

68,676 boxes rented, 29% occupied (Le Soir). Grid: L'Avenir · VRT

Published grid

Belfius

entry price (L'Avenir, 04/06/2025)from €80/year

77,877 boxes rented at year-end (Le Soir). Grid: L'Avenir

Service ended

ING

No longer rents safe deposit boxes. The exit, started in 2022, was completed in late 2023: the bank terminated contracts in phases and directed customers to a network brand. In early 2023 it still had 70,000 boxes, of which fewer than 30% were rented.

L'Écho · RTBF

The rise curve: €45, €90, €180

The price of the smallest bank box has quadrupled in three years, according to customer testimonies gathered by the WinWin programme (VRT, 6 February 2025).

The same movement shows in customer statements: on the Spaargids forum, a KBC customer details €32.80 for years, €45 from 2017 to 2022, €90 in 2023 and 2024, then €180. Belfius and Argenta remain slightly cheaper depending on size, and Crelan still rents boxes (VRT). The largest bank format, one cubic metre, reaches €510 a year at KBC and BNP Paribas Fortis alike.

Why prices are rising

The Belgian financial sector federation confirms it in L'Avenir (4 June 2025): branch rentals are falling while private safe deposit companies grow.

As a result, the advertised price increasingly depends on the contract date, and two customers of the same bank can pay different rents.

In contrast, the private box outside banks follows a public grid, payable in advance: Gold & Silver Company rents for €240, €280, €300 and €350 a year across four sizes, with no bank account, and €10 a month for numbered custody (official grid). The calculator on the home page works out the gap over 1 to 20 years from these public prices; for contents insurance, see the dedicated page.

Frequently asked questions about bank box prices

Ranges, rises, gaps between customers, checking the grids: what people in Belgium ask before they pay.

What is the full price range for a bank safe deposit box in Belgium?
From €80 to €720 a year depending on size and institution, according to the tally published by Le Soir on 3 January 2025. In practice, small formats sit between €80, the entry price at Belfius, and €180 at KBC and BNP Paribas Fortis. Family formats hover around €200 to €220 a year, and very large volumes exceed €369.99 at KBC, reaching €510 per cubic metre at KBC and BNP Paribas Fortis alike (VRT, 6 February 2025). Each network publishes its grid by capacity, in cubic decimetres.
By how much did the rent of the smallest KBC box rise?
From €45 in 2023 to €180 in 2025, four times more in three years, with a step at €90 in 2024, according to testimonies gathered by the WinWin programme (VRT, 6 February 2025). On the Spaargids forum, a customer details the same trajectory on his statements: €32.80 for years, €45 from 2017 to 2022, €90 in 2023 and 2024, then €180. BNP Paribas Fortis shows the same €180 price for its smallest box. The rise is not an isolated case: it hits at least two major banks.
How much do the largest boxes still available at banks cost?
The largest bank format, about one cubic metre, costs €510 a year at KBC and BNP Paribas Fortis alike (VRT, 6 February 2025). At KBC, a box of 140 to 174 cubic decimetres is billed €369.99 a year according to the grid recorded by Spaargids. The top of the range published by Le Soir reaches €720 a year. For comparison, the extra large box at Gold & Silver Company, 330 mm high, 330 mm wide and 500 mm deep, rents for €350 a year, payable in advance.
As of what date was each bank grid recorded?
Every card states its source and date: the €80 to €720 a year range comes from the Le Soir tally of 3 January 2025; the per-capacity grids of KBC and BNP Paribas Fortis were published by Spaargids and L'Avenir (4 June 2025); the €45, €90, €180 trajectory of the smallest format is documented by VRT on 6 February 2025; ING's exit is dated late 2023 by L'Écho. These are dated snapshots, not contractual grids: only the grid your branch gives you on your contract date prevails.
Where can I check the real price of a box before signing up?
Ask your branch or your bank's website for the official grid by size: KBC, BNP Paribas Fortis and Belfius publish their prices by capacity. Then compare with the public grid of a private provider: Gold & Silver Company shows €240, €280, €300 and €350 a year across four sizes, payable in advance and without a bank account, and €10 a month for numbered custody. The calculator on the home page works out the gap over the period that matters to you, from these public prices.

Sources and method

This tally photographs published grids and dated testimonies; your rent depends on size, network and contract date. No amount is published without a clickable source; whatever could not be verified online was removed from this page.