TLDR; in one sentence

We are BMC. We are the Belgian Mobility Digital Factory.

TLDR; in one paragraph

We’re Belgian Mobility Company, a cooperative initiative of the 4 Belgian Public Transports Operators ⏤ TEC, STIB-MIVB, DeLijn and NMBS-SNCB.

As a small & fully decentralized team, we foster digital innovation to ease the journey of millions of public transport customers.

The full version

Where we come from

BMC was founded in 2010 as a joint-venture company of the four Belgian Public Transport Operators, namely TEC (Wallonia transit network), STIB-MIVB (Brussels transit network), SNCB-NMBS (National rail network) and De Lijn (Flanders transit network).

Its initial goal was to develop an intermodal payment scheme and the related hardware to be used by all Belgian travellers (the MOBIB card).  At the beginning of 2022 its scope expanded widely with the acquisition of Stoomlink, a private-owned startup with outstanding expertise in the development of innovative mobility digital products. From NextRide — a multi-awarded mobility companion — to the Smart Mobility Planner — an ambitious open-source route planner, Stoomlink was built upon a solid set of top-notch user experience and cutting-edge technologies.

What we do

Transition to a more sustainable mobility remains a major struggle. Among the reasons identified, we believe there is one we could easily do something about: overcoming the lack of confidence in the offer of alternative mobility and the loss of control experienced by those abandoning their cars.

To achieve this, we are convinced that qualitative information , cooperation and partnerships are key. This is how we have developed a range of innovative digital products which, through their unique process of data, provide contextualized, actionable and real-time information to those who define the mobility of tomorrow.

Our Mission

From our Articles of Association:

"BMC develops the cooperation between the Belgian public transport operators (PTOs) in order to improve the interconnection between the public transport offer, improve the passenger experience. To this end, BMC studies and implements innovations to promote the modal transition to flexible, sustainable and quality mobility."

One Vision, two pillars