There are 2,388,012 companies and businesses in Belgium in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 666,333 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Belgium
Belgium has 2,388,012 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 666,333 of them are corporations. We build the records from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 95% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Belgium, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 2,388,012 Belgian companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Belgian company database.
2,388,012 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies2,388,012
Corporations666,333
Provinces14
Largest provinceAntwerpen 15%
Employees1-4
Revenue$1-100K
Email23%
Phone43%
Website27%
Belgian company list: all 2,388,012 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Belgium, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Belgian company directory.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Motor Europe | Belgium | Evere | Avenue Du Bourget 60 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1140 | *****.eu | 1990 | $41,736,256,392 | 2,755 | Corporation | 3053 | BE0441571714 |
| 2 | Pfizer Service Company | Belgium | Zaventem | Hermeslaan 11 | Vlaams Brabant | 1932 | *****.com | 2002 | $36,843,976,858 | 292 | Corporation | 211 | BE0478242365 |
| 3 | Janssen Pharmaceutica | Belgium | Beerse | Turnhoutseweg 30 | Antwerpen | 2340 | *****.com | 1934 | $25,255,286,433 | 5,413 | Corporation | 1279 | BE0403834160 |
| 4 | Exxonmobil Petroleum & Chemical | Belgium | Antwerpen | Polderdijkweg 3 | Antwerpen | 2030 | *****.be | 1977 | $23,063,208,305 | 1,807 | Corporation | 1495 | BE0416375270 |
| 5 | Totalenergies Petrochemicals & Refining | Belgium | Bruxelles | Boulevard Anspach 1, Internal Postal Box 2 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1000 | *****.be | 1920 | $17,993,455,396 | 475 | Corporation | 4493 | BE0403079441 |
| 6 | Eurelec Trading | Belgium | Bruxelles | Rue Guimard 10 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1040 | N/A | 2016 | $15,521,468,169 | 41 | Cooperative | N/A | BE0656908546 |
| 7 | Cargill NV | Belgium | Mechelen | Bedrijvenlaan 7-9 | Antwerpen | 2800 | *****.be | 1968 | $15,242,604,453 | 966 | Corporation | 1749 | BE0405546706 |
| 8 | Electrabel | Belgium | Bruxelles | Boulevard Simon Bolivar 36 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1000 | *****.be | 1905 | $15,164,928,936 | 4,209 | Corporation | 5844 | BE0403170701 |
| 9 | Mastercard Europe | Belgium | Waterloo | Chaussee de Tervuren 198a | Brabant Wallon | 1410 | *****.com | 1992 | $11,164,799,425 | 552 | Corporation | 48 | BE0448038446 |
| 10 | Ageas | Belgium | Saint-josse-ten-noode | Avenue Du Boulevard 21 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1210 | *****.com | 1993 | $10,547,453,576 | 59,284 | Corporation | 475 | BE0451406524 |
| 11 | Glaxosmithkline Biologicals | Belgium | Rixensart | Rue de L'Institut 89 | Brabant Wallon | 1330 | *****.com | 1990 | $8,623,670,303 | 8,184 | Corporation | 697 | BE0440872918 |
| 12 | Colruyt Food Retail | Belgium | Halle | Edingensesteenweg 196 | Vlaams Brabant | 1500 | *****.be | 2018 | $8,366,150,420 | 16,642 | Corporation | 1011 | BE0716663615 |
| 13 | Barry Callebaut Belgium NV | Belgium | Lebbeke | Aalstersestraat 122 | Oost Vlaanderen | 9280 | *****.be | 1989 | $7,588,945,121 | 968 | Corporation | 139 | BE0438950833 |
| 14 | Volvo Car Belgium NV | Belgium | Gent | John Kennedylaan 25 | Oost Vlaanderen | 9000 | *****.be | 1980 | $7,245,335,179 | 5,390 | Corporation | 678 | BE0420383548 |
| 15 | Totalenergies Marketing Belgium | Belgium | Bruxelles | Boulevard Anspach 1, Internal Postal Box 2 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1000 | *****.be | 1923 | $7,051,527,098 | 501 | Corporation | 4493 | BE0403063902 |
| 16 | Scabel | Belgium | Bruxelles | Square de Meeûs 23 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1000 | N/A | 2016 | $7,033,508,340 | 38 | Corporation | 3 | BE0655767906 |
| 17 | Basf Antwerpen | Belgium | Antwerpen | Scheldelaan 600 | Antwerpen | 2040 | *****.be | 1964 | $6,592,234,144 | 3,594 | Corporation | 1137 | BE0404754472 |
| 18 | Delhaize Le LION/DE Leeuw | Belgium | Asse | Brusselsesteenweg 347 | Vlaams Brabant | 1730 | *****.be | 2016 | $6,366,173,434 | 3,523 | Corporation | 4235 | BE0402206045 |
| 19 | Umicore | Belgium | Bruxelles | Rue Du Marais 31 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1000 | *****.com | 1904 | $6,292,198,825 | 3,160 | Corporation | 153 | BE0401574852 |
| 20 | Arcelormittal Belgium | Belgium | Bruxelles | Boulevard de L'Imperatrice 66 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1000 | *****.com | 2019 | $5,670,595,684 | 5,805 | Corporation | 51 | BE0400106291 |
| 21 | Ucb Pharma | Belgium | Anderlecht | Allee de la Recherche 60 | Bruxelles Capitale | 1070 | *****.com | 1968 | $5,358,230,746 | 2,112 | Corporation | 106 | BE0403096168 |
| 22 | Aurubis Olen | Belgium | Olen | Watertorenstraat 35 | Antwerpen | 2250 | *****.com | 2005 | $4,877,406,277 | 706 | Corporation | 32 | BE0873533993 |
| 23 | Volvo Group Belgium | Belgium | Gent | Smalleheerweg 31 | Oost Vlaanderen | 9041 | *****.com | 1980 | $4,829,155,111 | 3,844 | Corporation | 936 | BE0420383647 |
| 24 | D'ieteren Automotive | Belgium | Elsene | Maliestraat 50 | Brussel Hoofdstad | 1050 | *****.be | 1999 | $4,760,896,993 | 817 | Corporation | 4670 | BE0466909993 |
| 25 | Carrefour Belgium | Belgium | Zaventem | Da Vincilaan 3, Internal Postal Box 3 | Vlaams Brabant | 1930 | *****.be | 2016 | $4,661,691,296 | 6,486 | Corporation | 7459 | BE0448826918 |
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Companies and businesses in Belgium
2,388,012
2 November 2026
There are 2,388,012 companies and businesses in Belgium in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 666,333 corporations (BV/SRL and NV/SA), 774,358 sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle) and 203,613 partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm). On top of those come 46,838 cooperatives, 145,204 non-profit organisations, 123,746 branches of foreign companies and 2,309 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 1,683,196 70%
- Head offices
- 314,904
- Branch locations
- 389,912
Legal form
- Corporations
- 666,333 28%
- Sole traders
- 774,358
- Partnerships
- 203,613
Per working day this year
≈ 496
new companies registered · 108,068 so far in 2026
How to search the Belgian company register, or pull these counts yourself with the KBO API.
Largest companies in Belgium
Which are the largest companies in Belgium? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Ageas, with 59,284 staff, ahead of HR Rail and Bpost. By yearly revenue the largest company is Janssen Pharmaceutica, ahead of Electrabel and Ageas. Below are the top companies of Belgium ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Belgium. 10 Belgian companies employ more than 10,000 people and 147 report more than $1 billion a year.
Ageas has the largest headcount of any company in Belgium in our data. 10 Belgian companies list more than 10,000 people, 789 more than 500.
- 159,284 staff
- 227,787 staff
- 323,044 staff
- 417,833 staff
- 516,642 staff
- 614,243 staff
- 78,184 staff
- 87,288 staff
- 96,492 staff
- 106,486 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Janssen Pharmaceutica is the largest company in Belgium by revenue; 147 Belgian companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$25.3B
- 2$15.2B
- 3$10.5B
- 4$8.6B
- 5$8.4B
- 6$7.6B
- 7$7.2B
- 8$6.6B
- 9$6.4B
- 10$6.3B
Stad Antwerpen is the largest public body in our data for Belgium, with 9,500 staff.
- 19,500 staff
- 25,676 staff
- 35,280 staff
- 44,000 staff
- 54,000 staff
- 63,000 staff
123,746 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Belgium.
- 13,750 worldwide
- 21,699 worldwide
- 31,351 worldwide
- 41,000 worldwide
- 51,000 worldwide
- 6800 worldwide
- 7726 worldwide
- 8700 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Belgium.
By employee size · 2,003,973 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 1,911,766 | 95% | |
| 5-9 | 46,130 | 2% | |
| 10-19 | 22,594 | 1% | |
| 20-49 | 14,798 | 0.7% | |
| 50-99 | 4,526 | 0.2% | |
| 100-199 | 2,072 | 0.1% | |
| 200-499 | 1,298 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 789 | <0.1% |
95% have 1 to 4 employees; 789 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 1,252,801 | 70% | |
| $100K-$500K | 414,776 | 23% | |
| $500K-$1M | 69,561 | 4% | |
| $1M-$5M | 44,159 | 2% | |
| $5M-$10M | 5,967 | 0.3% | |
| $10M-$100M | 10,319 | 0.6% | |
| $100M-$1B | 1,718 | <0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 147 | <0.1% |
1,865 companies report more than $100 million; 147 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Belgium
Most companies in Belgium are small businesses. Of the 2,003,973 with a known headcount, 1,957,896 (98%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 37,392 are small (10 to 49) and 7,896 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 789 employ 500 people or more, so 99.96% of Belgian companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 1,957,896 | 98% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 37,392 | 2% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 7,896 | 0.4% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 789 | <0.1% |
1,911,766
companies have 1 to 4 employees (95%). 1,252,801 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
774,358
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
100%
of the 108,068 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (96,483). Only 1 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Belgium based?
Antwerpen has more companies than any other province in Belgium: 351,455, or 15% of the total, ahead of Bruxelles Capitale (290,731) and Oost Vlaanderen (277,654). Below you find the twelve largest of its 14 provinces and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 14 provinces
| Province | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antwerpen | 351,455 | 15% | |
| Bruxelles Capitale | 290,731 | 12% | |
| Oost Vlaanderen | 277,654 | 12% | |
| West Vlaanderen | 254,622 | 11% | |
| Vlaams Brabant | 220,587 | 9% | |
| Hainaut | 185,519 | 8% | |
| Liège | 173,093 | 7% | |
| Limburg | 158,094 | 7% | |
| Brabant Wallon | 95,863 | 4% | |
| Namur | 88,894 | 4% | |
| Luxembourg | 47,912 | 2% | |
| Brussel Hoofdstad | 19,510 | 0.8% |
Ten busiest cities
- Antwerpen108,393
- Bruxelles60,636
- Gent58,436
- Ixelles36,439
- Liège35,041
- Charleroi26,583
- Brugge25,410
- Uccle25,145
- Anderlecht23,142
- Schaerbeek22,834
Main industries in Belgium
Wholesale and retail is the biggest sector in Belgium by number of companies: 295,894, or 14% of all firms with an industry code. Next come professional, scientific and technical (292,631) and construction (208,600). Belgian companies are classified by their NACEBEL code; 2,057,735 have one in our data. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 119 industry lists for Belgium.
- Wholesale and retail295,89414%
- Professional, scientific and technical292,63114%
- Construction208,60010%
- Health and social work203,20010%
- Real estate160,9558%
- Other services128,7116%
- Administrative and support124,5996%
- Accommodation and food103,3775%
- Manufacturing93,2575%
- Information and communication92,7035%
- Finance and insurance74,5104%
- Arts and recreation74,4464%
- Agriculture69,4573%
- Education58,4633%
- Transport and storage52,6563%
- Public administration9,6540.5%
- Households as employers5,1280.2%
- Water and waste4,9000.2%
- Energy3,0530.1%
- Mining820<0.1%
- Extraterritorial organisations721<0.1%
Records without a NACEBEL code are not in this chart. Click a section for its industry pages.
Largest industries in Belgium
177,567
NACEBEL 86: Human health activities
- 11,346 staff
- 21,346 staff
- 31,346 staff
160,955
NACEBEL 68: Real estate activities
- 11,000 staff
- 2606 staff
- 3600 staff
160,442
NACEBEL 43: Specialised construction activities
- 11,387 staff
- 21,122 staff
- 3960 staff
104,153
Head offices and management consultancy
NACEBEL 70: Activities of head offices and management consultancy
- 12,002 staff
- 21,946 staff
- 31,875 staff
91,361
Restaurants and food service
NACEBEL 56: Food and beverage service activities
- 12,515 staff
- 21,455 staff
- 31,041 staff
65,036
NACEBEL 01: Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
- 1346 staff
- 2293 staff
- 3237 staff
Discover more: all Belgian industries, cities and regions
Every Belgian list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Breweries
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Electronics companies
- Fashion companies
- Food companies
- Furniture companies
- Glass companies
- Leather companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Meat companies
- Medical device companies
- Packaging companies
- Paper companies
- Perfume companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Printing companies
- Rubber companies
- Shipbuilders
- Shoe companies
- Steel companies
- Tools companies
- Toy companies
- Tyre companies
- Wine companies
- Workwear companies
D · Energy
E · Water and waste
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
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Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Belgium? (2026)
108,068 new companies and startups registered in Belgium so far in 2026, about 496 every working day, after a record 158,340 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 100% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 25,776 of them are corporations (BV/SRL and NV/SA).
≈ 496
new companies register every working day in 2026
100%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
158,340
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 118,3662022
- 129,9972023
- 145,7462024
- 158,3402025
- 108,0682026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1380 staff
- 245 staff
- 345 staff
- 441 staff
- 533 staff
Oldest companies in Belgium
Our data holds 1 Belgian organisations founded before 1700, 1 before 1800, 6,124 before 1900 and 18,713 before 1950.
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247,284
Belgian companies were founded before 1990
19,751
were founded in 1990
2,107,259 Belgian companies, 89% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 247,284 are older.
Types of companies in Belgium
Three in ten Belgian businesses in our data are corporations (BV/SRL and NV/SA), and one in three is a sole trader (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle). Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm) make up 9%. 46,838 are cooperatives. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations666,33328%
- No legal form on record423,96018%
- Sole traders774,35832%
- Partnerships203,6139%
- Foreign companies123,7465%
- Non-profit organisations145,2046%
- Cooperatives46,8382%
- Public bodies2,309<0.1%
- Joint ventures1,651<0.1%
Which Belgian companies are part of a group?
Most Belgian companies stand alone: 70% are single-site businesses. The other 704,816 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 314,904 head offices or 389,912 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Carrefour Belgium, with 7,459 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 17,459 companies
- 25,844 companies
- 34,417 companies
- 44,235 companies
- 52,092 companies
- 61,639 companies
- 71,279 companies
- 81,242 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 2,388,012; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Belgian companies
640,417 Belgian companies have a website on record (27%), 1,025,266 a phone number (43%) and 556,901 an email address (23%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 39% have a website and 35% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 640,417 | 27% | |
| Phone | 1,025,266 | 43% | |
| 556,901 | 23% |
Questions about companies in Belgium
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
2,388,012. That includes 774,358 sole traders and 203,613 partnerships.
666,333 corporations, 28% of all Belgian businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 2,003,973 Belgian companies with a known headcount, 2,003,184 have fewer than 500 employees: 1,957,896 micro, 37,392 small and 7,896 medium-sized. 789 are large enterprises.
Janssen Pharmaceutica, with $25.3 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Electrabel ($15.2B) and Ageas ($10.5B).
Ageas, with 59,284 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
351,455, 15% of all Belgian companies (2 November 2026).
108,068 so far in 2026, about 496 per working day, after a record 158,340 in 2025.
From Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
640,417, 27% of all Belgian companies. 1,025,266 have a phone number and 556,901 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 2,388,012 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Belgian company database.
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All 2,388,012 companies in Belgium with address, NACEBEL code, legal form, employees, revenue, founding year, website, phone and email where we hold them. Excel, CSV or API. The product details are in our Belgian company database.
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