List of Automotive Businesses in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 1,106 automotive businesses in Belgium, one in every 2,159 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 40 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twelve vehicle makers is based in Antwerpen, Charleroi, Gent, Genk and Kortrijk. Below you find the largest vehicle makers in Belgium, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Belgian company database or through the KBO API.

1,106 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies1,1061 in2,159 Belgian companiesCities381Largest cityAntwerpen 25Sole traders22%Employees1-4 (80%)Revenue$100-500K (55%)Email43%Phone56%Website48%

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Volvo Car Belgium NVVolvo Car Belgium NV

	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	Volvo Car Belgium NV	Belgium	Gent	John Kennedylaan 25	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1980	$7,245,335,179	5,390	Corporation	678	BE0420383548
2	Volvo Group Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Smalleheerweg 31	Oost Vlaanderen	9041	*****.com	1980	$4,829,155,111	3,844	Corporation	936	BE0420383647
3	Aisin Europe	Belgium	Braine-l'alleud	Avenue de L'Industrie 19	Brabant Wallon	1420	*****.com	1968	$1,882,030,983	1,200	Corporation	386	BE0401891982
4	Daf Trucks Vlaanderen	Belgium	Westerlo	Van Doornelaan 1	Antwerpen	2260	*****.com	1993	$1,190,654,080	1,880	Corporation	248	BE0449372294
5	Federal-Mogul Global Aftermarket EMEA	Belgium	Kontich	Prins Boudewijnlaan 5	Antwerpen	2550	*****.com	1994	$531,806,595	185	Corporation	606	BE0452101063
6	Opmobility C-Power Belgium Research	Belgium	Woluwe-saint-lambert	Avenue Des Communautes 110	Bruxelles Capitale	1200	*****.com	2000	$312,649,802	334	Corporation	316	BE0471737526
7	Adient Belgium	Belgium	Assenede	Paul Christiaenstraat 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9960	*****.com	1989	$274,212,450	550	Corporation	281	BE0437456835
8	Plastic Omnium Auto Inergy Belgium	Belgium	Herentals	Greesstraat 12	Antwerpen	2200	*****.com	1997	$209,207,483	206	Corporation	316	BE0461324575
9	Vdl Bus Koningshooikt	Belgium	Lier	Bernard van Hoolstraat 58	Antwerpen	2500	*****.com	2024	$198,967,398	207	Corporation	197	BE1009027652
10	Tenneco Automotive Europe	Belgium	Sint-truiden	Sint-jorisstraat 4520	Limburg	3800	*****.com	1959	$156,999,490	1,200	Corporation	606	BE0403684997
11	Vdl Bus Roeselare	Belgium	Roeselare	Krommebeekpark 2	West Vlaanderen	8800	*****.be	1997	$140,209,230	376	Corporation	197	BE0445877920
12	Ti Group Automotive Systems (belgium)	Belgium	Liège	Rue Werihet 61	Liège	4020	*****.com	2001	$138,821,930	374	Corporation	276	BE0475127378
13	Audi Brussels S.a.:n.v.	Belgium	Frasnes-lez-anvaing	Bd 2me Armee Britannique 201	Hainaut	1190	*****.be	1970	$135,934,598	2,142	Corporation	4281	BE0407687238
14	Plastic Omnium Automotive Belgium	Belgium	Sint-pieters-leeuw	Drie Fonteinenstraat 17	Vlaams Brabant	1600	*****.com	2015	$121,774,537	185	Corporation	316	BE0644938548
15	Vcst International	Belgium	Sint-truiden	Lichtenberglaan 1004	Limburg	3800	*****.com	1988	$95,290,785	1,200	Corporation	34	BE0436171188
16	Mol CY	Belgium	Staden	Diksmuidesteenweg 68	West Vlaanderen	8840	*****.com	2022	$94,151,600	313	Corporation	5	BE0426586303
17	Lag Trailers	Belgium	Bree	Kanaallaan 54	Limburg	3960	*****.eu	1996	$94,024,788	313	Corporation	17	BE0456912362
18	Trico Belgium	Belgium	Aubange	Rue Marie Curie 6	Luxembourg	6790	*****.com	1994	$85,293,403	334	Corporation	229	BE0451868065
19	Plasman Plastics	Belgium	Gent	Skaldenstraat 72	Oost Vlaanderen	9042	*****.com	1987	$83,421,829	351	Corporation	13	BE0430951303
20	Brose Gent	Belgium	Gent	Skaldenstraat 121a2	Oost Vlaanderen	9042	*****.com	2002	$74,237,010	72	Corporation	83	BE0478504562
21	Benteler Automotive Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Mai Zetterlingstraat 70	Oost Vlaanderen	9042	*****.com	2002	$73,225,080	48	Corporation	187	BE0478987087
22	Isringhausen	Belgium	Lokeren	Kaarderslaan 12	Oost Vlaanderen	9160	N/A	1988	$68,564,338	141	Corporation	139	BE0433712041
23	Isuzu Motors Europe	Belgium	Aartselaar	Bist 12	Antwerpen	2630	N/A	2009	$62,835,820	100	Corporation	666	BE0812091126
24	Alutrailer	Belgium	Tournai	Rue de la Terre A Briques 28	Hainaut	7522	*****.be	2000	$61,646,927	89	Corporation	16	BE0472439884
25	Konstruktiewerkhuizen Stas	Belgium	Paardenstad	Flanders-fieldweg 45	West Vlaanderen	8790	*****.be	2020	$60,421,836	155	Corporation	16	BE0430995942

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Largest vehicle makers in Belgium

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Antwerpen. Click a name for the record.

Volvo Car Belgium NV is the largest vehicle maker in Belgium by headcount. 40 firms employ 50 people or more; 28 employ 100 or more.

1Gent5,390 staff
2Gent3,844 staff
3Frasnes-Lez-Anvaing2,142 staff
4Westerlo1,880 staff
5Braine-l'Alleud1,200 staff
6Sint-Truiden1,200 staff
7Sint-Truiden1,200 staff
8Assenede550 staff
9Roeselare376 staff
10Liège374 staff

By employee size · 934 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	744	80%
5-9	75	8%
10-19	40	4%
20-49	35	4%
50-99	12	1%
100-199	9	1.0%
200-499	11	1%
500-999	3	0.3%
1,000+	5	0.5%

80% have 1 to 4 people; 35 have 20 to 49; 40 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	71	10%
$100K-$500K	396	55%
$500K-$1M	24	3%
$1M-$5M	99	14%
$5M-$10M	56	8%
$10M-$50M	44	6%
$50M-$100M	13	2%
$100M-$500M	9	1%
$500M+	5	0.7%

55% between $100,000 and $500,000; 99 between $1M and $5M; 127 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most automotive businesses in Belgium (25), ahead of Charleroi (22), Gent (20), Genk (14) and Kortrijk (14). Together the five hold one in twelve of them.

Cities by number of firms

381 Belgian cities have at least one vehicle maker; 8 have ten or more; 142 have exactly one.

How many automotive businesses are there in Belgium?

Automotive businesses and vehicle makers in Belgium

1,106

5 November 2026

There are 1,106 automotive businesses and vehicle makers in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 2,159 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (38 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 535 48%
Head offices: 182
Branch offices: 389

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 291, 292 and 293, identical to NACE Rev. 2 291, 292 and 293. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 291, 292, 293.

396 of the 1,106 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (36%); 242 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 934 Belgian vehicle makers with a known headcount, 744 (80%) have one to four people, 75 have five to nine, 75 have ten to 49 and 40 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (396, 55%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 10819 88%
Small 10 to 4975 8%
Medium 50 to 24932 3%
Large 250+8 0.9%

Grey line: the share among all Belgian companies (98% have under ten staff).

127

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 71 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Vehicle makers in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 25 automotive businesses and vehicle makers, <0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 50% below the national share. Three in four Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 2 new firms were entered in 2026, 7 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 15 · 75%
5-9: 2 · 10%
10-19: 2 · 10%
20-49: 1 · 5%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 6 · 24%
Partnerships: 1 · 4%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 9 · 36%
Other or none: 9 · 36%

Of the Belgian total: 2.3%
Of all Antwerpen companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 0.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 2
Entered 2025: 2
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.3%

Old

Before 1990: 7 · 28%
1990 or later: 18 · 72%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.8%

Reachable

Email: 7 · 28%
Phone: 9 · 36%
Website: 10 · 40%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 3 · 19%
$100K-$500K: 7 · 44%
$500K-$1M: 1 · 6%
$1M and more: 5 · 31%

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

38 vehicle makers were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 57 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

522022
632023
672024
572025
382026 so far

10 of this year's 38 are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Dison11 staff
2Harelbeke2 staff
3Foreign company2 staff
4Erpe2 staff
5Oosterzele2 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian vehicle makers from before 1900, 3 from before 1950 and 146 from before 1990.

1928
1. Elsene
1939
1. Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
1947
1. Chaudfontaine
1952
1. Charleroi
1955
1. Vilvoorde
1959
1. Asse

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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146

Belgian vehicle makers date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Vehicle makers are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 56% list a phone number and 48% a website.

Email477 43%
Phone623 56%
Website535 48%

Grey line: all Belgian companies (email 23%, phone 43%, website 27%).

The full list with these fields is in our Belgian company database.

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in five Belgian vehicle makers work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in three is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)24222%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)272%
BV/SRL and NV/SA39636%
No form on record or other44140%

Single-site: 48%
Head offices: 182
Branches: 389

All Belgian companies: 32% sole traders, 9% partnerships, 28% BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 20 vehicle makers for every one of the oil companies in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Automotive Businesses	1,106	48%	67%
Packaging Companies	555	54%	55%
Solar Companies	511	95%	75%
Glass Companies	456	53%	72%
Rubber Companies	156	65%	49%
Oil Companies	54	54%	43%

In other countries

Only the UK has more vehicle makers than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	7,211	0.8
Belgium	1,106	0.5

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Frequently asked questions

How many automotive businesses are there in Belgium?

There are 1,106 automotive businesses and vehicle makers in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 2,159 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest vehicle maker in Belgium?

Volvo Car Belgium NV in Gent, with 5,390 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most automotive businesses?

Antwerpen, with 25, ahead of Charleroi (22), Gent (20), Genk (14) and Kortrijk (14).

How many vehicle makers are there in Antwerpen?

25, which is <0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 50% below the national share.

How big is a typical vehicle maker?

Small. 80% of the 934 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 40 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Belgian automotive businesses sole traders or companies?

One in five (242) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 36% (396) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many vehicle makers started in 2026?

38 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 57 in 2025. 10 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest vehicle maker in Belgium?

Electric in Elsene, 1928, followed by Accinauto in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (1939) and Ateliers A Pierree in Chaudfontaine (1947). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers automotive businesses?

Belgian automotive businesses are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 291, 292 and 293, identical to NACE Rev. 2 codes 291, 292 and 293. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 291, 292 and 293.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,106 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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