List of Butchers in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 4,207 butchers in Belgium, one in every 568 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 7 firms employ 50 people or more. One in nine butchers is based in Antwerpen, Aalter, Gent, Liège and Anderlecht. Below you find the largest butchers 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.

4,207 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies4,2071 in568 Belgian companiesCities563Largest cityAntwerpen 148Sole traders32%Employees1-4 (84%)Revenue< $100K (51%)Email42%Phone72%Website50%

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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	Quality Meat Renmans	Belgium	Mons	Place de St Symphorien 2	Hainaut	7030	*****.be	1997	$339,575,400	1,905	Corporation	35	BE0427275991
2	Dufrais	Belgium	Aubel	Rue de Battice 146	Liège	4880	*****.be	2020	$87,952,623	337	Corporation	58	BE0417724065
3	Atelier Charlier Wallonie	Belgium	Ans	Rue de L'Abbaye 47b, Internal Postal Box 2	Liège	4432	*****.com	2016	$53,063,367	267	Corporation	31	BE0651602943
4	Rellman Foods	Belgium	Waterloo	Avenue Prince Charles 4	Brabant Wallon	1410	*****.com	1992	$51,155,697	12	Corporation	4	BE0446737260
5	Meatservice Distribution	Belgium	Namur	Rue de L'Energie 20	Namur	5020	*****.be	2012	$50,254,157	26	Corporation	4	BE0846859488
6	Meat Atelier	Belgium	Wortegem	Kouter 3	Oost Vlaanderen	9790	N/A	2016	$36,054,676	82	Corporation	84	BE0662545632
7	New Parc	Belgium	Mouscron	Avenue Wolfgang-amadeus Mozart 22	Hainaut	7700	N/A	2020	$35,407,365	42	Corporation	5	BE0641856720
8	Adl-More	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	N/A	2018	$29,273,036	84	Corporation	205	BE0689735326
9	Budgetslager	Belgium	Wommelgem	Herentalsebaan 415	Antwerpen	2160	*****.be	2010	$14,561,280	82	Corporation	33	BE0424897513
10	Pochet Père Et Fils	Belgium	Quaregnon	Rue Jules Destree 439	Hainaut	7390	N/A	1974	$10,590,924	34	Corporation	2	BE0413979370
11	Harun	Belgium	Evere	Rue de la Resistance 13	Bruxelles Capitale	1140	N/A	2002	$5,416,496	11	Corporation	3	BE0478976201
12	Groupe B	Belgium	Charleroi	Chaussee de Bruxelles 364	Hainaut	6042	*****.be	1985	$3,525,367	20	Corporation	N/A	BE0428147904
13	Van Den Berge Quality Food Services	Belgium	Jette	Chaussee de Jette 610	Bruxelles Capitale	1090	*****.be	1988	$3,240,802	10	Corporation	N/A	BE0435088550
14	Haskasap	Belgium	Gent	Wondelgemstraat 57	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.com	2015	$3,195,770	3	Corporation	N/A	BE0639910879
15	Ener'j	Belgium	Liège	Rue Saint-nicolas 323	Liège	4000	*****.be	2005	$3,150,256	10	Corporation	3	BE0877731422
16	Vleminov	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	N/A	1977	$2,618,610	20	Corporation	6	BE0417359722
17	Starsavor Group	Belgium	Ciney	Allee Des Artisans 17	Namur	5590	*****.com	1980	$2,618,610	20	Corporation	8	BE0420265564
18	Gema	Belgium	Izegem	Gentsestraat 61	West Vlaanderen	8870	*****.be	2022	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	11	BE0424794276
19	Chalapi	Belgium	Assesse	Chaussee de Marche 22	Namur	5330	N/A	1983	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	6	BE0425199696
20	Bevora	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.be	2011	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	205	BE0840821932
21	Bevinox	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.be	2011	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	205	BE0840823120
22	Carnivex	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.be	2011	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	205	BE0840823813
23	Versmarkt Delva	Belgium	Veurne	Albert I Laan 17	West Vlaanderen	8630	*****.info	2023	$2,618,610	41	Corporation	3	BE0844479921
24	Ledexco	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.be	2012	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	205	BE0501485149
25	Frimagel	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.be	2012	$2,618,610	15	Corporation	205	BE0501487030

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Largest butchers in Belgium

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

Quality Meat Renmans is the largest butcher in Belgium by headcount. 7 firms employ 50 people or more; 3 employ 100 or more.

1Mons1,905 staff
2Aubel337 staff
3Ans267 staff
4Aalter84 staff
5Wommelgem82 staff
6Wortegem82 staff
7Stavelot62 staff
8Putte42 staff
9Mouscron42 staff
10Beringen41 staff

By employee size · 3,667 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,095	84%
5-9	351	10%
10-19	186	5%
20-49	28	0.8%
50-99	4	0.1%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	2	<0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

84% have 1 to 4 people; 28 have 20 to 49; 7 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,650	51%
$100K-$500K	803	25%
$500K-$1M	633	20%
$1M-$5M	132	4%
$5M-$10M	1	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	5	0.2%
$50M-$100M	4	0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

51% under $100,000; 132 between $1M and $5M; 11 above $5M.

Butchers in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 148 butchers, 0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 22% below the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 7 new firms were entered in 2026, 26 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 116 · 85%
5-9: 14 · 10%
10-19: 6 · 4%
20-49: 0 · 0%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 38 · 26%
Partnerships: 1 · 0.7%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 79 · 53%
Other or none: 30 · 20%

Of the Belgian total: 3.5%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 7
Entered 2025: 16
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.1%

Old

Before 1990: 26 · 18%
1990 or later: 122 · 82%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.0%

Reachable

Email: 51 · 34%
Phone: 82 · 55%
Website: 57 · 39%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 65 · 55%
$100K-$500K: 29 · 25%
$500K-$1M: 22 · 19%
$1M and more: 2 · 2%

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Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most butchers in Belgium (148), ahead of Aalter (122), Gent (96), Liège (68) and Anderlecht (60). Together the five hold one in nine of them.

Cities by number of firms

563 Belgian cities have at least one butcher; 103 have ten or more; 58 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 3,667 Belgian butchers with a known headcount, 3,095 (84%) have one to four people, 351 have five to nine, 214 have ten to 49 and 7 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,650, 51%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 103,446 94%
Small 10 to 49214 6%
Medium 50 to 2496 0.2%
Large 250+1 <0.1%

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

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

136

firms were entered in 2026.

How many butchers are there in Belgium?

Butchers in Belgium

4,207

5 November 2026

There are 4,207 butchers in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 568 Belgian companies. About 3 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (136 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,402 57%
Head offices: 830
Branch offices: 975

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 4722, identical to NACE Rev. 2 4722. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 4722.

1,686 of the 4,207 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (40%); 1,367 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in three Belgian butchers work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Two in five are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)1,36732%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)1433%
BV/SRL and NV/SA1,68640%
No form on record or other1,01124%

Single-site: 57%
Head offices: 830
Branches: 975

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

How reachable are they?

Butchers are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 72% list a phone number and 50% a website.

Email1,763 42%
Phone3,010 72%
Website2,084 50%

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

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

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian butchers from before 1900, 5 from before 1950 and 650 from before 1990.

1900
1. Antwerpen
1934
1. Bruxelles
1944
1. Waremme
1946
1. Liège
1948
1. Oostende

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650

Belgian butchers date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

136 butchers were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 3 a week, after 213 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.1% of the inflow.

1732022
1792023
1892024
2132025
1362026 so far

63 of this year's 136 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.

1Aalter4 staff
2Aalter4 staff
3Court-Saint-Etienne4 staff
4Aalter4 staff
5Aalter4 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 3 food distribution companies for every butcher in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Food Distribution Companies	12,790	40%	77%
Butchers	4,207	50%	74%
Catering Companies	3,787	44%	88%
Meat Companies	1,614	34%	72%
Breweries	907	54%	72%
Wine Companies	838	35%	79%

In other countries

Only Italy, Spain and the UK have more butchers than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Italy	29,351	4.2
Spain	11,372	2.1
The UK	9,652	1.1
Belgium	4,207	1.8
The Netherlands	2,740	0.7

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Frequently asked questions

How many butchers are there in Belgium?

There are 4,207 butchers in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 568 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest butcher in Belgium?

Quality Meat Renmans in Mons, with 1,905 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most butchers?

Antwerpen, with 148, ahead of Aalter (122), Gent (96), Liège (68) and Anderlecht (60).

How many butchers are there in Antwerpen?

148, which is 0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 22% below the national share.

How big is a typical butcher?

Small. 84% of the 3,667 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 7 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian butchers sole traders or companies?

One in three (1,367) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 40% (1,686) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many butchers started in 2026?

136 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 213 in 2025. 63 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest butcher in Belgium?

Aniska in Antwerpen, 1900, followed by Kos Gerrit in Bruxelles (1934) and De Biasio Mario in Waremme (1944). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers butchers?

Belgian butchers are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 4722, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 4722. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 4722.

Can I download the full list?

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