List of Catering Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 3,787 catering companies in Belgium, one in every 631 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: half work as sole traders, and only 13 firms employ 50 people or more. One in ten catering firms is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Brugge and Namur. Below you find the largest catering firms 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.

3,787 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies3,7871 in631 Belgian companiesCities545Largest cityAntwerpen 159Sole traders51%Employees1-4 (95%)Revenue< $100K (72%)Email41%Phone56%Website44%

Build your list Get a free sample

9 / 10 from 88 verified reviews

A live sample of the list

A live view of all 3,787 catering firms, sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, employee size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a firm by name.

Compass Group BelgiumCompass Group Belgium

	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	Compass Group Belgium	Belgium	Machelen	Hermeslaan 1h	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.be	1971	$276,342,507	1,455	Corporation	2227	BE0408364753
2	Iss Catering	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Du Congrès 35	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1981	$123,762,914	746	Corporation	1634	BE0421372255
3	Ssp Belgium	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Avenue Fonsny 13	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.com	2002	$61,215,950	329	Corporation	609	BE0479135656
4	J & M Catering Services	Belgium	Schelle	Boomsesteenweg 28	Antwerpen	2627	*****.be	2022	$34,162,975	87	Corporation	2227	BE0447453971
5	Railrest	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Avenue Fonsny 13	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.com	2002	$33,994,419	96	Corporation	683	BE0477264744
6	Belgocatering	Belgium	Saint-josse-ten-noode	Avenue Du Boulevard 21, Internal Postal Box 6	Bruxelles Capitale	1210	*****.be	1997	$28,144,908	194	Corporation	1587	BE0461784435
7	Frans Hanssens	Belgium	Wevelgem	Ambachtenlaan 2	West Vlaanderen	8560	*****.be	1997	$26,789,065	31	Corporation	6	BE0429670705
8	Food & I	Belgium	Antwerpen	Kattendijkdok-westkaai 12.005	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	1998	$19,359,951	130	Corporation	125	BE0462824315
9	Api Restauration	Belgium	Mons	Rue Des Sandrinettes 32	Hainaut	7033	*****.be	1996	$13,206,396	88	Corporation	41	BE0458608674
10	Green Valley Hospitality	Belgium	Hasselt	Overdemerstraat 131	Limburg	3511	*****.be	2021	$12,524,495	66	Corporation	2	BE0762770683
11	Blue Ocean Hospitality	Belgium	Hasselt	Overdemerstraat 131	Limburg	3511	N/A	2019	$8,805,008	53	Corporation	3	BE0737641844
12	Traiteur Ronny	Belgium	Affligem	Bellestraat 206	Vlaams Brabant	1790	*****.be	1990	$5,923,965	80	Corporation	2	BE0439523628
13	Colrest	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Heidebaan 134136	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.be	2011	$5,356,051	23	Corporation	13	BE0479384094
14	Thudel1410	Belgium	Braine-le-château	Clos Des Coquinettes 6	Brabant Wallon	1440	*****.com	2015	$3,604,177	8	Corporation	2	BE0630960947
15	Grains De Folie Traiteur	Belgium	Namur	Rue Des Pieds D'Alouette 39	Namur	5100	N/A	2023	$3,495,144	16	Corporation	13	BE1000199068
16	Hove Van Herpelgem	Belgium	Gavere	Provinciebaan 108	Oost Vlaanderen	9890	*****.com	2016	$2,409,097	1	Corporation	4	BE0640943237
17	Grimod Traiteurs	Belgium	Nivelles	Rue Graham Bell 20	Brabant Wallon	1402	*****.com	1977	$2,150,782	60	Corporation	5	BE0417234513
18	Sorest Depoitre	Belgium	Ath	Rue de la Sucrerie 6, Internal Postal Box 8	Hainaut	7800	*****.be	1989	$1,739,330	12	Corporation	N/A	BE0439315176
19	Just My Team	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Rue Kessels 20-22, Internal Postal Box 1	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.com	2018	$1,337,019	2	Corporation	2	BE0697878475
20	Kastanjehof-Site	Belgium	Lubbeek	Ganzendries 65	Vlaams Brabant	3212	*****.be	1981	$1,243,760	7	Corporation	3	BE0421711755
21	Big Brothers	Belgium	Villers-la-ville	Chaussee de Namur 56, Internal Postal Box A	Brabant Wallon	1495	*****.be	1983	$1,243,760	9	Corporation	8	BE0424279879
22	Vanwonterghem.be	Belgium	Kuurne	Koning Leopold Iii-straat 9	West Vlaanderen	8520	N/A	2016	$1,243,760	16	Corporation	11	BE0426915113
23	New General Traiteur	Belgium	Floreffe	Rue de L'Ancienne Verrerie 36	Namur	5150	*****.be	1992	$1,243,760	18	Corporation	6	BE0448600452
24	Food Lovers	Belgium	Wavre	Avenue Fleming 8	Brabant Wallon	1300	*****.be	2022	$1,243,760	11	Corporation	3	BE0842560212
25	Goosse	Belgium	Liège	Rue Du Fourneau 120	Liège	4030	*****.be	2015	$1,243,760	9	Corporation	6	BE0463495296

Showing 25 of 3,787 companies

Request Free Sample

Show the numbers for

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 3,521 Belgian catering firms with a known headcount, 3,338 (95%) have one to four people, 104 have five to nine, 66 have ten to 49 and 13 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (2,446, 72%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 103,442 98%
Small 10 to 4966 2%
Medium 50 to 24911 0.3%
Large 250+2 <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.

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most catering companies in Belgium (159), ahead of Gent (101), Bruxelles (49), Brugge (44) and Namur (40). Together the five hold one in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

545 Belgian cities have at least one catering firm; 98 have ten or more; 74 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

How many catering companies are there in Belgium?

Catering companies and catering firms in Belgium

3,787

5 November 2026

There are 3,787 catering companies and catering firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 631 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (38 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,644 70%
Head offices: 776
Branch offices: 367

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 56. Our platform filter is SIC 5812.

1,130 of the 3,787 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (30%); 1,916 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Largest catering firms in Belgium

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

Compass Group Belgium is the largest catering firm in Belgium by headcount. 13 firms employ 50 people or more; 5 employ 100 or more.

1Machelen1,455 staff
2Bruxelles746 staff
3Saint-Gilles329 staff
4Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode194 staff
5Antwerpen130 staff
6Saint-Gilles96 staff
7Mons88 staff
8Affligem80 staff
9Ottignies61 staff
10Nivelles60 staff

By employee size · 3,521 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,338	95%
5-9	104	3%
10-19	47	1%
20-49	19	0.5%
50-99	8	0.2%
100-199	2	<0.1%
200-499	1	<0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

95% have 1 to 4 people; 19 have 20 to 49; 13 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,446	72%
$100K-$500K	900	26%
$500K-$1M	9	0.3%
$1M-$5M	49	1%
$5M-$10M	3	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	7	0.2%
$50M-$100M	1	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	2	<0.1%

72% under $100,000; 49 between $1M and $5M; 13 above $5M.

Catering firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 159 catering companies and catering firms, 0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 8% below the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 3 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 127 · 91%
5-9: 6 · 4%
10-19: 4 · 3%
20-49: 2 · 1%
50+: 1 · 0.7%

Legal form

Sole traders: 65 · 41%
Partnerships: 17 · 11%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 55 · 35%
Other or none: 22 · 14%

Of the Belgian total: 4.2%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 0.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 3
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 3 · 2%
1990 or later: 156 · 98%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 3.1%

Reachable

Email: 49 · 31%
Phone: 75 · 47%
Website: 64 · 40%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 96 · 67%
$100K-$500K: 43 · 30%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 4 · 3%

Largest

1130
231
322
416
515

Free Antwerpen sample

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian catering firms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 98 from before 1990.

1952
1. Ichtegem
1966
1. Evere
1967
1. Hoeilaart
1968
1. Sint-Genesius-Rode
1968
1. Antwerpen
1971
1. Machelen

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

Older than you

Live tool

Move the slider to a year. Two live counts, scoped to this industry.

1990

Belgian catering firms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Half Belgian catering firms work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Three in ten are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)1,91651%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)2747%
BV/SRL and NV/SA1,13030%
No form on record or other46712%

Single-site: 70%
Head offices: 776
Branches: 367

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

38 catering firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 88 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

2692022
3122023
1312024
882025
382026 so far

14 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.

1Gerpinnes2 staff
2Vorst2 staff
3Waterloo2 staff
4Tubize2 staff
5Herent2 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 5 fmcg companies for every catering firm in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
FMCG Companies	17,319	45%	75%
Clothing Companies	15,833	42%	81%
Food Companies	14,752	45%	74%
Fashion Companies	6,683	33%	82%
Catering Companies	3,787	44%	88%
Shoe Companies	2,234	53%	72%

In other countries

Only the USA, Poland and Germany have more catering firms than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	14,755	0.2
Poland	5,910	0.9
Germany	5,342	0.8
Belgium	3,787	1.6
Canada	3,060	0.7

More countries →

Free sample: catering firms in Europe

How reachable are they?

Catering firms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 56% list a phone number and 44% a website.

Email1,558 41%
Phone2,116 56%
Website1,669 44%

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

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

Frequently asked questions

How many catering companies are there in Belgium?

There are 3,787 catering companies and catering firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 631 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest catering firm in Belgium?

Compass Group Belgium in Machelen, with 1,455 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most catering companies?

Antwerpen, with 159, ahead of Gent (101), Bruxelles (49), Brugge (44) and Namur (40).

How many catering firms are there in Antwerpen?

159, which is 0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 8% below the national share.

How big is a typical catering firm?

Small. 95% of the 3,521 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 13 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian catering companies sole traders or companies?

Half (1,916) are sole traders, 7% are partnerships and 30% (1,130) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many catering firms started in 2026?

38 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 88 in 2025. 14 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest catering firm in Belgium?

Delicious Catering in Ichtegem, 1952, followed by L'Huitrière-Eole in Evere (1966) and Brenart Roger in Hoeilaart (1967). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers catering companies?

Belgian catering companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 56. Our platform filters them on SIC 5812 (eating places).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 3,787 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

Discover more: related industries, in other countries

The lists closest to this one. Every industry and city in Belgium is on the Belgium page.

Accommodation and food

Europe

Americas

Asia Pacific

Africa and Middle East

Catering Companies in South Africa

Get the full list of catering companies in Belgium

All 3,787 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year. Excel, CSV or API, delivered within 24 hours.

Get a free sample