List of Cheese Shops in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 874 cheese shops in Belgium, one in every 2,732 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and none employs 50 people or more. One in eleven cheesemongers is based in Gent, Liège, Antwerpen, Namur and Brugge. Below you find the largest cheesemongers 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.

874 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies8741 in2,732 Belgian companiesCities377Largest cityGent 21Sole traders43%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (71%)Email35%Phone63%Website44%

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A live view of all 874 cheesemongers, sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, employee size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a firm by name.

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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	Castle Dairy	Belgium	Verviers	Chemin Du Couloury 1	Liège	4800	*****.com	2018	$32,493,723	4	Corporation	6	BE0716633228
2	Valfrais	Belgium	Halle	Edingensesteenweg 196	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.com	1978	$17,515,530	25	Corporation	1011	BE0418935773
3	Breugel Food Processing	Belgium	Lommel	John Cockerillstraat 131	Limburg	3920	N/A	2021	$3,764,341	21	Corporation	5	BE0750517605
4	Alt Mlk LIMITED	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Louise 347, Internal Postal Box 6	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	N/A	2021	$3,764,341	12	Corporation	3	BE0776365036
5	La Petite Ferme	Belgium	Namur	Rue de Jausse 55	Namur	5100	*****.be	2024	$3,764,341	5	Corporation	4	BE0454123613
6	Canal Shop	Belgium	Comines	Rue Des Moulins 8	Hainaut	7780	N/A	2015	$2,707,491	6	Corporation	N/A	BE0553508625
7	Bervilou	Belgium	Braine-l'alleud	Av Grande Closière 15	Brabant Wallon	1428	*****.be	2017	$1,359,195	4	Corporation	2	BE0681789541
8	Noordwateringshoeve	Belgium	Wuustwezel	Noordwateringsweg 26	Antwerpen	2990	*****.be	1999	$604,000	2	Corporation	N/A	BE0469527411
9	A La Ferme	Belgium	Nivelles	Chaussee de Mons 18, Internal Postal Box 46	Brabant Wallon	1400	*****.com	1966	$491,001	6	Corporation	2	BE0401744009
10	Kaashandel H. Schockaert	Belgium	Mechelen	Ijzerenleen 28	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1970	$491,001	5	Corporation	2	BE0407928550
11	Materne-Dormal	Belgium	Soumagne	Voie Des Boeufs 27	Liège	4630	*****.be	2020	$491,001	7	Corporation	2	BE0416598172
12	Van - Matt	Belgium	Halle	Ninoofsesteenweg 10	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.be	1977	$491,001	6	Corporation	3	BE0416664884
13	B7	Belgium	Brugge	Gemeneweideweg-zuid 75	West Vlaanderen	8310	N/A	1977	$491,001	4	Corporation	2	BE0417810771
14	De Barba-Close	Belgium	Liège	Rue Puits en Sock 103	Liège	4020	*****.be	1982	$491,001	4	Corporation	2	BE0423046001
15	Au Vert Pre	Belgium	Namur	Rue Joseph Lemineur 4	Namur	5020	*****.be	1983	$491,001	2	Corporation	2	BE0423919494
16	Halte Gourmande	Belgium	Martelange	Rue Du Belvedère 4	Luxembourg	6630	N/A	2026	$491,001	3	Corporation	2	BE1040315201
17	W&A Retail	Belgium	Halle	Nijvelsesteenweg 116	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.be	2011	$491,001	22	Corporation	2	BE0840729781
18	Jonckheere Gdp	Belgium	Brugge	Katelijnestraat 25	West Vlaanderen	8000	*****.be	1998	$491,001	3	Corporation	2	BE0463623772
19	Bulle De Verre	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Grande Rue Au Bois 93-95	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.be	1998	$491,001	33	Corporation	4	BE0464167269
20	Le Fromager De Messancy	Belgium	Messancy	Rue Des Ardennes 19	Luxembourg	6780	N/A	2012	$491,001	4	Corporation	942	BE0501702113
21	Bervicheese	Belgium	Durbuy	Chemin Du Meunier 26	Luxembourg	6941	*****.be	1998	$491,001	3	Corporation	2	BE0464587636
22	E En S	Belgium	Grimbergen	Populierendallaan 134	Vlaams Brabant	1850	N/A	1999	$491,001	3	Corporation	3	BE0465659881
23	Caseus	Belgium	Chaudfontaine	Haute Colline 16	Liège	4052	*****.be	2015	$491,001	12	Corporation	3	BE0631830383
24	Mavemax	Belgium	Uccle	Rue de la Seconde Reine 28	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	*****.com	2015	$491,001	3	Corporation	2	BE0640896519
25	Rok4	Belgium	Tongeren	Hemelingenstraat 34	Limburg	3700	*****.be	2016	$491,001	1	Corporation	3	BE0647760654

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 714 Belgian cheesemongers with a known headcount, 690 (97%) have one to four people, 15 have five to nine, 9 have ten to 49 and 0 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (396, 71%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 10705 99%
Small 10 to 499 1%
Medium 50 to 2490 0.0%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 2 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest cheesemongers in Belgium

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

Bulle De Verre is the largest cheesemonger in Belgium by headcount.

1Schaerbeek33 staff
2Juprelle29 staff
3Halle25 staff
4Saint-Gilles18 staff
5Leuven17 staff
6Ixelles12 staff
7Lokeren9 staff
8Antwerpen8 staff
9Comines6 staff
10Uccle6 staff

By employee size · 714 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	690	97%
5-9	15	2%
10-19	5	0.7%
20-49	4	0.6%
50-99	0	0%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 4 have 20 to 49; 0 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	396	71%
$100K-$500K	156	28%
$500K-$1M	1	0.2%
$1M-$5M	5	0.9%
$10M-$50M	2	0.4%

71% under $100,000; 5 between $1M and $5M; 2 above $5M.

How many cheese shops are there in Belgium?

Cheese shops and cheesemongers in Belgium

874

5 November 2026

There are 874 cheese shops and cheesemongers in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 2,732 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every month this year (15 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 471 54%
Head offices: 89
Branch offices: 314

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 47271, NACE Rev. 2 4729. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 47271.

154 of the 874 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (18%); 373 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Where in Belgium?

Gent has the most cheese shops in Belgium (21), ahead of Liège (18), Antwerpen (17), Namur (13) and Brugge (13). Together the five hold one in eleven of them.

Cities by number of firms

377 Belgian cities have at least one cheesemonger; 8 have ten or more; 182 have exactly one.

Cheesemongers in Gent

Gent has 21 cheese shops and cheesemongers, <0.1% of all 58,436 Gent companies and on the national share. All Gent firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 7 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 18 · 100%
5-9: 0 · 0%
10-19: 0 · 0%
20-49: 0 · 0%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 8 · 38%
Partnerships: 1 · 5%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 3 · 14%
Other or none: 9 · 43%

Of the Belgian total: 2.4%
Of all Gent companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 2
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 7 · 33%
1990 or later: 14 · 67%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 2.8%

Reachable

Email: 7 · 33%
Phone: 13 · 62%
Website: 9 · 43%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 10 · 83%
$100K-$500K: 2 · 17%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 0 · 0%

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How reachable are they?

Cheesemongers are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 63% list a phone number and 44% a website.

Email307 35%
Phone551 63%
Website387 44%

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 cheesemongers from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 246 from before 1990.

1949
1. Beernem
1959
1. De Panne
1960
1. Oud-Turnhout
1961
1. Mons
1962
1. Bree
1963
1. Nazareth

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

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1990

246

Belgian cheesemongers date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Two in five Belgian cheesemongers work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in six is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)37343%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)202%
BV/SRL and NV/SA15418%
No form on record or other32737%

Single-site: 54%
Head offices: 89
Branches: 314

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 28 sport companies for every cheesemonger in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Sport Companies	24,106	37%	89%
Food Distribution Companies	12,790	40%	77%
Bakeries	5,236	50%	78%
Butchers	4,207	50%	74%
Breweries	907	54%	72%
Cheese Shops	874	44%	79%

In other countries

Only the Netherlands has more cheesemongers than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The Netherlands	1,179	0.3
Belgium	874	0.4

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Frequently asked questions

How many cheese shops are there in Belgium?

There are 874 cheese shops and cheesemongers in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 2,732 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest cheesemonger in Belgium?

Bulle De Verre in Schaerbeek, with 33 staff. By revenue Castle Dairy in Verviers leads with $32.5 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most cheese shops?

Gent, with 21, ahead of Liège (18), Antwerpen (17), Namur (13) and Brugge (13).

How many cheesemongers are there in Gent?

21, which is <0.1% of all 58,436 Gent companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical cheesemonger?

Small. 97% of the 714 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 0 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian cheese shops sole traders or companies?

Two in five (373) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 18% (154) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many cheesemongers started in 2026?

15 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 29 in 2025. 7 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest cheesemonger in Belgium?

Zuivelfabriek Sinte Marie in Vereffening in Beernem, 1949, followed by Debaenst Leopold in De Panne (1959) and Eierhandel Gebroeders Nuyts in Vereffening in Oud-Turnhout (1960). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers cheese shops?

Belgian cheese shops are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 47271, NACE Rev. 2 code 4729. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 47271.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 874 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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