List of Chicken Farmers in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 1,261 chicken farmers in Belgium, one in every 1,894 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 3 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eight poultry farms is based in Ravels, Wuustwezel, Hoogstraten, Aalter and Tielt. Below you find the largest poultry farms 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.

1,261 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies1,2611 in1,894 Belgian companiesCities347Largest cityRavels 49Sole traders30%Employees1-4 (96%)Revenue< $100K (55%)Email18%Phone62%Website16%

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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	Plukon Mouscron	Belgium	Mouscron	Avenue de L'Eau Vive 5	Hainaut	7700	*****.nl	1996	$304,908,979	237	Corporation	73	BE0459381409
2	Pluimveeslachterij Cooreman	Belgium	Dendermonde	Wissenstraat 7	Oost Vlaanderen	9200	N/A	2002	$236,173,739	24	Corporation	2	BE0478848814
3	Belgabroed	Belgium	Merksplas	Steenweg Op Hoogstraten 141	Antwerpen	2330	*****.be	2019	$133,182,908	281	Corporation	21	BE0473704349
4	Broeierij En Pluimveebedrijf Lafaut	Belgium	Zonnebeke	Klokhofstraat 13	West Vlaanderen	8980	*****.be	1973	$71,971,227	12	Corporation	2	BE0413611265
5	Broeierij David	Belgium	Tielt	Uitweg 3	West Vlaanderen	8700	*****.be	2017	$70,394,198	31	Corporation	N/A	BE0418017540
6	De Biest	Belgium	Kruishoutem	Waregemsesteenweg 186	Oost Vlaanderen	9770	*****.be	2021	$55,591,066	52	Corporation	13	BE0417143748
7	Vepymo	Belgium	Ravels	Nieuwstraat 21	Antwerpen	2382	*****.com	1998	$38,578,421	30	Corporation	119	BE0464410957
8	Pyfferoen	Belgium	Oostkamp	Proosdijstraat 54	West Vlaanderen	8020	N/A	2017	$30,860,128	19	Corporation	11	BE0417463749
9	Ghekiere	Belgium	Wevelgem	Bieststraat 80	West Vlaanderen	8560	*****.com	2019	$30,860,128	27	Corporation	7	BE0418095140
10	Le Petit Fermier	Belgium	Vorst	Eindhoutseweg 32	Antwerpen	2431	*****.be	2009	$30,860,128	52	Corporation	33	BE0447157528
11	Dinima	Belgium	Couvin	Le Moulin 1	Namur	5660	N/A	1998	$30,860,128	11	Corporation	3	BE0464154205
12	Etl Pluimvee	Belgium	Bocholt	Voortweg 2a	Limburg	3950	N/A	2021	$30,860,128	3	Corporation	6	BE0533810004
13	Broekman Pluimvee-Entbedrijf	Belgium	Bree	Bedrijfsweg 27	Limburg	3960	N/A	1999	$30,860,128	18	Corporation	3	BE0467145070
14	Lodewijckx	Belgium	Vorst	Eindhoutseweg 32	Antwerpen	2431	*****.be	2009	$30,860,128	52	Corporation	33	BE0467821496
15	Hfhc	Belgium	Hoegaarden	Nerm 94	Vlaams Brabant	3320	N/A	2023	$30,860,128	52	Corporation	21	BE0684608083
16	Vervaeke-Belavi	Belgium	Tielt	Oude Kapellestraat 65	West Vlaanderen	8700	*****.be	2008	$30,860,128	52	Corporation	21	BE0806726828
17	Kranenburg	Belgium	Wevelgem	Bieststraat 80	West Vlaanderen	8560	*****.com	2014	$30,860,128	4	Corporation	7	BE0870707137
18	Laerco	Belgium	Geel	Meeuwstraat 4, Internal Postal Box A	Antwerpen	2440	*****.be	2005	$30,860,128	10	Corporation	4	BE0875980769
19	De Vloo	Belgium	Veurne	Proostdijkstraat 28	West Vlaanderen	8630	*****.be	1992	$27,582,194	10	Corporation	2	BE0448953711
20	Pollo	Belgium	Merksplas	Steenweg Op Hoogstraten 141	Antwerpen	2330	*****.be	2019	$8,559,564	52	Corporation	21	BE0465070854
21	Jomi	Belgium	Olen	Meren 14	Antwerpen	2250	*****.be	1996	$8,559,564	8	Corporation	6	BE0459530570
22	Geiko	Belgium	Brugge	Gemeneweideweg-noord 76	West Vlaanderen	8310	*****.be	1992	$4,361,410	2	Corporation	N/A	BE0447191576
23	De Kroon-Destrooper	Belgium	Merksplas	Steenweg Op Hoogstraten 141	Antwerpen	2330	*****.com	1978	$2,180,000	31	Corporation	N/A	BE0418608250
24	't Speienhof	Belgium	Brugge	Oostendsesteenweg 221a	West Vlaanderen	8000	N/A	1996	$1,780,392	3	Corporation	2	BE0459435847
25	Avibel	Belgium	Zwijndrecht	Dorpstraat 20	Antwerpen	2070	*****.be	1951	$1,780,392	3	Corporation	3	BE0403861379

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Where in Belgium?

Ravels has the most chicken farmers in Belgium (49), ahead of Wuustwezel (34), Hoogstraten (29), Aalter (23) and Tielt (19). Together the five hold one in eight of them.

Cities by number of firms

347 Belgian cities have at least one poultry farm; 25 have ten or more; 129 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Largest poultry farms in Belgium

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

Centre Public d'Action Sociale De Charleroi is the largest poultry farm in Belgium by headcount. 3 firms employ 50 people or more; 2 employ 100 or more.

1Charleroi · public body2,600 staff
2Merksplas281 staff
3Mouscron237 staff
4Florennes76 staff
5Kruishoutem52 staff
6Vorst52 staff
7Tielt31 staff
8Merksplas31 staff
9Ieper30 staff
10Ravels30 staff

By employee size · 1,103 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,056	96%
5-9	26	2%
10-19	8	0.7%
20-49	10	0.9%
50-99	1	<0.1%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	1	<0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

96% have 1 to 4 people; 10 have 20 to 49; 3 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	491	55%
$100K-$500K	157	18%
$500K-$1M	5	0.6%
$1M-$5M	216	24%
$5M-$10M	2	0.2%
$10M-$50M	13	1%
$50M-$100M	3	0.3%
$100M-$500M	3	0.3%

55% under $100,000; 216 between $1M and $5M; 21 above $5M.

How many chicken farmers are there in Belgium?

Chicken farmers and poultry farms in Belgium

1,261

5 November 2026

There are 1,261 chicken farmers and poultry farms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 1,894 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (59 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 649 51%
Head offices: 242
Branch offices: 370

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 0147, NACE Rev. 2 014. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 0147.

326 of the 1,261 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (26%); 377 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Poultry farms in Ravels

Ravels has 49 chicken farmers and poultry farms, 1.8% of all 2,713 Ravels companies and 3320% above the national share. Nine in ten Ravels firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 3 new firms were entered in 2026, 2 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 35 · 92%
5-9: 0 · 0%
10-19: 1 · 3%
20-49: 2 · 5%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 12 · 24%
Partnerships: 9 · 18%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 12 · 24%
Other or none: 16 · 33%

Of the Belgian total: 3.9%
Of all Ravels companies: 1.8%
Against the national share: 34.2×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 3
Entered 2025: 3
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.1%

Old

Before 1990: 2 · 4%
1990 or later: 47 · 96%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 1.9%

Reachable

Email: 4 · 8%
Phone: 33 · 67%
Website: 8 · 16%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 16 · 48%
$100K-$500K: 8 · 24%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 9 · 27%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 1,103 Belgian poultry farms with a known headcount, 1,056 (96%) have one to four people, 26 have five to nine, 18 have ten to 49 and 3 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (491, 55%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 101,082 98%
Small 10 to 4918 2%
Medium 50 to 2492 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; 19 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 52 agriculture companies for every poultry farm in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Agriculture Companies	65,036	14%	93%
Farmers	56,828	13%	93%
Horse Farmers	2,190	26%	92%
Chicken Farmers	1,261	16%	84%
Fishing Companies	388	23%	80%

In other countries

Only Italy, Spain and the Netherlands have more poultry farms than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Italy	5,343	0.8
Spain	2,612	0.5
The Netherlands	2,144	0.6
Belgium	1,261	0.5
Sweden	731	0.4

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Three in ten Belgian poultry farms work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in four is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)37730%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)17214%
BV/SRL and NV/SA32626%
No form on record or other38631%

Single-site: 51%
Head offices: 242
Branches: 370

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

59 poultry farms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 76 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

342022
572023
562024
762025
592026 so far

14 of this year's 59 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.

1Durbuy3 staff
2Bree3 staff
3Braine-le-Château2 staff
4Kemmel1 staff
5Tielt1 staff

How reachable are they?

Poultry farms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 62% list a phone number and 16% a website.

Email228 18%
Phone777 62%
Website196 16%

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 poultry farms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 106 from before 1990.

1951
1. Zwijndrecht
1952
1. Wervik
1968
1. Charleroi
1968
1. Oostkamp
1968
1. Bléharies
1969
1. Moorslede

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

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1990

106

Belgian poultry farms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many chicken farmers are there in Belgium?

There are 1,261 chicken farmers and poultry farms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 1,894 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest poultry farm in Belgium?

Centre Public d'Action Sociale De Charleroi in Charleroi, with 2,600 staff. By revenue Plukon Mouscron in Mouscron leads with $304.9 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most chicken farmers?

Ravels, with 49, ahead of Wuustwezel (34), Hoogstraten (29), Aalter (23) and Tielt (19).

How many poultry farms are there in Ravels?

49, which is 1.8% of all 2,713 Ravels companies and 3320% above the national share.

How big is a typical poultry farm?

Small. 96% of the 1,103 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 3 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian chicken farmers sole traders or companies?

Three in ten (377) are sole traders, 14% are partnerships and 26% (326) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many poultry farms started in 2026?

59 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 76 in 2025. 14 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest poultry farm in Belgium?

Avibel in Zwijndrecht, 1951, followed by Verhaeghe - Het Anker in Wervik (1952) and Centre Public d'Action Sociale De Charleroi in Charleroi (1968). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers chicken farmers?

Belgian chicken farmers are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 0147, NACE Rev. 2 code 014. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 0147.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,261 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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