List of Engineering Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 43,697 engineering companies in Belgium, one in every 55 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 117 firms employ 50 people or more. One in six engineering firms is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Ixelles and Liège. Below you find the largest engineering 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.

43,697 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies43,6971 in55 Belgian companiesCities609Largest cityAntwerpen 2,370Sole traders44%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (78%)Email31%Phone51%Website31%

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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	Elindus	Belgium	Paardenstad	Meersstraat 13, Internal Postal Box 2.1	West Vlaanderen	8790	*****.be	2024	$445,275,697	62	Corporation	2	BE0844206143
2	Siemens Industry Software	Belgium	Leuven	Interleuvenlaan 68	Vlaams Brabant	3001	*****.com	1985	$411,504,179	479	Corporation	3670	BE0428295877
3	Tramardent	Belgium	Liège	Rue Suzanne Clercx 6	Liège	4020	N/A	2018	$409,407,567	4	Corporation	25	BE0714889802
4	Tractebel Engineering	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Simon Bolivar 36	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1972	$384,959,538	1,331	Corporation	5844	BE0412639681
5	Donaldson Europe	Belgium	Leuven	Interleuvenlaan 1	Vlaams Brabant	3001	*****.com	1970	$373,137,087	486	Corporation	175	BE0407184719
6	Tuc Rail	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Avenue Fonsny 39	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.be	1992	$211,037,002	724	Corporation	1639	BE0447914029
7	Vyncke	Belgium	Harelbeke	Gentsesteenweg 224	West Vlaanderen	8530	*****.com	2012	$176,835,030	181	Corporation	8	BE0447690830
8	Arcadis Belgium	Belgium	Brussel	Markiesstraat 1	Brussel Hoofdstad	1000	*****.com	2016	$162,406,773	756	Corporation	7	BE0426682709
9	Desmet Belgium	Belgium	Machelen	De Kleetlaan 7 B	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.com	1997	$137,592,276	386	Corporation	379	BE0403642140
10	Scioteq	Belgium	Kortrijk	President Kennedypark 35a	West Vlaanderen	8500	*****.com	2014	$124,078,368	349	Corporation	5	BE0565983518
11	Akkodis Belgium	Belgium	Dilbeek	Noordkustlaan 16b	Vlaams Brabant	1702	*****.com	1988	$114,778,880	660	Corporation	7	BE0435968478
12	Etex Services	Belgium	Kapelle-op-den-bos	Kuiermansstraat 1	Vlaams Brabant	1880	*****.com	1996	$107,876,774	209	Corporation	311	BE0459431788
13	Cobra Belgium	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Louise 65, Internal Postal Box 11	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	N/A	2022	$93,351,268	46	Corporation	2	BE0784883814
14	Trasis	Belgium	Ans	Rue Gilles Magnee 90	Liège	4430	*****.com	2004	$93,143,167	339	Corporation	N/A	BE0865913456
15	Alten Belgium	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Chaussee de Charleroi 112	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.be	2000	$92,345,910	684	Corporation	349	BE0471960230
16	Vestas Offshore Wind Belgium	Belgium	Oostende	Esplanadestraat 12	West Vlaanderen	8400	*****.com	2011	$92,077,028	157	Corporation	462	BE0841991573
17	Septentrio	Belgium	Leuven	Interleuvenlaan 15, Internal Postal Box I	Vlaams Brabant	3001	*****.no	2000	$86,797,848	386	Corporation	650	BE0470094266
18	Luminus Solutions	Belgium	Saint-josse-ten-noode	Boulevard Du Roi Albert Ii 7	Bruxelles Capitale	1210	*****.be	1994	$84,744,333	33	Corporation	36005	BE0454145981
19	Geo.xyz	Belgium	Zwevegem	Esserstraat 7	West Vlaanderen	8550	*****.eu	1998	$82,882,161	102	Corporation	1011	BE0465233774
20	Worley België	Belgium	Antwerpen	Noorderlaan 127	Antwerpen	2030	*****.com	1970	$77,346,535	346	Corporation	332	BE0407107911
21	Telespazio Belgium	Belgium	Bastogne	Rue de La-roche 38g	Luxembourg	6600	*****.be	2008	$75,804,177	64	Corporation	5	BE0807169365
22	Intercommunale Pour La Gestion Et La Realisation D'etudes Techniques Et Economiques	Belgium	Charleroi	Boulevard Pierre Mayence 1, Internal Postal Box 1	Hainaut	6000	*****.com	1946	$75,342,922	414	Cooperative	17	BE0201741786
23	A.C.N.	Belgium	Izegem	Lodewijk de Raetlaan 20	West Vlaanderen	8870	N/A	2010	$74,075,301	79	Corporation	8	BE0829935166
24	Westinghouse Electric Belgium	Belgium	Nivelles	Rue de L'Industrie 43	Brabant Wallon	1400	*****.com	1993	$60,674,688	126	Corporation	46	BE0449543728
25	Elia Engineering	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard de L'Empereur 20	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	2000	$59,491,431	295	Corporation	53	BE0471869861

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Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most engineering companies in Belgium (2,370), ahead of Gent (1,960), Bruxelles (935), Ixelles (856) and Liège (837). Together the five hold one in six of them. Relative to their size, Forest, Gent and Watermael-Boitsfort have the most: 1.8 to 2.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

609 Belgian cities have at least one engineering firm; 538 have ten or more; 6 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Engineering firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.83. Forest has 2.0 times the national share.

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By province 21 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	6,671	15%
Oost Vlaanderen	5,736	13%
Bruxelles Capitale	5,647	13%
West Vlaanderen	3,825	9%
Vlaams Brabant	3,744	9%
Liège	3,431	8%
Hainaut	3,053	7%
Limburg	2,743	6%
Brabant Wallon	2,164	5%
Namur	1,533	4%

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Engineering firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 2,370 engineering companies and engineering firms, 2.2% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 19% above the national share. Nearly all Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 11 have 50 or more. 113 new firms were entered in 2026, 67 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,142 · 97%
5-9: 43 · 2%
10-19: 12 · 0.5%
20-49: 11 · 0.5%
50+: 11 · 0.5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 848 · 36%
Partnerships: 238 · 10%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 995 · 42%
Other or none: 289 · 12%

Of the Belgian total: 5.4%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 2.2%
Against the national share: 1.2×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 113
Entered 2025: 186
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 6.5%

Old

Before 1990: 67 · 3%
1990 or later: 2,303 · 97%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 2.8%

Reachable

Email: 693 · 29%
Phone: 1,038 · 44%
Website: 791 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,606 · 76%
$100K-$500K: 323 · 15%
$500K-$1M: 136 · 6%
$1M and more: 38 · 2%

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How many engineering companies are there in Belgium?

Engineering companies and engineering firms in Belgium

43,697

5 November 2026

There are 43,697 engineering companies and engineering firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 55 Belgian companies. About 8 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,750 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 33,500 77%
Head offices: 5,632
Branch offices: 4,565

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 711, identical to NACE Rev. 2 711. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 711.

16,441 of the 43,697 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (38%); 19,126 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Largest engineering firms in Belgium

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Antwerpen, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Tractebel Engineering is the largest engineering firm in Belgium by headcount. 117 firms employ 50 people or more; 59 employ 100 or more.

1Bruxelles1,331 staff
2Brussel756 staff
3Saint-Gilles724 staff
4Saint-Gilles684 staff
5Grimbergen677 staff
6Leuven486 staff
7Leuven479 staff
8Charleroi414 staff
9Ixelles386 staff
10Machelen386 staff

By employee size · 41,339 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	40,201	97%
5-9	574	1%
10-19	280	0.7%
20-49	167	0.4%
50-99	58	0.1%
100-199	36	<0.1%
200-499	17	<0.1%
500-999	5	<0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 167 have 20 to 49; 117 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	30,519	78%
$100K-$500K	5,894	15%
$500K-$1M	2,051	5%
$1M-$5M	472	1%
$5M-$10M	28	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	100	0.3%
$50M-$100M	17	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	12	<0.1%

78% under $100,000; 472 between $1M and $5M; 157 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 41,339 Belgian engineering firms with a known headcount, 40,201 (97%) have one to four people, 574 have five to nine, 447 have ten to 49 and 117 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (30,519, 78%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1040,775 99%
Small 10 to 49447 1%
Medium 50 to 249111 0.3%
Large 250+6 <0.1%

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

157

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 129 more than $10 million.

1,750

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Engineering firms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 51% list a phone number and 31% a website.

Email13,348 31%
Phone22,497 51%
Website13,663 31%

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

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 59 engineering firms for every one of the tax consultants in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Engineering Companies	43,697	31%	92%
Lawyers	27,348	30%	94%
Cleaning Companies	18,646	25%	82%
Notaries	2,746	61%	63%
Security Companies	1,138	35%	75%
Tax Consultants	745	84%	69%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	114,162	12.9
Spain	69,272	12.7
The Netherlands	62,703	16.2
Sweden	45,952	24.8
Belgium	43,697	18.3

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

1,750 engineering firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 8 a working day, after 2,923 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.6% of the inflow.

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2,6562023
2,6592024
2,9232025
1,7502026 so far

554 of this year's 1,750 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.

1Antwerpen7 staff
2Gent7 staff
3Kortrijk7 staff
4Hasselt7 staff
5Leuven7 staff

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)19,12644%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)2,7086%
BV/SRL and NV/SA16,44138%
No form on record or other5,42212%

Single-site: 77%
Head offices: 5,632
Branches: 4,565

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

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 1 Belgian engineering firms from before 1900, 15 from before 1950 and 2,401 from before 1990.

1899
1. Paardenstad
1916
1. Beveren-Waas
1919
1. Liège
1920
1. Ixelles
1922
1. Charleroi
1925
1. Ixelles

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Belgian engineering firms date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many engineering companies are there in Belgium?

There are 43,697 engineering companies and engineering firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 55 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest engineering firm in Belgium?

Tractebel Engineering in Bruxelles, with 1,331 staff. By revenue Elindus in Paardenstad leads with $445.3 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most engineering companies?

Antwerpen, with 2,370, ahead of Gent (1,960), Bruxelles (935), Ixelles (856) and Liège (837). Relative to its size, Forest has the most: 2.0 times the national share.

How many engineering firms are there in Antwerpen?

2,370, which is 2.2% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 19% above the national share.

How big is a typical engineering firm?

Small. 97% of the 41,339 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 117 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian engineering companies sole traders or companies?

Two in five (19,126) are sole traders, 6% are partnerships and 38% (16,441) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many engineering firms started in 2026?

1,750 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 2,923 in 2025. 554 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest engineering firm in Belgium?

S.A.W. Consulting in Paardenstad, 1899, followed by Logistics General Contracting and Engineering in Beveren-Waas (1916) and Association Royale Des Geometres-Experts De Liège in Liège (1919). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers engineering companies?

Belgian engineering companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 711, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 711. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 711.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 43,697 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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