List of Farmers in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 56,828 farmers in Belgium, one in every 42 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: two in three work as sole traders, and only 40 firms employ 50 people or more. One in twenty-four farms is based in Diksmuide, Hoogstraten, Ieper, Poperinge and Tielt. Below you find the largest 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.

56,828 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies56,8281 in42 Belgian companiesCities610Largest cityDiksmuide 473Sole traders64%Employees1-4 (98%)Revenue< $100K (89%)Email14%Phone69%Website13%

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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	Biobest Group	Belgium	Westerlo	Ilse Velden 18	Antwerpen	2260	*****.com	2007	$91,316,937	293	Corporation	66	BE0893948337
5	Arkova	Belgium	Ardooie	Knijffelingstraat 15	West Vlaanderen	8851	*****.be	1997	$90,754,222	30	Corporation	34	BE0435218016
6	Alia 2	Belgium	Floreffe	Rue Riverre 105	Namur	5150	N/A	2008	$85,879,719	21	Corporation	N/A	BE0807530245
7	Handelskwekerij Willaert	Belgium	Roeselare	Zilverbergstraat 171	West Vlaanderen	8800	*****.be	2015	$79,984,707	45	Corporation	4	BE0431911504
8	Van Drie Kalverhouderij	Belgium	Retie	Pontfort 128	Antwerpen	2470	*****.be	1987	$72,624,862	16	Corporation	110	BE0433022648
9	Broeierij En Pluimveebedrijf Lafaut	Belgium	Zonnebeke	Klokhofstraat 13	West Vlaanderen	8980	*****.be	1973	$71,971,227	12	Corporation	2	BE0413611265
10	Broeierij David	Belgium	Tielt	Uitweg 3	West Vlaanderen	8700	*****.be	2017	$70,394,198	31	Corporation	N/A	BE0418017540
11	De Biest	Belgium	Kruishoutem	Waregemsesteenweg 186	Oost Vlaanderen	9770	*****.be	2021	$55,591,066	52	Corporation	13	BE0417143748
12	Den Berk	Belgium	Merksplas	Berkelaar 10	Antwerpen	2330	*****.be	2006	$52,617,992	346	Corporation	13	BE0885985033
13	Ashford Farm	Belgium	Bocholt	Vosheuvelstraat 46	Limburg	3950	*****.net	2011	$38,836,675	22	Corporation	6	BE0832872682
14	Vepymo	Belgium	Ravels	Nieuwstraat 21	Antwerpen	2382	*****.com	1998	$38,578,421	30	Corporation	119	BE0464410957
15	Apligeer	Belgium	Geer	Rue Emile Lejeune 20	Liège	4250	*****.be	1999	$35,535,378	9	Cooperative	N/A	BE0468573445
16	Stoffels	Belgium	Rijkevorsel	Kleine Gammel 61	Antwerpen	2310	*****.be	1994	$34,214,972	211	Corporation	7	BE0454107577
17	Fokbedryf Luc Maenhout	Belgium	Lichtervelde	Oude Bruggeweg 97	West Vlaanderen	8810	*****.be	1988	$32,809,337	14	Corporation	3	BE0436220282
18	Farmvit	Belgium	Wingene	Tieltsteenweg 8	West Vlaanderen	8750	*****.be	1960	$30,947,461	25	Corporation	5	BE0405175928
19	Pyfferoen	Belgium	Oostkamp	Proosdijstraat 54	West Vlaanderen	8020	N/A	2017	$30,860,128	19	Corporation	11	BE0417463749
20	Ghekiere	Belgium	Wevelgem	Bieststraat 80	West Vlaanderen	8560	*****.com	2019	$30,860,128	27	Corporation	7	BE0418095140
21	Le Petit Fermier	Belgium	Vorst	Eindhoutseweg 32	Antwerpen	2431	*****.be	2009	$30,860,128	52	Corporation	33	BE0447157528
22	Dinima	Belgium	Couvin	Le Moulin 1	Namur	5660	N/A	1998	$30,860,128	11	Corporation	3	BE0464154205
23	Etl Pluimvee	Belgium	Bocholt	Voortweg 2a	Limburg	3950	N/A	2021	$30,860,128	3	Corporation	6	BE0533810004
24	Broekman Pluimvee-Entbedrijf	Belgium	Bree	Bedrijfsweg 27	Limburg	3960	N/A	1999	$30,860,128	18	Corporation	3	BE0467145070
25	Lodewijckx	Belgium	Vorst	Eindhoutseweg 32	Antwerpen	2431	*****.be	2009	$30,860,128	52	Corporation	33	BE0467821496

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Farms in Diksmuide

Diksmuide has 473 farmers and farms, 12.8% of all 3,692 Diksmuide companies and 438% above the national share. Nearly all Diksmuide firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 23 new firms were entered in 2026, 103 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 433 · 99%
5-9: 1 · 0.2%
10-19: 1 · 0.2%
20-49: 0 · 0%
50+: 1 · 0.2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 298 · 63%
Partnerships: 66 · 14%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 26 · 5%
Other or none: 83 · 18%

Of the Belgian total: 0.8%
Of all Diksmuide companies: 12.8%
Against the national share: 5.4×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 23
Entered 2025: 24
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 1.3%

Old

Before 1990: 103 · 22%
1990 or later: 370 · 78%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 0.9%

Reachable

Email: 65 · 14%
Phone: 367 · 78%
Website: 41 · 9%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 355 · 91%
$100K-$500K: 27 · 7%
$500K-$1M: 6 · 2%
$1M and more: 3 · 0.8%

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Where in Belgium?

Diksmuide has the most farmers in Belgium (473), ahead of Hoogstraten (471), Ieper (465), Poperinge (461) and Tielt (458). Together the five hold one in twenty-four of them. Relative to their size, Alveringem, Lo and Kemmel have the most: 8.2 to 10.4 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

610 Belgian cities have at least one farm; 559 have ten or more; 9 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Farms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 2.38. Alveringem has 10.4 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By province 22 provinces

Province	Firms	%
West Vlaanderen	10,659	19%
Oost Vlaanderen	7,698	14%
Hainaut	6,122	11%
Antwerpen	5,496	10%
Limburg	4,288	8%
Liège	4,266	8%
Namur	4,084	7%
Vlaams Brabant	3,998	7%
Luxembourg	3,670	6%
Brabant Wallon	1,998	4%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 53,779 Belgian farms with a known headcount, 52,956 (98%) have one to four people, 502 have five to nine, 281 have ten to 49 and 40 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (44,490, 89%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1053,458 99%
Small 10 to 49281 0.5%
Medium 50 to 24939 <0.1%
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; 77 more than $10 million.

1,756

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest farms in Belgium

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

Centre Public d'Action Sociale De Charleroi is the largest farm in Belgium by headcount. 40 firms employ 50 people or more; 9 employ 100 or more.

1Charleroi · public body2,600 staff
2Merksplas346 staff
3Roeselare340 staff
4Westerlo293 staff
5Merksplas281 staff
6Mouscron237 staff
7Rijkevorsel211 staff
8Putte173 staff
9Kortessem167 staff
10Lochristi94 staff

By employee size · 53,779 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	52,956	98%
5-9	502	0.9%
10-19	179	0.3%
20-49	102	0.2%
50-99	31	<0.1%
100-199	4	<0.1%
200-499	4	<0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

98% have 1 to 4 people; 102 have 20 to 49; 40 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	44,490	89%
$100K-$500K	4,292	9%
$500K-$1M	692	1%
$1M-$5M	374	0.7%
$5M-$10M	19	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	65	0.1%
$50M-$100M	9	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	3	<0.1%

89% under $100,000; 374 between $1M and $5M; 96 above $5M.

How many farmers are there in Belgium?

Farmers and farms in Belgium

56,828

5 November 2026

There are 56,828 farmers and farms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 42 Belgian companies. About 8 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,756 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 44,084 78%
Head offices: 5,898
Branch offices: 6,846

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 011, 012, 013, 014 and 015, NACE Rev. 2 011, 012, 013, 014, 015 and 016. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 011, 012, 013, 014 and 1 more.

5,626 of the 56,828 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (10%); 36,420 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 146 farms for every one of the fishing companies 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

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Italy	590,207	84.0
Sweden	80,968	43.7
The Netherlands	62,474	16.2
The UK	61,553	7.0
Spain	57,285	10.5
Belgium	56,828	23.8

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)36,42064%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)7,15613%
BV/SRL and NV/SA5,62610%
No form on record or other7,62613%

Single-site: 78%
Head offices: 5,898
Branches: 6,846

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

1,756 farms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 8 a working day, after 2,814 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.6% of the inflow.

1,4332022
1,9032023
1,8362024
2,8142025
1,7562026 so far

120 of this year's 1,756 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.

1Deinze15 staff
2Meix14 staff
3Pepingen11 staff
4Lochristi5 staff
5Zottegem2 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 1 Belgian farms from before 1900, 28 from before 1950 and 11,985 from before 1990.

1898
1. Hamois
1900
1. Nassogne
1906
1. Villers-la-Ville
1914
1. Soignies
1921
1. Scherpenheuvel
1921
1. Liège

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11,985

Belgian farms date from before 1990

975

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Farms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 69% list a phone number and 13% a website.

Email8,139 14%
Phone39,379 69%
Website7,281 13%

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 farmers are there in Belgium?

There are 56,828 farmers and farms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 42 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest 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 farmers?

Diksmuide, with 473, ahead of Hoogstraten (471), Ieper (465), Poperinge (461) and Tielt (458). Relative to its size, Alveringem has the most: 10.4 times the national share.

How many farms are there in Diksmuide?

473, which is 12.8% of all 3,692 Diksmuide companies and 438% above the national share.

How big is a typical farm?

Small. 98% of the 53,779 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 40 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian farmers sole traders or companies?

Two in three (36,420) are sole traders, 13% are partnerships and 10% (5,626) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many farms started in 2026?

1,756 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 2,814 in 2025. 120 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest farm in Belgium?

Administration Communale De Hamois in Hamois, 1898, followed by Etablissements Servais Et Cie in Nassogne (1900) and Immobilière Agricole Et Forestière in Villers-la-Ville (1906). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers farmers?

Belgian farmers are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 011, 012, 013 and 2 more, NACE Rev. 2 codes 011, 012, 013 and 3 more. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 011, 012, 013 and 014 and 1 more.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 56,828 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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