List of Fashion Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 6,683 fashion companies in Belgium, one in every 357 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 35 firms employ 50 people or more. One in six clothing makers is based in Antwerpen, Bruxelles, Gent, Ixelles and Anderlecht. Below you find the largest clothing makers 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.

6,683 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies6,6831 in357 Belgian companiesCities558Largest cityAntwerpen 385Sole traders38%Employees1-4 (93%)Revenue< $100K (47%)Email28%Phone47%Website33%

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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	Levi Strauss & CO. Europe	Belgium	Ixelles	Square Du Bastion 1a	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.com	1997	$1,853,187,741	220	Corporation	718	BE0424656991
2	Ansell Healthcare Europe	Belgium	Anderlecht	Boulevard International 55	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.com	1989	$538,122,048	209	Corporation	283	BE0437593328
3	H & M Hennes & Mauritz	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Du Jardin Botanique 20	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1999	$463,829,243	1,261	Corporation	2707	BE0465925741
4	Sioen	Belgium	Ardooie	Fabriekstraat 23	West Vlaanderen	8850	*****.com	2002	$249,473,257	382	Corporation	46	BE0478652141
5	Van De Velde	Belgium	Wichelen	Lageweg 4	Oost Vlaanderen	9260	*****.eu	1992	$227,890,314	460	Corporation	28	BE0448746744
6	Stanley And Stella	Belgium	Auderghem	Rue Jules Cockx 8-10, Internal Postal Box 17	Bruxelles Capitale	1160	*****.com	2009	$210,568,206	222	Corporation	6	BE0810580894
7	The Cotton Group	Belgium	Waterloo	Drève Richelle 161o, Internal Postal Box 5	Brabant Wallon	1410	*****.eu	1990	$133,993,092	29	Corporation	11	BE0440097116
8	Bestseller Wholesale Belgium	Belgium	Antwerpen	Keizerstraat 9	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	2003	$125,457,955	71	Corporation	2990	BE0860028526
9	Erve Buying	Belgium	Zaventem	Weiveldlaan 41, Internal Postal Box 21	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.com	2011	$99,629,012	19	Corporation	17	BE0881901036
10	Gildan Activewear EU	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Louise 65, Internal Postal Box 11	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	N/A	2021	$98,711,712	1	Corporation	N/A	BE0768385894
11	Vf Europe	Belgium	Antwerpen	Posthofbrug 2-4	Antwerpen	2600	*****.com	1963	$97,609,153	577	Corporation	1205	BE0405039138
12	E5 Fashion	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Hoogkamerstraat 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.be	2021	$93,402,986	333	Corporation	17	BE0762705852
13	Fla Europe	Belgium	Oudenaarde	Lindestraat 58	Oost Vlaanderen	9700	*****.be	1979	$91,362,510	26	Corporation	15	BE0420212809
14	Vf Belgium	Belgium	Antwerpen	Posthofbrug 2-4	Antwerpen	2600	*****.com	2016	$83,898,784	60	Corporation	1205	BE0666523226
15	Kadine	Belgium	Antwerpen	Arenbergstraat 21	Antwerpen	2000	*****.com	1989	$79,195,185	238	Corporation	31	BE0437697256
16	Kiabi Stock Central Belgique	Belgium	Tournai	Rue de la Terre A Briques 26	Hainaut	7503	*****.be	1993	$75,794,970	206	Corporation	391	BE0450011209
17	Bellerose Belgium	Belgium	Uccle	Chaussee de Waterloo 1213	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	*****.com	1990	$66,779,477	168	Corporation	13	BE0442058395
18	Courir Belgium	Belgium	Ixelles	Chaussee D'Ixelles 57	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.be	2019	$65,024,056	237	Corporation	46	BE0729569860
19	Blue Stores	Belgium	Bruxelles	Place Du Samedi 1	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1992	$63,977,789	41	Corporation	101	BE0446908395
20	Dassy Europe	Belgium	Brugge	Pathoekeweg 15	West Vlaanderen	8000	*****.eu	2008	$56,510,207	37	Corporation	88	BE0895825682
21	Malu	Belgium	Duffel	Nijverheidsstraat 29	Antwerpen	2570	*****.eu?lang=nl	1974	$55,404,815	33	Corporation	7	BE0414382911
22	Cortina	Belgium	Oudenaarde	Meersbloem-melden 42	Oost Vlaanderen	9700	*****.com	1995	$53,436,980	17	Corporation	15	BE0456917411
23	Sioen Fabrics	Belgium	Mouscron	Avenue Urbino 6	Hainaut	7700	*****.com	1997	$52,742,511	121	Corporation	46	BE0458801684
24	Chaussea Brt	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Neuve 36-38	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	2016	$46,729,724	210	Corporation	91	BE0658867946
25	Texet Benelux	Belgium	Aarschot	Nieuwlandlaan 97	Vlaams Brabant	3200	*****.be	1976	$45,602,748	59	Corporation	112	BE0415734872

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 5,841 Belgian clothing makers with a known headcount, 5,455 (93%) have one to four people, 203 have five to nine, 148 have ten to 49 and 35 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (2,249, 47%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 105,658 97%
Small 10 to 49148 3%
Medium 50 to 24933 0.6%
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; 57 more than $10 million.

204

firms were entered in 2026.

How many fashion companies are there in Belgium?

Fashion companies and clothing makers in Belgium

6,683

5 November 2026

There are 6,683 fashion companies and clothing makers in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 357 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (204 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 3,807 57%
Head offices: 1,022
Branch offices: 1,854

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 141, 142, 143 and 4642, NACE Rev. 2 141, 142, 143 and 464. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 141, 142, 143, 4642.

1,636 of the 6,683 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (24%); 2,516 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Largest clothing makers 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.

H & M Hennes & Mauritz is the largest clothing maker in Belgium by headcount. 35 firms employ 50 people or more; 17 employ 100 or more.

1Bruxelles1,261 staff
2Antwerpen577 staff
3Wichelen460 staff
4Ardooie382 staff
5Sint-Niklaas333 staff
6Oudenaarde316 staff
7Ixelles301 staff
8Antwerpen238 staff
9Ixelles220 staff
10Bruxelles210 staff

By employee size · 5,841 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	5,455	93%
5-9	203	3%
10-19	85	1%
20-49	63	1%
50-99	18	0.3%
100-199	7	0.1%
200-499	8	0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

93% have 1 to 4 people; 63 have 20 to 49; 35 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,249	47%
$100K-$500K	1,714	36%
$500K-$1M	640	13%
$1M-$5M	146	3%
$5M-$10M	13	0.3%
$10M-$50M	34	0.7%
$50M-$100M	15	0.3%
$100M-$500M	6	0.1%
$500M+	2	<0.1%

47% under $100,000; 146 between $1M and $5M; 70 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most fashion companies in Belgium (385), ahead of Bruxelles (257), Gent (155), Ixelles (153) and Anderlecht (144). Together the five hold one in six of them. Relative to their size, Anderlecht, Bruxelles and Ixelles have the most: 1.5 to 2.2 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

558 Belgian cities have at least one clothing maker; 160 have ten or more; 60 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Clothing makers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.28. Anderlecht has 2.2 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 17 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Bruxelles Capitale	1,050	16%
Antwerpen	969	14%
Oost Vlaanderen	780	12%
West Vlaanderen	687	10%
Vlaams Brabant	546	8%
Liège	486	7%
Hainaut	486	7%
Limburg	336	5%
Brabant Wallon	293	4%
Namur	243	4%

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Clothing makers in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 385 fashion companies and clothing makers, 0.4% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 27% above the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 6 have 50 or more. 11 new firms were entered in 2026, 47 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 286 · 88%
5-9: 19 · 6%
10-19: 7 · 2%
20-49: 7 · 2%
50+: 6 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 112 · 29%
Partnerships: 8 · 2%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 140 · 36%
Other or none: 125 · 32%

Of the Belgian total: 5.8%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.4%
Against the national share: 1.3×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 11
Entered 2025: 15
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.4%

Old

Before 1990: 47 · 12%
1990 or later: 338 · 88%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.2%

Reachable

Email: 121 · 31%
Phone: 195 · 51%
Website: 151 · 39%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 101 · 38%
$100K-$500K: 87 · 33%
$500K-$1M: 40 · 15%
$1M and more: 36 · 14%

Largest

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The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian clothing makers from before 1900, 24 from before 1950 and 1,114 from before 1990.

1900
1. Linkebeek
1923
1. MessancyForeign company
1924
1. Bruxelles
1925
1. Wielsbeke
1928
1. Beloeil
1928
1. Eeklo

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1,114

Belgian clothing makers date from before 1990

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 car dealers for every clothing maker in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Car Dealers	12,815	41%	83%
Fashion Companies	6,683	33%	82%
Shoe Companies	2,234	53%	72%
Toy Companies	1,930	40%	87%
Leather Companies	497	34%	86%
Workwear Companies	93	42%	72%

In other countries

Belgium has more clothing makers than Italy or Sweden, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	25,058	2.8
The Czech Republic	7,633	2.2
Belgium	6,683	2.8
Italy	5,156	0.7
Sweden	2,324	1.3

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

204 clothing makers were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 301 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

2892022
2782023
3102024
3012025
2042026 so far

12 of this year's 204 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.

1Namur2 staff
2Geraardsbergen2 staff
3Anderlecht2 staff
4Hasselt2 staff
5Meise2 staff

How reachable are they?

Clothing makers are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 47% list a phone number and 33% a website.

Email1,880 28%
Phone3,129 47%
Website2,205 33%

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

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

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Two in five Belgian clothing makers 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)2,51638%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)1232%
BV/SRL and NV/SA1,63624%
No form on record or other2,40836%

Single-site: 57%
Head offices: 1,022
Branches: 1,854

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

Frequently asked questions

How many fashion companies are there in Belgium?

There are 6,683 fashion companies and clothing makers in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 357 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest clothing maker in Belgium?

H & M Hennes & Mauritz in Bruxelles, with 1,261 staff. By revenue Levi Strauss & Co. Europe in Ixelles leads with $1.9 billion a year.

Which Belgian city has the most fashion companies?

Antwerpen, with 385, ahead of Bruxelles (257), Gent (155), Ixelles (153) and Anderlecht (144). Relative to its size, Anderlecht has the most: 2.2 times the national share.

How many clothing makers are there in Antwerpen?

385, which is 0.4% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 27% above the national share.

How big is a typical clothing maker?

Small. 93% of the 5,841 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 35 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian fashion companies sole traders or companies?

Two in five (2,516) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 24% (1,636) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many clothing makers started in 2026?

204 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 301 in 2025. 12 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest clothing maker in Belgium?

Yellow Bizz in Linkebeek, 1900, followed by Tachon Chaussures in Messancy (1923) and Aux Neuf Provinces in Bruxelles (1924). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers fashion companies?

Belgian fashion companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 141, 142, 143 and 4642, NACE Rev. 2 codes 141, 142, 143 and 464. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 141, 142, 143 and 4642.

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