List of FMCG Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 17,319 FMCG companies in Belgium, one in every 138 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 333 firms employ 50 people or more. One in nine FMCG manufacturers is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Liège, Bruxelles and Brugge. Below you find the largest FMCG manufacturers 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.

17,319 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies17,3191 in138 Belgian companiesCities608Largest cityAntwerpen 650Sole traders33%Employees1-4 (84%)Revenue$100-500K (45%)Email39%Phone54%Website45%

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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	Cargill NV	Belgium	Mechelen	Bedrijvenlaan 7-9	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1968	$15,242,604,453	966	Corporation	1749	BE0405546706
2	Barry Callebaut Belgium NV	Belgium	Lebbeke	Aalstersestraat 122	Oost Vlaanderen	9280	*****.be	1989	$7,588,945,121	968	Corporation	139	BE0438950833
3	Estee Lauder	Belgium	Westerlo	Nijverheidsstraat 15	Antwerpen	2260	*****.be	1965	$2,046,048,429	992	Corporation	1446	BE0403768933
4	Inbev Belgium	Belgium	Anderlecht	Boulevard Industriel 21	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.com	1988	$1,939,735,712	2,765	Corporation	1150	BE0433666709
5	Clarebout Potatoes	Belgium	Kemmel	Heirweg 26	West Vlaanderen	8950	*****.com	1987	$1,905,866,474	736	Corporation	398	BE0432637717
6	Frieslandcampina Belgium	Belgium	Aalter	Venecolaan 17	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.com	1930	$1,751,116,061	1,136	Corporation	251	BE0402814175
7	Tereos Starch & Sweeteners Belgium	Belgium	Aalst	Burchtstraat 10	Oost Vlaanderen	9300	*****.be	1925	$1,196,985,914	332	Corporation	185	BE0405716158
8	Puratos	Belgium	Dilbeek	Industrialaan 25	Vlaams Brabant	1702	*****.com	1989	$1,173,104,166	1,430	Corporation	202	BE0438632416
9	Vamix	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 816	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.com	1978	$1,108,117,348	300	Corporation	62	BE0418123646
10	Milcobel Dairy	Belgium	Beveren-waas	Fabriekstraat 141	Oost Vlaanderen	9120	*****.com	2004	$905,499,549	662	Corporation	251	BE0870017447
11	Lutosa	Belgium	Leuze	Zone Industrielle Du Vieux-pont 5	Hainaut	7900	*****.com	1978	$802,876,181	1,010	Corporation	244	BE0418162347
12	Vandemoortele Lipids	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 816	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.com	1974	$710,842,987	250	Corporation	62	BE0414062415
13	Alpro	Belgium	Wevelgem	Vlamingstraat 28	West Vlaanderen	8560	*****.com	1980	$705,438,753	792	Corporation	6	BE0420429375
14	La Lorraine Ninove	Belgium	Ninove	Elisabethlaan 143	Oost Vlaanderen	9400	*****.com	1958	$693,190,193	750	Corporation	65	BE0402225247
15	Ecofrost	Belgium	Péruwelz	Rue de L'Europe 34	Hainaut	7600	*****.be	2013	$631,911,940	168	Corporation	2	BE0475512410
16	S.A. Corman	Belgium	Limbourg	Rue de la Gileppe 4	Liège	4834	*****.pro	1965	$606,825,353	662	Corporation	380	BE0402791015
17	Boortmalt	Belgium	Antwerpen	Zandvoort 2	Antwerpen	2030	*****.com	1983	$572,143,971	69	Corporation	350	BE0425041726
18	Ysco	Belgium	Langemark	Melkerijstraat 10	West Vlaanderen	8920	*****.eu	2000	$551,605,419	662	Corporation	4	BE0472336451
19	Plukon Maasmechelen	Belgium	Maasmechelen	Slakweidestraat 25	Limburg	3630	*****.be	2005	$537,087,978	505	Corporation	73	BE0875041849
20	Nestle Belgilux	Belgium	Anderlecht	Rue de Birmingham 221	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.be	1925	$504,640,561	350	Corporation	2327	BE0402231383
21	Gb Foods Belgium	Belgium	Puurs	Rijksweg 16	Antwerpen	2870	*****.com	2011	$493,410,373	300	Corporation	74	BE0458358850
22	Vanden Avenne Ooigem	Belgium	Wielsbeke	Zwaantjesstraat 12	West Vlaanderen	8710	*****.be	1997	$493,288,879	79	Corporation	10	BE0430523909
23	Lotus Bakeries België	Belgium	Kaprijke	Gentstraat 52	Oost Vlaanderen	9971	*****.com	1981	$488,722,312	1,042	Corporation	52	BE0421694038
24	Snack Food Poco Loco	Belgium	Roeselare	Rumbeeksegravier 157	West Vlaanderen	8800	*****.com	1994	$474,857,290	900	Corporation	31	BE0453500734
25	Beneo-Orafti	Belgium	Oreye	Rue Louis Marechal 1	Liège	4360	*****.com	1973	$444,596,452	800	Corporation	141	BE0413631556

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FMCG manufacturers in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 650 FMCG companies and FMCG manufacturers, 0.6% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 17% below the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 5 have 50 or more. 59 new firms were entered in 2026, 103 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 498 · 87%
5-9: 51 · 9%
10-19: 9 · 2%
20-49: 9 · 2%
50+: 5 · 0.9%

Legal form

Sole traders: 162 · 25%
Partnerships: 12 · 2%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 269 · 41%
Other or none: 207 · 32%

Of the Belgian total: 3.8%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.6%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 59
Entered 2025: 67
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 6.3%

Old

Before 1990: 103 · 16%
1990 or later: 547 · 84%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.4%

Reachable

Email: 198 · 30%
Phone: 252 · 39%
Website: 245 · 38%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 120 · 26%
$100K-$500K: 197 · 43%
$500K-$1M: 60 · 13%
$1M and more: 76 · 17%

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How many FMCG companies are there in Belgium?

FMCG companies and FMCG manufacturers in Belgium

17,319

5 November 2026

There are 17,319 FMCG companies and FMCG manufacturers in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 138 Belgian companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (930 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 9,049 52%
Head offices: 3,486
Branch offices: 4,784

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 10, 11, 2041 and 2042, NACE Rev. 2 sec:G. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 10, 11, 2041, 2042.

5,795 of the 17,319 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (33%); 5,677 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 15,330 Belgian FMCG manufacturers with a known headcount, 12,913 (84%) have one to four people, 1,259 have five to nine, 825 have ten to 49 and 333 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (5,584, 45%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1014,172 92%
Small 10 to 49825 5%
Medium 50 to 249307 2%
Large 250+26 0.2%

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

854

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 624 more than $10 million.

930

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest FMCG manufacturers 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.

InBev Belgium is the largest FMCG manufacturer in Belgium by headcount. 333 firms employ 50 people or more; 191 employ 100 or more.

1Anderlecht2,765 staff
2Dilbeek1,430 staff
3Arlon1,228 staff
4Aalter1,136 staff
5Kaprijke1,042 staff
6Leuze1,010 staff
7Herentals1,000 staff
8Westerlo992 staff
9Lebbeke968 staff
10Roeselare900 staff

By employee size · 15,330 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	12,913	84%
5-9	1,259	8%
10-19	469	3%
20-49	356	2%
50-99	142	0.9%
100-199	95	0.6%
200-499	70	0.5%
500-999	19	0.1%
1,000+	7	<0.1%

84% have 1 to 4 people; 356 have 20 to 49; 333 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	3,430	27%
$100K-$500K	5,584	45%
$500K-$1M	1,328	11%
$1M-$5M	1,324	11%
$5M-$10M	230	2%
$10M-$50M	390	3%
$50M-$100M	95	0.8%
$100M-$500M	119	1.0%
$500M+	20	0.2%

45% between $100,000 and $500,000; 1,324 between $1M and $5M; 854 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most FMCG companies in Belgium (650), ahead of Gent (463), Liège (292), Bruxelles (286) and Brugge (245). Together the five hold one in nine of them. Relative to their size, Mouscron, Lokeren and Roeselare have the most: 1.5 to 2.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

608 Belgian cities have at least one FMCG manufacturer; 472 have ten or more; 11 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

FMCG manufacturers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.73. Mouscron has 2.7 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 19 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	2,427	14%
Oost Vlaanderen	2,410	14%
West Vlaanderen	2,366	14%
Liège	1,686	10%
Hainaut	1,618	9%
Vlaams Brabant	1,466	8%
Bruxelles Capitale	1,406	8%
Limburg	1,070	6%
Namur	962	6%
Brabant Wallon	682	4%

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 35 FMCG manufacturers for every one of the leather companies in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
FMCG Companies	17,319	45%	75%
Clothing Companies	15,833	42%	81%
Food Companies	14,752	45%	74%
Fashion Companies	6,683	33%	82%
Shoe Companies	2,234	53%	72%
Leather Companies	497	34%	86%

In other countries

Only the UK, Italy and the Czech Republic have more FMCG manufacturers than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	39,580	4.5
Italy	32,418	4.6
The Czech Republic	30,928	8.8
Belgium	17,319	7.3
The Netherlands	13,590	3.5

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)5,67733%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)5473%
BV/SRL and NV/SA5,79533%
No form on record or other5,30031%

Single-site: 52%
Head offices: 3,486
Branches: 4,784

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

930 FMCG manufacturers were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 4 a working day, after 1,208 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.9% of the inflow.

9372022
9292023
1,0682024
1,2082025
9302026 so far

214 of this year's 930 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.

1Gent18 staff
2Zottegem15 staff
3Antwerpen10 staff
4Grimbergen10 staff
5De Haan10 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 1 Belgian FMCG manufacturers from before 1900, 124 from before 1950 and 2,354 from before 1990.

1894
1. Tienen
1900
1902
1. Frasnes-Lez-Buissenal
1906
1. Verviers
1910
1. Saint-Hubert
1918
1. Lier

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2,354

Belgian FMCG manufacturers date from before 1990

215

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

FMCG manufacturers are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 54% list a phone number and 45% a website.

Email6,710 39%
Phone9,312 54%
Website7,852 45%

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 FMCG companies are there in Belgium?

There are 17,319 FMCG companies and FMCG manufacturers in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 138 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest FMCG manufacturer in Belgium?

InBev Belgium in Anderlecht, with 2,765 staff. By revenue Barry Callebaut Belgium NV in Lebbeke leads with $7.6 billion a year.

Which Belgian city has the most FMCG companies?

Antwerpen, with 650, ahead of Gent (463), Liège (292), Bruxelles (286) and Brugge (245). Relative to its size, Mouscron has the most: 2.7 times the national share.

How many FMCG manufacturers are there in Antwerpen?

650, which is 0.6% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 17% below the national share.

How big is a typical FMCG manufacturer?

Small. 84% of the 15,330 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 333 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Belgian FMCG companies sole traders or companies?

One in three (5,677) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 33% (5,795) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many FMCG manufacturers started in 2026?

930 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 1,208 in 2025. 214 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest FMCG manufacturer in Belgium?

R.T. Holding in Tienen, 1894, followed by Van Haverbeke Noël (1900) and Fabrique De Sucre De Frasnes-Lez-Buissenal Ancienne Societe Jean Baptiste Chamart Et Cie in Frasnes-Lez-Buissenal (1902). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers FMCG companies?

Belgian FMCG companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 10, 11, 2041 and 2042, NACE Rev. 2 code sec:G. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 10, 11, 2041 and 2042.

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