List of Healthcare Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 203,200 healthcare companies in Belgium, one in every 12 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 1,262 firms employ 50 people or more. One in nine care providers is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Liège, Bruxelles and Charleroi. Below you find the largest care providers 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.

203,200 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies203,2001 in12 Belgian companiesCities622Largest cityAntwerpen 6,621Sole traders46%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (75%)Email21%Phone44%Website26%

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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	Ziekenhuis Aan De Stroom	Belgium	Antwerpen	Kempenstraat 100	Antwerpen	2030	*****.be	2003	$1,588,398,441	6,665	Non profit organization	26	BE0862382656
2	Cytiva Belgium	Belgium	Hoegaarden	Reugelstraat 2	Vlaams Brabant	3320	*****.com	2022	$1,372,256,028	95	Corporation	756	BE0783590249
3	Chu Helora	Belgium	Mons	Boulevard Fulgence Masson 5	Hainaut	7000	*****.be	2023	$1,043,841,313	4,103	Non profit organization	12	BE0801643533
4	Azorg	Belgium	Aalst	Moorselbaan 164	Oost Vlaanderen	9300	*****.be	2024	$956,197,715	3,810	Non profit organization	6	BE1005154085
5	Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc	Belgium	Woluwe-saint-lambert	Avenue Hippocrate 10	Bruxelles Capitale	1200	*****.be	1976	$860,177,071	4,936	Non profit organization	5	BE0416885016
6	Algemeen Ziekenhuis Delta	Belgium	Roeselare	Deltalaan 1	West Vlaanderen	8800	*****.be	2014	$857,434,541	3,523	Non profit organization	8	BE0505931808
7	Groupe Sante Chc	Belgium	Liège	Boulevard de Patience Et Beaujonc 9	Liège	4000	*****.be	1976	$801,609,010	3,963	Non profit organization	32	BE0416805238
8	Humani	Belgium	Charleroi	Boulevard Zoe Drion 1	Hainaut	6000	*****.be	1937	$767,674,540	5,574	Cooperative	212	BE0216377108
9	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dinant Godinne Sainte-Elisabeth-Ucl-Namur	Belgium	Yvoir	Avenue Docteur G. Therasse 1	Namur	5530	*****.be	2015	$738,974,947	3,556	Non profit organization	4	BE0641733885
10	Emmaus	Belgium	Mechelen	Edgard Tinellaan 1c	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1971	$723,491,447	6,398	Non profit organization	89	BE0411515075
11	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Liège	Belgium	Liège	Avenue de L'Hopital 1	Liège	4000	*****.be	1987	$706,805,512	5,280		13	BE0232988060
12	Grand Hopital De Charleroi	Belgium	Charleroi	Rue Du Campus Des Viviers 1	Hainaut	6060	*****.be	2007	$637,920,888	3,697	Non profit organization	10	BE0894384837
13	Vitaz	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Moerlandstraat 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.be	2006	$550,248,014	2,235	Non profit organization	8	BE0881291322
14	Vivalia	Belgium	Bastogne	Chaussee de Houffalize 1	Luxembourg	6600	*****.be	1974	$548,429,333	3,159	Cooperative	84	BE0214567166
15	Jessa Ziekenhuis	Belgium	Hasselt	Salvatorstraat 20	Limburg	3500	*****.be	2009	$523,986,232	2,270	Non profit organization	4	BE0821142117
16	Evara	Belgium	Gent	Stropkaai 38e	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1955	$513,689,176	7,737	Non profit organization	273	BE0406633304
17	Algemeen Ziekenhuis Groeninge	Belgium	Kortrijk	President Kennedylaan 4	West Vlaanderen	8500	*****.be	2000	$431,152,567	2,678	Non profit organization	N/A	BE0472222625
18	Centre Hospitalier Epicura	Belgium	Saint-ghislain	Rue Louis Caty 136	Hainaut	7331	*****.be	2011	$429,892,621	2,521	Non profit organization	15	BE0842335231
19	Centre Hospitalier De Wallonie Picarde	Belgium	Tournai	Avenue Delmee 9	Hainaut	7500	*****.be	2005	$391,464,187	2,187	Non profit organization	5	BE0876107364
20	Association Hospitalière Sambre Et Meuse	Belgium	Namur	Avenue Albert 1er 185	Namur	5000	N/A	2023	$388,477,025	2,184	Non profit organization	15	BE0797909231
21	Cliniques De L'europe - Europa Ziekenhuizen	Belgium	Ukkel	De Frelaan 206	Brussel Hoofdstad	1180	*****.be	1986	$385,361,315	1,651	Non profit organization	4	BE0432011571
22	Algemeen Ziekenhuis Oostende	Belgium	Oostende	Gouwelozestraat 100	West Vlaanderen	8400	*****.be	2023	$357,847,977	1,674	Non profit organization	2	BE0800023336
23	Maria Middelares	Belgium	Gent	Buitenring-sint-denijs 30	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1970	$355,575,484	1,549	Non profit organization	5	BE0410214186
24	Az Sint-Lucas & Volkskliniek	Belgium	Gent	Groene Briel 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1996	$336,880,548	1,995	Non profit organization	8	BE0459265997
25	Intercommunale De Soins Specialises De Liège	Belgium	Liège	Rue Basse-wez 145	Liège	4020	*****.be	1993	$314,694,169	3,402	Cooperative	23	BE0250610881

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Care providers in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 6,621 healthcare companies and care providers, 6.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 28% below the national share. Nearly all Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 61 have 50 or more. 401 new firms were entered in 2026, 366 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 5,460 · 94%
5-9: 98 · 2%
10-19: 149 · 3%
20-49: 37 · 0.6%
50+: 61 · 1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 2,199 · 33%
Partnerships: 522 · 8%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 1,904 · 29%
Other or none: 1,996 · 30%

Of the Belgian total: 3.3%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 6.1%
Against the national share: 0.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 401
Entered 2025: 723
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 4.0%

Old

Before 1990: 366 · 6%
1990 or later: 6,255 · 94%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 3.0%

Reachable

Email: 1,378 · 21%
Phone: 2,512 · 38%
Website: 1,808 · 27%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 3,451 · 70%
$100K-$500K: 1,387 · 28%
$500K-$1M: 19 · 0.4%
$1M and more: 79 · 2%

Largest

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Largest care providers 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.

Familiehulp is the largest care provider in Belgium by headcount. 1,262 firms employ 50 people or more; 688 employ 100 or more.

1Sint-Joost-Ten-Node9,823 staff
2Gent7,737 staff
3Gent7,237 staff
4Antwerpen6,665 staff
5Mechelen6,398 staff
6Charleroi5,574 staff
7Liège · public body5,280 staff
8Woluwe-Saint-Lambert4,936 staff
9Namur4,161 staff
10Mons4,103 staff

By employee size · 183,755 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	177,870	97%
5-9	2,162	1%
10-19	1,298	0.7%
20-49	1,163	0.6%
50-99	574	0.3%
100-199	293	0.2%
200-499	209	0.1%
500-999	95	<0.1%
1,000+	91	<0.1%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 1,163 have 20 to 49; 1,262 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	124,469	75%
$100K-$500K	37,548	23%
$500K-$1M	473	0.3%
$1M-$5M	1,890	1%
$5M-$10M	244	0.1%
$10M-$50M	333	0.2%
$50M-$100M	51	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	78	<0.1%
$500M+	16	<0.1%

75% under $100,000; 1,890 between $1M and $5M; 722 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 183,755 Belgian care providers with a known headcount, 177,870 (97%) have one to four people, 2,162 have five to nine, 2,461 have ten to 49 and 1,262 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (124,469, 75%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 10180,032 98%
Small 10 to 492,461 1%
Medium 50 to 2491,076 0.6%
Large 250+186 0.1%

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

722

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 478 more than $10 million.

9,905

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most healthcare companies in Belgium (6,621), ahead of Gent (4,933), Liège (4,051), Bruxelles (3,200) and Charleroi (2,937). Together the five hold one in nine of them. Relative to their size, Chaudfontaine, Soignies and Mons have the most: 1.6 to 2.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

622 Belgian cities have at least one care provider; 602 have ten or more; 5 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Care providers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 8.51. Chaudfontaine has 2.0 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	%
Antwerpen	26,202	13%
Oost Vlaanderen	22,308	11%
Hainaut	22,162	11%
Bruxelles Capitale	21,653	11%
Liège	19,451	10%
West Vlaanderen	18,412	9%
Vlaams Brabant	18,231	9%
Limburg	13,555	7%
Brabant Wallon	9,959	5%
Namur	9,851	5%

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How many healthcare companies are there in Belgium?

Healthcare companies and care providers in Belgium

203,200

5 November 2026

There are 203,200 healthcare companies and care providers in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 12 Belgian companies. About 45 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (9,905 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 141,863 70%
Head offices: 23,464
Branch offices: 37,873

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 86, 87 and 88, NACE Rev. 2 sec:Q. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 86, 87, 88.

51,221 of the 203,200 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (25%); 93,696 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Half Belgian care providers 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)93,69646%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)11,6856%
BV/SRL and NV/SA51,22125%
No form on record or other46,59823%

Single-site: 70%
Head offices: 23,464
Branches: 37,873

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

9,905 care providers were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 45 a working day, after 18,075 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 9.2% of the inflow.

12,0822022
13,7332023
15,5812024
18,0752025
9,9052026 so far

1,925 of this year's 9,905 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.

1Lubbeek66 staff
2Lubbeek41 staff
3Eghezée21 staff
4Gembloux21 staff
5Woluwe-Saint-Lambert21 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 115 care providers for every one of the pharmaceutical companies in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Healthcare Companies	203,200	26%	88%
Doctors	22,571	34%	86%
Vets	7,376	38%	93%
Opticians	3,969	54%	85%
Nursing Homes	3,011	64%	45%
Pharmaceutical Companies	1,762	26%	68%

In other countries

Only the UK has more care providers than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	343,131	38.8
Belgium	203,200	85.1
Luxembourg	920	5.5

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How reachable are they?

Care providers are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 44% list a phone number and 26% a website.

Email42,340 21%
Phone88,639 44%
Website53,099 26%

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 15 Belgian care providers from before 1900, 369 from before 1950 and 12,083 from before 1990.

1874
1. Rumst
1880
1. Liège
1891
1. Bruxelles
1891
1. Namur
1891
1. Seraing
1899
1. Oostende

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Belgian care providers date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many healthcare companies are there in Belgium?

There are 203,200 healthcare companies and care providers in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 12 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest care provider in Belgium?

Familiehulp in Sint-Joost-Ten-Node, with 9,823 staff. By revenue PPD Global Central Labs in Zaventem leads with $267.6 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most healthcare companies?

Antwerpen, with 6,621, ahead of Gent (4,933), Liège (4,051), Bruxelles (3,200) and Charleroi (2,937). Relative to its size, Chaudfontaine has the most: 2.0 times the national share.

How many care providers are there in Antwerpen?

6,621, which is 6.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 28% below the national share.

How big is a typical care provider?

Small. 97% of the 183,755 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,262 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian healthcare companies sole traders or companies?

Half (93,696) are sole traders, 6% are partnerships and 25% (51,221) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many care providers started in 2026?

9,905 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 18,075 in 2025. 1,925 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest care provider in Belgium?

Gemeentebestuur Van Rumst in Rumst, 1874, followed by Centre Liegeois De Medecine Preventive in Liège (1880) and Croix-Rouge De Belgique in Bruxelles (1891). 15 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers healthcare companies?

Belgian healthcare companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 86, 87 and 88, NACE Rev. 2 code sec:Q. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 86, 87 and 88.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 203,200 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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