List of Horse Farmers in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 2,190 horse farmers in Belgium, one in every 1,090 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and none employs 50 people or more. One in seventeen stud farms is based in Wuustwezel, Peer, Meeuwen, Sint-Niklaas and Lasne. Below you find the largest stud 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.

2,190 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies2,1901 in1,090 Belgian companiesCities501Largest cityWuustwezel 33Sole traders37%Employees1-4 (98%)Revenue< $100K (80%)Email25%Phone47%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	Ashford Farm	Belgium	Bocholt	Vosheuvelstraat 46	Limburg	3950	*****.net	2011	$38,836,675	22	Corporation	6	BE0832872682
2	Philippaerts - We Live Horses	Belgium	Meeuwen	Oudsbergerweg 99	Limburg	3670	*****.be	1990	$29,798,982	14	Corporation	2	BE0441358314
3	Vadebo	Belgium	Balen	Peer Luytendijk 14	Antwerpen	2490	N/A	1984	$20,853,572	26	Corporation	4	BE0426414671
4	AS Trading	Belgium	Herentals	Poederleeseweg 166	Antwerpen	2200	N/A	2021	$18,916,056	23	Corporation	2	BE0777653255
5	Karel Cox Horses	Belgium	Hechtel	Hechtelsebaan 47	Limburg	3940	*****.be	2009	$17,677,727	14	Corporation	N/A	BE0811811806
6	Stoeterij Zangersheide	Belgium	Lanaken	Domein Zangersheide	Limburg	3620	*****.com	1958	$12,531,138	41	Corporation	6	BE0400457273
7	Guy Pariente Holding	Belgium	Uccle	Avenue Winston Churchill 237	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	N/A	2000	$4,175,530	1	Corporation	2	BE0472709308
8	Phiba	Belgium	Menen	Kortrijkstraat 220-224	West Vlaanderen	8930	*****.be	2013	$3,645,369	5	Corporation	14	BE0450697929
9	Spits	Belgium	Sint-katelijne-waver	Leliestraat 37	Antwerpen	2860	*****.be	1996	$3,278,128	4	Corporation	2	BE0459425157
10	Optimus Agro	Belgium	Ranst	Mollentstraat 47b	Antwerpen	2520	*****.be	1967	$2,993,207	10	Corporation	2	BE0403567312
11	Hippo G	Belgium	Villers-la-ville	Rue Gustave Linet 48e	Brabant Wallon	1495	N/A	2007	$1,883,433	7	Corporation	2	BE0889916996
12	B S I	Belgium	Aalter	Schoonberg 15	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.com	1979	$1,013,000	4	Corporation	N/A	BE0419689997
13	Stal Aegten	Belgium	Peer	Meeuwerbaan 66	Limburg	3990	*****.be	2008	$717,450	1	Corporation	N/A	BE0897936621
14	Lsf Stables	Belgium	Riemst	Toekomststraat 11	Limburg	3770	N/A	1968	$667,908	13	Corporation	8	BE0400786083
15	Pauels	Belgium	Amblève	Kleefeld 15	Liège	4770	N/A	1980	$667,908	60	Corporation	3	BE0420962380
16	Haras De La Bierlaire	Belgium	Gerpinnes	Rue de la Blanche Borne 12	Hainaut	6280	*****.com	1985	$667,908	9	Corporation	13	BE0428090494
17	Jam Horse Sport	Belgium	Lanaken	Dobbelsteynstraat 3	Limburg	3620	N/A	2013	$667,908	43	Corporation	6	BE0518886850
18	Go Horses	Belgium	Lasne	Av. Du Champ del Croix 24	Brabant Wallon	1380	N/A	2013	$667,908	4	Corporation	4	BE0536175121
19	Pladutse Stud	Belgium	Oudenaarde	Pladutse 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9700	*****.be	2016	$667,908	4	Corporation	3	BE0660818636
20	Limbaco	Belgium	Hooglede	Gitsbergstraat 88c	West Vlaanderen	8830	N/A	2000	$667,908	3	Corporation	3	BE0473661589
21	Joy-Invest	Belgium	Veurne	Wulpendammestraat 178	West Vlaanderen	8630	*****.be	2001	$667,908	9	Corporation	4	BE0474027023
22	Christine Jamar	Belgium	Balen	Berkensingel 24	Antwerpen	2490	*****.be	1967	$667,908	2	Corporation	3	BE0403706278
23	Liemax Horses	Belgium	Westerlo	Koning Leopoldlaan 59	Antwerpen	2260	N/A	2021	$667,908	4	Corporation	4	BE0768711934
24	Kristoffersen Equestrian	Belgium	Bocholt	Kloosterstraat 5, Internal Postal Box 203	Limburg	3950	N/A	2022	$667,908	1	Corporation	3	BE0785846488
25	Ghistelinck Holding	Belgium	Kruishoutem	Meirestraat 17	Oost Vlaanderen	9770	*****.com	2022	$667,908	27	Corporation	4	BE0787502220

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Where in Belgium?

Wuustwezel has the most horse farmers in Belgium (33), ahead of Peer (28), Meeuwen (23), Sint-Niklaas (23) and Lasne (22). Together the five hold one in seventeen of them.

Cities by number of firms

501 Belgian cities have at least one stud farm; 40 have ten or more; 121 have exactly one.

Largest stud farms in Belgium

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Wuustwezel. Click a name for the record.

Stoeterij Zangersheide is the largest stud farm in Belgium by headcount.

1Lanaken41 staff
2Kruishoutem27 staff
3Herentals23 staff
4Hechtel14 staff
5Riemst13 staff
6Péruwelz12 staff
7Wuustwezel11 staff
8Jabbeke11 staff
9Arlon10 staff
10Essen10 staff

By employee size · 2,052 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,018	98%
5-9	17	0.8%
10-19	14	0.7%
20-49	3	0.1%
50-99	0	0%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

98% have 1 to 4 people; 3 have 20 to 49; 0 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,461	80%
$100K-$500K	339	18%
$500K-$1M	25	1%
$1M-$5M	6	0.3%
$10M-$50M	6	0.3%

80% under $100,000; 6 between $1M and $5M; 6 above $5M.

How many horse farmers are there in Belgium?

Horse farmers and stud farms in Belgium

2,190

5 November 2026

There are 2,190 horse farmers and stud farms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 1,090 Belgian companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (98 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,482 68%
Head offices: 357
Branch offices: 351

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 0143, identical to NACE Rev. 2 0143. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 0143.

813 of the 2,190 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (37%); 801 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Stud farms in Wuustwezel

Wuustwezel has 33 horse farmers and stud farms, 0.9% of all 3,735 Wuustwezel companies and 863% above the national share. Nearly all Wuustwezel firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 1 new firm was entered in 2026, 1 dates from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 31 · 97%
5-9: 0 · 0%
10-19: 1 · 3%
20-49: 0 · 0%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 11 · 33%
Partnerships: 6 · 18%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 11 · 33%
Other or none: 5 · 15%

Of the Belgian total: 1.5%
Of all Wuustwezel companies: 0.9%
Against the national share: 9.6×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 1
Entered 2025: 2
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 1.0%

Old

Before 1990: 1 · 3%
1990 or later: 32 · 97%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 1.2%

Reachable

Email: 11 · 33%
Phone: 16 · 48%
Website: 10 · 30%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 22 · 79%
$100K-$500K: 6 · 21%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 0 · 0%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 2,052 Belgian stud farms with a known headcount, 2,018 (98%) have one to four people, 17 have five to nine, 17 have ten to 49 and 0 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,461, 80%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 102,035 99%
Small 10 to 4917 0.8%
Medium 50 to 2490 0.0%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 6 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in three Belgian stud farms work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Two in five are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)80137%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)1748%
BV/SRL and NV/SA81337%
No form on record or other40218%

Single-site: 68%
Head offices: 357
Branches: 351

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 30 agriculture companies for every stud farm 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

Belgium has more stud farms than Sweden or Ireland.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Italy	3,495	0.5
The UK	2,721	0.3
Belgium	2,190	0.9
Sweden	1,972	1.1
Ireland	928	2.3

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The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian stud farms from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 86 from before 1990.

1941
1. Lobbes
1958
1. Lanaken
1967
1. Balen
1967
1. Ranst
1968
1. Riemst
1969
1. Gesves

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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1990

Belgian stud farms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Stud farms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 47% list a phone number and 26% a website.

Email552 25%
Phone1,021 47%
Website576 26%

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

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

98 stud farms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 153 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

1212022
1212023
1382024
1532025
982026 so far

28 of this year's 98 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.

1Meix14 staff
2Waasmunster1 staff
3Ittre1 staff
4Bree1 staff
5Lokeren1 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many horse farmers are there in Belgium?

There are 2,190 horse farmers and stud farms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 1,090 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest stud farm in Belgium?

Stoeterij Zangersheide in Lanaken, with 41 staff. By revenue Ashford Farm in Bocholt leads with $38.8 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most horse farmers?

Wuustwezel, with 33, ahead of Peer (28), Meeuwen (23), Sint-Niklaas (23) and Lasne (22).

How many stud farms are there in Wuustwezel?

33, which is 0.9% of all 3,735 Wuustwezel companies and 863% above the national share.

How big is a typical stud farm?

Small. 98% of the 2,052 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 0 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian horse farmers sole traders or companies?

One in three (801) are sole traders, 8% are partnerships and 37% (813) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many stud farms started in 2026?

98 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 153 in 2025. 28 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest stud farm in Belgium?

Union Provinciale Des Detenteurs Et Proprietaires d'Etalons Approuves De La Province De Hainaut in Lobbes, 1941, followed by Stoeterij Zangersheide in Lanaken (1958) and Christine Jamar in Balen (1967). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers horse farmers?

Belgian horse farmers are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 0143, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 0143. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 0143.

Can I download the full list?

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