List of Libraries in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 3,633 libraries in Belgium, one in every 657 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 3 firms employ 50 people or more. One in five libraries is based in Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Gent, Liège and Namur. Below you find the largest libraries 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.

3,633 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies3,6331 in657 Belgian companiesCities539Largest cityBruxelles 209Sole traders15%Employees1-4 (94%)Revenue< $100K (93%)Email27%Phone36%Website34%

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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	Merak	Belgium	Mechelen	Steenhoevestraat 6	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1977	$14,444,961	39	Corporation	17	BE0417226296
2	Tagmag	Belgium	Gent	Sint-pietersnieuwstraat 95, Internal Postal Box B	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.news	2022	$1,221,632	32	Corporation	3	BE0673520785
3	Ligue Des Droits Humains	Belgium	Molenbeek-saint-jean	Boulevard Leopold Ii 53	Bruxelles Capitale	1080	*****.be	1978	$1,221,632	20	Non profit organization	4	BE0410105805
4	Fundacion Almine Y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Para El Arte	Belgium	Ixelles	Rue de L'Abbaye 20	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	N/A	2009	$993,000	9	Foreign company	N/A	BE0823193072
5	Centre De Formation Cardijn	Belgium	Namur	Rue Saint-nicolas 84	Namur	5000	*****.be	1988	$958,031	8	Non profit organization	N/A	BE0435723604
6	Femma	Belgium	Schaarbeek	Britsierslaan 5	Brussel Hoofdstad	1030	*****.be	1949	$804,133	53	Non profit organization	3	BE0410339989
7	Pimento Vzw	Belgium	Antwerpen	Kipdorp 30	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	2007	$797,937	19	Non profit organization	N/A	BE0894421261
8	De Aanstokerij	Belgium	Leuven	Naamsesteenweg 130	Vlaams Brabant	3001	*****.be	1977	$735,766	14	Non profit organization	N/A	BE0417991014
9	Service D'education Permanente Des Centres D'entrainement Aux Methodes D'education Active	Belgium	Molenbeek-saint-jean	Rue de la Borne 14, Internal Postal Box 8	Bruxelles Capitale	1080	*****.be	1950	$540,052	14	Non profit organization	2	BE0407751475
10	Association Joseph Jacquemotte	Belgium	Charleroi	Rue Julien Lahaut 11	Hainaut	6020	*****.be	1961	$381,760	10	Non profit organization	4	BE0409880725
11	Musee De La Fraise Et Promotion Du Pays De Wepion	Belgium	Namur	Chaussee de Dinant 1037	Namur	5100	*****.com	1972	$381,760	2	Non profit organization	2	BE0412746084
12	Societe Concessionnaire Du Bastogne Historical Center	Belgium	Bastogne	Colline Du Mardasson 0	Luxembourg	6600	*****.be	1975	$381,760	5	Corporation	3	BE0415351228
13	Educ'actions & Dignite	Belgium	Namur	Rue Des Framboises 34	Namur	5000	*****.be	1985	$381,760	2	Non profit organization	2	BE0429202729
14	Koen Vermeulen	Belgium	Laarne	Ascopstraat 29	Oost Vlaanderen	9270	*****.be	2011	$381,760	5	Corporation	2	BE0837955482
15	Stream Services	Belgium	Rixensart	Avenue Leopold 36	Brabant Wallon	1330	*****.be	2012	$381,760	7	Corporation	3	BE0845170403
16	Bibliotheca Belgium	Belgium	Aartselaar	Antwerpsesteenweg 124, Internal Postal Box 71	Antwerpen	2630	*****.nl	2012	$381,760	10	Corporation	31	BE0847313509
17	Oasis Data & Document Management	Belgium	Turnhout	Slachthuisstraat 25	Antwerpen	2300	*****.be	1998	$381,760	27	Corporation	43	BE0464498752
18	Isala	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Du Grand Hospice 7	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	2013	$381,760	2	Non profit organization	2	BE0543710635
19	Impuls	Belgium	Zemst	Stationslaan 122	Vlaams Brabant	1982	*****.be	1998	$381,760	10	Non profit organization	2	BE0463571611
20	Diversicom	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Avenue Emile Max 142	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	N/A	2014	$381,760	2	Non profit organization	2	BE0546986166
21	Lire Au Fil De L'ourthe	Belgium	Rendeux	Bardonwez 2	Luxembourg	6987	*****.be	2014	$381,760	3	Non profit organization	3	BE0548957444
22	Education Et Formation Au Developpement Durable	Belgium	Liège	Rue Pierreuse 162	Liège	4000	*****.org	2014	$381,760	10	Non profit organization	2	BE0552537041
23	Aanbeeld- Autimistisch Atelier	Belgium	Mechelen	Winketkaai 27, Internal Postal Box Kdok	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	2014	$381,760	7	Non profit organization	2	BE0554855440
24	Gache Warache	Belgium	Chiny	Bellevue 51	Luxembourg	6810	*****.be	2014	$381,760	10	Non profit organization	2	BE0555976779
25	Polyac - Centre Polyglotte De Mons	Belgium	Mons	Place de Flandre 2	Hainaut	7000	*****.be	2014	$381,760	10	Non profit organization	2	BE0560838657

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Largest libraries in Belgium

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

Mediathèque Nouvelle is the largest library in Belgium by headcount. 3 firms employ 50 people or more; 0 employ 100 or more.

1Auderghem55 staff
2Roeselare55 staff
3Bruxelles45 staff
4Diksmuide45 staff
5Heist-op-den-Berg · public body43 staff
6Wervik43 staff
7Virton43 staff
8Kontich · public body41 staff
9Bruxelles40 staff
10Wijnegem · public body37 staff

By employee size · 3,277 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,064	94%
5-9	99	3%
10-19	50	2%
20-49	61	2%
50-99	3	<0.1%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

94% have 1 to 4 people; 61 have 20 to 49; 3 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,408	93%
$100K-$500K	160	6%
$500K-$1M	6	0.2%
$1M-$5M	2	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	1	<0.1%

93% under $100,000; 2 between $1M and $5M; 1 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Bruxelles has the most libraries in Belgium (209), ahead of Antwerpen (195), Gent (125), Liège (96) and Namur (77). Together the five hold one in five of them.

Cities by number of firms

539 Belgian cities have at least one library; 58 have ten or more; 80 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Libraries in Bruxelles

Bruxelles has 209 libraries, 0.3% of all 60,636 Bruxelles companies and 127% above the national share. Nine in ten Bruxelles firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 12 new firms were entered in 2026, 36 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 175 · 92%
5-9: 9 · 5%
10-19: 3 · 2%
20-49: 4 · 2%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 10 · 5%
Partnerships: 1 · 0.5%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 5 · 2%
Other or none: 193 · 92%

Of the Belgian total: 5.8%
Of all Bruxelles companies: 0.3%
Against the national share: 2.3×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 12
Entered 2025: 34
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 6.5%

Old

Before 1990: 36 · 17%
1990 or later: 173 · 83%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.8%

Reachable

Email: 57 · 27%
Phone: 80 · 38%
Website: 78 · 37%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 137 · 89%
$100K-$500K: 17 · 11%
$500K-$1M: 0 · 0%
$1M and more: 0 · 0%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 3,277 Belgian libraries with a known headcount, 3,064 (94%) have one to four people, 99 have five to nine, 111 have ten to 49 and 3 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (2,408, 93%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 103,163 97%
Small 10 to 49111 3%
Medium 50 to 2493 <0.1%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

firm turns over more than $5 million a year; 1 more than $10 million.

185

firms were entered in 2026.

How many libraries are there in Belgium?

Libraries in Belgium

3,633

5 November 2026

There are 3,633 libraries in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 657 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (185 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,407 66%
Head offices: 171
Branch offices: 1,055

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 9101. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 9101.

66 of the 3,633 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (2%); 538 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

How reachable are they?

Libraries are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 36% list a phone number and 34% a website.

Email963 27%
Phone1,295 36%
Website1,249 34%

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

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 5 media companies for every library in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Media Companies	17,753	26%	88%
Theaters	17,322	27%	94%
Child Care Companies	7,740	41%	61%
Libraries	3,633	34%	84%
Museums	604	52%	78%
Cinemas	284	49%	71%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	34,702	0.5
The UK	7,803	0.9
Canada	6,382	1.5
India	6,183	0.2
Belgium	3,633	1.5

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in seven Belgian libraries work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in fifty-five is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)53815%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)310.9%
BV/SRL and NV/SA662%
No form on record or other2,99883%

Single-site: 66%
Head offices: 171
Branches: 1,055

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

185 libraries were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 371 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

1312022
1912023
2742024
3712025
1852026 so far

1 of this year's 185 is 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.

1Koekelberg2 staff
2Beveren-Waas2 staff
3Heist-op-den-Berg2 staff
4Vosselaar2 staff
5Molenbeek-Saint-Jean2 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 11 Belgian libraries from before 1900, 74 from before 1950 and 745 from before 1990.

1874
1. Meise
1874
1. Rumst
1876
1. Heist-op-den-Berg
1876
1. Heist-op-den-Berg
1876
1. Heist-op-den-Berg
1882
1. Hoegaarden

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Belgian libraries date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many libraries are there in Belgium?

There are 3,633 libraries in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 657 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest library in Belgium?

Mediathèque Nouvelle in Auderghem, with 55 staff. By revenue Merak in Mechelen leads with $14.4 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most libraries?

Bruxelles, with 209, ahead of Antwerpen (195), Gent (125), Liège (96) and Namur (77).

How many libraries are there in Bruxelles?

209, which is 0.3% of all 60,636 Bruxelles companies and 127% above the national share.

How big is a typical library?

Small. 94% of the 3,277 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 3 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian libraries sole traders or companies?

One in seven (538) are sole traders, 0.9% are partnerships and 2% (66) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many libraries started in 2026?

185 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 371 in 2025. 1 of them is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

What is the oldest library in Belgium?

Gemeentebestuur Van Meise in Meise, 1874, followed by Gemeentebestuur Van Rumst in Rumst (1874) and Gemeente Heist-Op-Den-Berg in Heist-op-den-Berg (1876). 11 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers libraries?

Belgian libraries are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 9101. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 9101.

Can I download the full list?

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