List of Manufacturing Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 93,257 manufacturing companies in Belgium, one in every 26 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 1,467 firms employ 50 people or more. One in ten manufacturing firms is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Liège and Charleroi. Below you find the largest manufacturing firms 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.

93,257 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies93,2571 in26 Belgian companiesCities619Largest cityAntwerpen 3,567Sole traders38%Employees1-4 (87%)Revenue< $100K (41%)Email36%Phone53%Website40%

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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	Janssen Pharmaceutica	Belgium	Beerse	Turnhoutseweg 30	Antwerpen	2340	*****.com	1934	$25,255,286,433	5,413	Corporation	1279	BE0403834160
2	Exxonmobil Petroleum & Chemical	Belgium	Antwerpen	Polderdijkweg 3	Antwerpen	2030	*****.be	1977	$23,063,208,305	1,807	Corporation	1495	BE0416375270
3	Totalenergies Petrochemicals & Refining	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Anspach 1, Internal Postal Box 2	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1920	$17,993,455,396	475	Corporation	4493	BE0403079441
4	Cargill NV	Belgium	Mechelen	Bedrijvenlaan 7-9	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1968	$15,242,604,453	966	Corporation	1749	BE0405546706
5	Glaxosmithkline Biologicals	Belgium	Rixensart	Rue de L'Institut 89	Brabant Wallon	1330	*****.com	1990	$8,623,670,303	8,184	Corporation	697	BE0440872918
6	Barry Callebaut Belgium NV	Belgium	Lebbeke	Aalstersestraat 122	Oost Vlaanderen	9280	*****.be	1989	$7,588,945,121	968	Corporation	139	BE0438950833
7	Volvo Car Belgium NV	Belgium	Gent	John Kennedylaan 25	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1980	$7,245,335,179	5,390	Corporation	678	BE0420383548
8	Totalenergies Marketing Belgium	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Anspach 1, Internal Postal Box 2	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1923	$7,051,527,098	501	Corporation	4493	BE0403063902
9	Basf Antwerpen	Belgium	Antwerpen	Scheldelaan 600	Antwerpen	2040	*****.be	1964	$6,592,234,144	3,594	Corporation	1137	BE0404754472
10	Umicore	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Du Marais 31	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1904	$6,292,198,825	3,160	Corporation	153	BE0401574852
11	Arcelormittal Belgium	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard de L'Imperatrice 66	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	2019	$5,670,595,684	5,805	Corporation	51	BE0400106291
12	Aurubis Olen	Belgium	Olen	Watertorenstraat 35	Antwerpen	2250	*****.com	2005	$4,877,406,277	706	Corporation	32	BE0873533993
13	Volvo Group Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Smalleheerweg 31	Oost Vlaanderen	9041	*****.com	1980	$4,829,155,111	3,844	Corporation	936	BE0420383647
14	Philip Morris Benelux	Belgium	Antwerpen	Borsbeeksebrug 24	Antwerpen	2600	*****.com	1954	$3,996,823,171	200	Corporation	601	BE0403196039
15	Aperam Stainless Belgium	Belgium	Genk	Swinnenwijerweg 5	Limburg	3600	*****.be	1961	$3,224,091,053	2,097	Corporation	82	BE0401277914
16	Atlas Copco Airpower	Belgium	Antwerpen	Boomsesteenweg 957	Antwerpen	2610	*****.com	1937	$2,679,706,766	3,516	Corporation	1150	BE0403992231
17	Stellantis E-Transmissions	Belgium	Bruxelles	Avenue Du Bourget 20	Bruxelles Capitale	1130	*****.be	2020	$2,202,913,594	649	Corporation	1333	BE0754561218
18	Estee Lauder	Belgium	Westerlo	Nijverheidsstraat 15	Antwerpen	2260	*****.be	1965	$2,046,048,429	992	Corporation	1446	BE0403768933
19	Unilin	Belgium	Wielsbeke	Ooigemstraat 3	West Vlaanderen	8710	*****.com	1956	$2,024,696,998	2,080	Corporation	842	BE0405414072
20	Inbev Belgium	Belgium	Anderlecht	Boulevard Industriel 21	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.com	1988	$1,939,735,712	2,765	Corporation	1150	BE0433666709
21	Clarebout Potatoes	Belgium	Kemmel	Heirweg 26	West Vlaanderen	8950	*****.com	1987	$1,905,866,474	736	Corporation	398	BE0432637717
22	Black & Decker LIMITED	Belgium	Tessenderlo	Kanaalweg 112	Limburg	3980	*****.com	1999	$1,905,093,118	373	Corporation	1096	BE0467071826
23	Aisin Europe	Belgium	Braine-l'alleud	Avenue de L'Industrie 19	Brabant Wallon	1420	*****.com	1968	$1,882,030,983	1,200	Corporation	386	BE0401891982
24	Aurubis Beerse	Belgium	Beerse	Nieuwe Dreef 33	Antwerpen	2340	*****.com	1919	$1,880,754,112	649	Corporation	5	BE0403075580
25	Cnh Industrial Belgium	Belgium	Zedelgem	Leon Claeysstraat 3a	West Vlaanderen	8210	*****.com	1913	$1,807,041,418	3,094	Corporation	357	BE0400444803

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How many manufacturing companies are there in Belgium?

Manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms in Belgium

93,257

5 November 2026

There are 93,257 manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 26 Belgian companies. About 18 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (3,992 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 56,133 60%
Head offices: 14,275
Branch offices: 22,849

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code C, NACE Rev. 2 sec:C. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 C.

29,158 of the 93,257 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (31%); 35,393 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Largest manufacturing firms 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.

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals is the largest manufacturing firm in Belgium by headcount. 1,467 firms employ 50 people or more; 818 employ 100 or more.

1Rixensart8,184 staff
2Bruxelles5,805 staff
3Beerse5,413 staff
4Gent5,390 staff
5Puurs3,923 staff
6Gent3,844 staff
7Antwerpen3,594 staff
8Antwerpen3,516 staff
9Bruxelles3,160 staff
10Zedelgem3,094 staff

By employee size · 83,398 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	72,755	87%
5-9	4,896	6%
10-19	2,441	3%
20-49	1,839	2%
50-99	649	0.8%
100-199	435	0.5%
200-499	260	0.3%
500-999	81	<0.1%
1,000+	42	<0.1%

87% have 1 to 4 people; 1,839 have 20 to 49; 1,467 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	28,941	41%
$100K-$500K	26,631	38%
$500K-$1M	4,382	6%
$1M-$5M	6,673	9%
$5M-$10M	1,176	2%
$10M-$50M	1,728	2%
$50M-$100M	353	0.5%
$100M-$500M	366	0.5%
$500M+	88	0.1%

41% under $100,000; 6,673 between $1M and $5M; 3,711 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 83,398 Belgian manufacturing firms with a known headcount, 72,755 (87%) have one to four people, 4,896 have five to nine, 4,280 have ten to 49 and 1,467 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (28,941, 41%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1077,651 93%
Small 10 to 494,280 5%
Medium 50 to 2491,344 2%
Large 250+123 0.1%

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

3,711

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 2,535 more than $10 million.

3,992

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most manufacturing companies in Belgium (3,567), ahead of Gent (2,118), Bruxelles (1,339), Liège (1,234) and Charleroi (1,037). Together the five hold one in ten of them. Relative to their size, Izegem, Maldegem and Wevelgem have the most: 1.8 to 2.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

619 Belgian cities have at least one manufacturing firm; 600 have ten or more; 6 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Manufacturing firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 3.91. Izegem 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 21 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	14,013	15%
West Vlaanderen	13,006	14%
Oost Vlaanderen	12,788	14%
Liège	8,024	9%
Hainaut	7,986	9%
Vlaams Brabant	7,982	9%
Limburg	7,512	8%
Bruxelles Capitale	7,147	8%
Namur	4,195	4%
Brabant Wallon	3,811	4%

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Manufacturing firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 3,567 manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms, 3.3% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 16% below the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 45 have 50 or more. 171 new firms were entered in 2026, 502 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,734 · 88%
5-9: 170 · 5%
10-19: 75 · 2%
20-49: 69 · 2%
50+: 45 · 1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1,165 · 33%
Partnerships: 150 · 4%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 1,183 · 33%
Other or none: 1,069 · 30%

Of the Belgian total: 3.8%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 3.3%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 171
Entered 2025: 219
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 4.3%

Old

Before 1990: 502 · 14%
1990 or later: 3,065 · 86%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.2%

Reachable

Email: 1,074 · 30%
Phone: 1,618 · 45%
Website: 1,292 · 36%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,131 · 44%
$100K-$500K: 871 · 34%
$500K-$1M: 219 · 8%
$1M and more: 356 · 14%

Largest

13,594
23,516
32,300
41,222
51,174

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Two in five Belgian manufacturing firms work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Three in ten are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)35,39338%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)3,0693%
BV/SRL and NV/SA29,15831%
No form on record or other25,63727%

Single-site: 60%
Head offices: 14,275
Branches: 22,849

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

How reachable are they?

Manufacturing firms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 53% list a phone number and 40% a website.

Email33,861 36%
Phone49,180 53%
Website37,001 40%

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 197 manufacturing firms for every one of the steel companies in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Manufacturing Companies	93,257	40%	78%
Printing Companies	7,156	43%	86%
Tools Companies	2,160	49%	67%
Tyre Companies	1,706	42%	74%
Paper Companies	544	54%	56%
Steel Companies	474	41%	63%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	287,003	32.5
Spain	253,404	46.6
The Czech Republic	241,862	68.7
Italy	235,612	33.5
The Netherlands	101,624	26.3
Belgium	93,257	39.1

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

3,992 manufacturing firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 18 a working day, after 5,336 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 3.7% of the inflow.

4,6502022
4,7952023
5,0722024
5,3362025
3,9922026 so far

735 of this year's 3,992 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.

1Etterbeek45 staff
2Bernissart45 staff
3Marche-en-Famenne20 staff
4Welkenraedt18 staff
5Gent18 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 8 Belgian manufacturing firms from before 1900, 546 from before 1950 and 12,035 from before 1990.

1863
1. Bruxelles
1889
1. Wavre
1894
1. Binche
1894
1. Tienen
1896
1. Bruxelles
1898
1. Waterloo

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12,035

Belgian manufacturing firms date from before 1990

1,031

were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many manufacturing companies are there in Belgium?

There are 93,257 manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 26 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest manufacturing firm in Belgium?

GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in Rixensart, with 8,184 staff. By revenue Janssen Pharmaceutica in Beerse leads with $25.3 billion a year.

Which Belgian city has the most manufacturing companies?

Antwerpen, with 3,567, ahead of Gent (2,118), Bruxelles (1,339), Liège (1,234) and Charleroi (1,037). Relative to its size, Izegem has the most: 2.0 times the national share.

How many manufacturing firms are there in Antwerpen?

3,567, which is 3.3% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 16% below the national share.

How big is a typical manufacturing firm?

Small. 87% of the 83,398 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,467 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian manufacturing companies sole traders or companies?

Two in five (35,393) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 31% (29,158) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many manufacturing firms started in 2026?

3,992 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 5,336 in 2025. 735 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest manufacturing firm in Belgium?

Solvay in Bruxelles, 1863, followed by Saint-Gobain Innovative Materials Belgium in Wavre (1889) and Anciennes Usines Victor Fontaine in Binche (1894). 8 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers manufacturing companies?

Belgian manufacturing companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code C, NACE Rev. 2 code sec:C. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 C.

Can I download the full list?

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