List of Meat Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 1,614 meat companies in Belgium, one in every 1,480 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 49 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seven meat firms is based in Gent, Mouscron, Liège, Antwerpen and Lokeren. Below you find the largest meat 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.

1,614 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies1,6141 in1,480 Belgian companiesCities425Largest cityGent 90Sole traders32%Employees1-4 (81%)Revenue< $100K (50%)Email31%Phone57%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	Plukon Maasmechelen	Belgium	Maasmechelen	Slakweidestraat 25	Limburg	3630	*****.be	2005	$537,087,978	505	Corporation	73	BE0875041849
2	Plukon Agri Belgium	Belgium	Mouscron	Avenue de L'Eau Vive 5	Hainaut	7700	*****.nl	2013	$424,466,730	169	Corporation	73	BE0534698147
3	Delibarn Belgium	Belgium	Wommelgem	Antoon van der Pluymstraat 1	Antwerpen	2160	*****.group	2001	$293,703,447	500	Corporation	15	BE0475089271
4	Imperial Meat Products	Belgium	Zomergem	Grote Baan 200	Oost Vlaanderen	9920	*****.be	1994	$290,233,747	618	Partnership of unknown type	321	BE0453627923
5	Van-O-Bel	Belgium	Paardenstad	Transvaalstraat 35	West Vlaanderen	8793	*****.be	1964	$262,628,998	169	Corporation	8	BE0405452575
6	Vleeswaren De Keyser	Belgium	Aalter	Groendreef 41	Oost Vlaanderen	9880	*****.com	1974	$211,399,047	500	Corporation	17	BE0413958584
7	What's Cooking Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Kortrijksesteenweg 1091, Internal Postal Box C	Oost Vlaanderen	9051	*****.group	2006	$203,829,391	100	Corporation	14	BE0884649304
8	Covameat	Belgium	Kemmel	Komenstraat 73	West Vlaanderen	8953	*****.be	1969	$174,181,644	149	Corporation	17	BE0406969141
9	Gerard Van Landschoot & Zonen	Belgium	Maldegem	Prins Boudewijnlaan 22	Oost Vlaanderen	9991	*****.be	1992	$171,712,922	118	Corporation	N/A	BE0447662522
10	Volys Star	Belgium	Lendelede	Oudstrijderslaan 11	West Vlaanderen	8860	*****.be	1997	$158,102,941	409	Corporation	63	BE0405558582
11	Artislach	Belgium	Aalst	Kokerijstraat 50	Oost Vlaanderen	9310	*****.be	1964	$145,926,140	32	Corporation	2	BE0405714178
12	Swaegers & CO	Belgium	Hoogstraten	Industrieweg 5	Antwerpen	2320	*****.be	1981	$129,529,133	38	Corporation	9	BE0421836370
13	Jademo	Belgium	Zottegem	Ballingsweg 5, Internal Postal Box 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9620	*****.be	2003	$126,241,898	72	Corporation	N/A	BE0480146139
14	Van Bogaert	Belgium	Zele	Poldergotestraat 28	Oost Vlaanderen	9240	*****.be	2021	$114,153,565	100	Corporation	17	BE0873676624
15	Delibarn Wommelgem	Belgium	Wommelgem	Antoon van der Pluymstraat 1	Antwerpen	2160	*****.group	1997	$109,371,572	301	Corporation	15	BE0404057854
16	Delibarn Waarschoot	Belgium	Zomergem	Beke 2	Oost Vlaanderen	9950	*****.com	1968	$104,075,587	500	Corporation	15	BE0406175424
17	Kipco - Damaco	Belgium	Oostrozebeke	Dentergemstraat 164	West Vlaanderen	8780	*****.com	1998	$103,451,134	62	Corporation	3	BE0464952078
18	Europa Cuisson	Belgium	Tournai	Rue de la Terre A Briques 14	Hainaut	7522	*****.com	1990	$98,210,987	169	Corporation	44	BE0441357423
19	Cock's Vleeswaren	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Industriepark-noord 14	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.com	1991	$91,923,219	22	Corporation	3	BE0444853876
20	Beltaste Hamont	Belgium	Hamont	Lozenweg 30	Limburg	3930	*****.eu	2024	$90,968,936	500	Corporation	11	BE0416451682
21	Schildermans Pluimveeslachterij En Vleesverwerking	Belgium	Bree	Toekomststraat 12	Limburg	3960	*****.be	1989	$90,086,407	75	Corporation	2	BE0439128205
22	Plukon Convenience Olen	Belgium	Olen	Industrielaan 13	Antwerpen	2250	*****.be	2004	$80,441,408	142	Corporation	73	BE0870695160
23	Anzco Foods EU	Belgium	Oudenaarde	Gentstraat 171, Internal Postal Box 101	Oost Vlaanderen	9700	*****.com	2019	$71,654,825	7	Corporation	3	BE0723433522
24	Mora	Belgium	Geel	Kleinhoefstraat 5/35	Antwerpen	2440	*****.be	2006	$67,760,063	76	Corporation	244	BE0879621635
25	Delibarn Veurne	Belgium	Veurne	Ondernemingenstraat 1	West Vlaanderen	8630	*****.com	1989	$66,943,363	98	Corporation	15	BE0436749725

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Where in Belgium?

Gent has the most meat companies in Belgium (90), ahead of Mouscron (64), Liège (36), Antwerpen (35) and Lokeren (23). Together the five hold one in seven of them.

Cities by number of firms

425 Belgian cities have at least one meat firm; 27 have ten or more; 153 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Meat firms in Gent

Gent has 90 meat companies and meat firms, 0.2% of all 58,436 Gent companies and 128% above the national share. Three in four Gent firms have fewer than five people; 4 have 50 or more. 4 new firms were entered in 2026, 3 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 61 · 77%
5-9: 3 · 4%
10-19: 0 · 0%
20-49: 11 · 14%
50+: 4 · 5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 28 · 31%
Partnerships: 5 · 6%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 31 · 34%
Other or none: 26 · 29%

Of the Belgian total: 5.6%
Of all Gent companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 2.3×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 4
Entered 2025: 4
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 7.3%

Old

Before 1990: 3 · 3%
1990 or later: 87 · 97%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 1.1%

Reachable

Email: 16 · 18%
Phone: 44 · 49%
Website: 18 · 20%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 36 · 56%
$100K-$500K: 9 · 14%
$500K-$1M: 13 · 20%
$1M and more: 6 · 9%

Largest

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 1,436 Belgian meat firms with a known headcount, 1,168 (81%) have one to four people, 100 have five to nine, 119 have ten to 49 and 49 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (578, 50%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 101,268 88%
Small 10 to 49119 8%
Medium 50 to 24947 3%
Large 250+2 0.1%

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

114

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 89 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How many meat companies are there in Belgium?

Meat companies and meat firms in Belgium

1,614

5 November 2026

There are 1,614 meat companies and meat firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 1,480 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (55 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 870 54%
Head offices: 288
Branch offices: 456

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 101, identical to NACE Rev. 2 101. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 101.

550 of the 1,614 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (34%); 519 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Largest meat firms in Belgium

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

Imperial Meat Products is the largest meat firm in Belgium by headcount. 49 firms employ 50 people or more; 23 employ 100 or more.

1Zomergem618 staff
2Maasmechelen505 staff
3Hamont500 staff
4Wommelgem500 staff
5Aalter500 staff
6Lendelede409 staff
7Gent268 staff
8Menen229 staff
9Tournai169 staff
10Paardenstad169 staff

By employee size · 1,436 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,168	81%
5-9	100	7%
10-19	59	4%
20-49	60	4%
50-99	26	2%
100-199	15	1%
200-499	6	0.4%
500-999	2	0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

81% have 1 to 4 people; 60 have 20 to 49; 49 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	578	50%
$100K-$500K	235	20%
$500K-$1M	150	13%
$1M-$5M	78	7%
$5M-$10M	25	2%
$10M-$50M	61	5%
$50M-$100M	11	1.0%
$100M-$500M	16	1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

50% under $100,000; 78 between $1M and $5M; 114 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Meat firms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 57% list a phone number and 34% a website.

Email508 31%
Phone916 57%
Website542 34%

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 0 Belgian meat firms from before 1900, 4 from before 1950 and 278 from before 1990.

1934
1. Anderlecht
1951
1. Temse
1951
1. Zele
1952
1. Aartselaar
1956
1. Zonnebeke
1958
1. Hamme

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

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1990

278

Belgian meat firms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in three Belgian meat firms 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)51932%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)563%
BV/SRL and NV/SA55034%
No form on record or other48930%

Single-site: 54%
Head offices: 288
Branches: 456

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

55 meat firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 68 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

932022
852023
892024
682025
552026 so far

14 of this year's 55 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.

1Anderlecht10 staff
2Dilbeek10 staff
3Durbuy2 staff
4Antwerpen2 staff
5Gent2 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 11 fmcg companies for every meat firm in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
FMCG Companies	17,319	45%	75%
Food Companies	14,752	45%	74%
Catering Companies	3,787	44%	88%
Meat Companies	1,614	34%	72%
Breweries	907	54%	72%
Wine Companies	838	35%	79%

In other countries

Only Italy, the Czech Republic and the UK have more meat firms than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Italy	6,344	0.9
The Czech Republic	3,089	0.9
The UK	1,756	0.2
Belgium	1,614	0.7
Sweden	545	0.3

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Frequently asked questions

How many meat companies are there in Belgium?

There are 1,614 meat companies and meat firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 1,480 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest meat firm in Belgium?

Imperial Meat Products in Zomergem, with 618 staff. By revenue Plukon Maasmechelen in Maasmechelen leads with $537.1 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most meat companies?

Gent, with 90, ahead of Mouscron (64), Liège (36), Antwerpen (35) and Lokeren (23).

How many meat firms are there in Gent?

90, which is 0.2% of all 58,436 Gent companies and 128% above the national share.

How big is a typical meat firm?

Small. 81% of the 1,436 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 49 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian meat companies sole traders or companies?

One in three (519) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 34% (550) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many meat firms started in 2026?

55 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 68 in 2025. 14 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest meat firm in Belgium?

Fondoir Smilde Frères - Vetsmelterij Gebroeders Smilde in Anderlecht, 1934, followed by CDM in Temse (1951) and Velda in Zele (1951). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers meat companies?

Belgian meat companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 101, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 101. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 101.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,614 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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