List of Media Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 17,753 media companies in Belgium, one in every 135 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 46 firms employ 50 people or more. One in five media firms is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Ixelles and Uccle. Below you find the largest media 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.

17,753 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies17,7531 in135 Belgian companiesCities594Largest cityAntwerpen 1,206Sole traders37%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (76%)Email21%Phone40%Website26%

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Vlaamse Radio- En TelevisieomroeporganisatieVlaamse Radio- En Televisieomroeporganisatie

	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	Vlaamse Radio- En Televisieomroeporganisatie	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Boulevard Auguste Reyers 52	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.be	1991	$569,941,498	1,955	Corporation	9	BE0244142664
2	Mediahuis	Belgium	Antwerpen	Katwilgweg 2	Antwerpen	2050	*****.be	1989	$345,117,153	775	Corporation	118	BE0439849666
3	Roularta Media Group	Belgium	Roeselare	Meiboomlaan 33	West Vlaanderen	8800	*****.be	2014	$281,634,985	876	Corporation	12	BE0434278896
4	Rtl Belgium	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Avenue Jacques Georgin 2	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.be	1985	$249,558,663	339	Corporation	1059	BE0428201847
5	Odoo	Belgium	Ramillies-offus	Chaussee de Namur 40	Brabant Wallon	1367	*****.com	2002	$239,721,625	1,376	Corporation	19	BE0477472701
6	Wolters Kluwer Belgium	Belgium	Mechelen	Motstraat 30	Antwerpen	2800	*****.com	1965	$196,791,835	539	Corporation	249	BE0405772873
7	The 12th Player	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Boulevard Auguste Reyers 70	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	N/A	2020	$139,090,742	7	Corporation	N/A	BE0750515526
8	Play Media	Belgium	Vilvoorde	Harensesteenweg 224	Vlaams Brabant	1800	*****.be	2000	$127,221,913	776	Corporation	236	BE0473307540
9	Rossel & Cie	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Royale 100	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1968	$122,912,681	1,468	Corporation	265	BE0403537816
10	Mediafin	Belgium	Bruxelles	Avenue Du Port 86c, Internal Postal Box 309	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1926	$108,659,235	302	Corporation	5	BE0404800301
11	Optimile	Belgium	Gent	Sassevaartstraat 46, Internal Postal Box 201	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.eu	2016	$106,773,457	44	Corporation	74	BE0648837849
12	Emg Belgium	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Jacques de Lalaing 28, Internal Postal Box 6010	Bruxelles Capitale	1040	*****.com	1989	$92,981,250	273	Corporation	161	BE0437799404
13	Kinepolis Group	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Du Centenaire 20	Bruxelles Capitale	1020	*****.be	1976	$91,502,908	142	Corporation	143	BE0415928179
14	Umedia Production Services	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Louise 235	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.eu	2004	$80,700,196	9	Corporation	17	BE0867459716
15	Umedia Production	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Louise 235	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.eu	2010	$77,707,254	14	Corporation	17	BE0824418143
16	Uitgeverij Van IN	Belgium	Wommelgem	Nijverheidsstraat 92, Internal Postal Box 5	Antwerpen	2160	*****.be	1999	$69,808,002	165	Corporation	109	BE0465672452
17	Association Des Consommateurs Test-Achats	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Rue de Hollande 13	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.be	1984	$69,544,174	288	Cooperative	8	BE0425989356
18	Dilibel	Belgium	Ans	Avenue de L'Energie 30	Liège	4432	*****.be	1977	$61,464,655	71	Corporation	2060	BE0417280736
19	Dargaud - Lombard	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Avenue Paul-henri Spaak 1-7	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.com	1946	$58,421,289	51	Corporation	2	BE0403501390
20	Woestijnvis	Belgium	Vilvoorde	Harensesteenweg 228	Vlaams Brabant	1800	*****.be	1997	$57,022,356	127	Corporation	236	BE0460337749
21	Kinepolis Multi	Belgium	Kortrijk	President Kennedylaan 100a	West Vlaanderen	8500	*****.com	1988	$56,893,105	69	Corporation	143	BE0434861589
22	Ipm Group	Belgium	Etterbeek	Rue Des Francs 79	Bruxelles Capitale	1040	*****.be	1968	$56,584,622	152	Corporation	42	BE0403508716
23	Lefebvre Belgium	Belgium	Ottignies	Avenue Jean Monnet 4	Brabant Wallon	1348	*****.be	1988	$56,511,210	191	Corporation	50	BE0436181878
24	Bnp Paribas Fortis Film Finance	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Montagne Du Parc 3	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	2007	$55,518,512	2	Corporation	4912	BE0893587655
25	Politico	Belgium	Gent	Rue de la Loi 62	Oost Vlaanderen	1040	*****.eu	2013	$55,385,405	302	Corporation	153	BE0526900436

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 16,257 Belgian media firms with a known headcount, 15,705 (97%) have one to four people, 273 have five to nine, 233 have ten to 49 and 46 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (11,117, 76%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1015,978 98%
Small 10 to 49233 1%
Medium 50 to 24939 0.2%
Large 250+7 <0.1%

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

116

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 94 more than $10 million.

1,246

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest media 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.

Vlaamse Radio- En Televisieomroeporganisatie is the largest media firm in Belgium by headcount. 46 firms employ 50 people or more; 23 employ 100 or more.

1Schaerbeek1,955 staff
2Bruxelles1,539 staff
3Ramillies-Offus1,376 staff
4Schaerbeek1,000 staff
5Roeselare876 staff
6Vilvoorde776 staff
7Antwerpen775 staff
8Mechelen539 staff
9Namur400 staff
10Gent344 staff

By employee size · 16,257 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	15,705	97%
5-9	273	2%
10-19	144	0.9%
20-49	89	0.5%
50-99	23	0.1%
100-199	10	<0.1%
200-499	6	<0.1%
500-999	3	<0.1%
1,000+	4	<0.1%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 89 have 20 to 49; 46 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	11,117	76%
$100K-$500K	2,557	18%
$500K-$1M	542	4%
$1M-$5M	243	2%
$5M-$10M	22	0.2%
$10M-$50M	66	0.5%
$50M-$100M	17	0.1%
$100M-$500M	10	<0.1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

76% under $100,000; 243 between $1M and $5M; 116 above $5M.

Media firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 1,206 media companies and media firms, 1.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 50% above the national share. Nearly all Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 70 new firms were entered in 2026, 71 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,035 · 96%
5-9: 23 · 2%
10-19: 12 · 1%
20-49: 4 · 0.4%
50+: 1 · <0.1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 332 · 28%
Partnerships: 170 · 14%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 375 · 31%
Other or none: 329 · 27%

Of the Belgian total: 6.8%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 1.1%
Against the national share: 1.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 70
Entered 2025: 115
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.6%

Old

Before 1990: 71 · 6%
1990 or later: 1,135 · 94%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 6.7%

Reachable

Email: 246 · 20%
Phone: 450 · 37%
Website: 304 · 25%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 732 · 76%
$100K-$500K: 170 · 18%
$500K-$1M: 34 · 4%
$1M and more: 23 · 2%

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Media companies and media firms in Belgium

17,753

5 November 2026

There are 17,753 media companies and media firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 135 Belgian companies. About 6 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,246 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 11,963 67%
Head offices: 2,618
Branch offices: 3,172

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 58, 59 and 60, NACE Rev. 2 sec:J. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 58, 59, 60.

4,961 of the 17,753 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (28%); 6,538 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most media companies in Belgium (1,206), ahead of Gent (849), Bruxelles (793), Ixelles (691) and Uccle (360). Together the five hold one in five of them. Relative to their size, Forest, Ixelles and Saint-Gilles have the most: 2.5 to 3.3 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

594 Belgian cities have at least one media firm; 333 have ten or more; 34 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Media firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.74. Forest has 3.3 times the national share.

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By province 19 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Bruxelles Capitale	4,041	23%
Antwerpen	2,857	16%
Oost Vlaanderen	2,111	12%
Vlaams Brabant	1,927	11%
Brabant Wallon	1,150	6%
West Vlaanderen	1,036	6%
Liège	1,005	6%
Hainaut	934	5%
Limburg	790	4%
Namur	581	3%

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The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian media firms from before 1900, 59 from before 1950 and 1,065 from before 1990.

1902
1. Charleroi
1904
1. Verviers
1904
1. Verviers
1912
1. Kortrijk
1917
1. Bruxelles
1918
1. Namur

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1,065

Belgian media firms date from before 1990

119

were entered in 1990

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

1,246 media firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 6 a working day, after 1,398 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.2% of the inflow.

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9502023
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1,2462026 so far

170 of this year's 1,246 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.

1Foreign company10 staff
2Brussel10 staff
3Leuven4 staff
4Oosterzele3 staff
5Mons3 staff

How reachable are they?

Media firms are harder to reach than the average Belgian company: 40% list a phone number and 26% a website.

Email3,756 21%
Phone7,092 40%
Website4,550 26%

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

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

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Two in five Belgian media 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)6,53837%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)1,1176%
BV/SRL and NV/SA4,96128%
No form on record or other5,13729%

Single-site: 67%
Head offices: 2,618
Branches: 3,172

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 34 media firms for every one of the zoos in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Media Companies	17,753	26%	88%
Theaters	17,322	27%	94%
Advertising Companies	15,298	27%	90%
Event Companies	6,743	29%	89%
Churches	5,340	24%	88%
Zoos	521	42%	67%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	138,206	15.6
Italy	68,522	9.8
The Netherlands	43,012	11.1
Sweden	26,396	14.2
Belgium	17,753	7.4

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Frequently asked questions

How many media companies are there in Belgium?

There are 17,753 media companies and media firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 135 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest media firm in Belgium?

Vlaamse Radio- En Televisieomroeporganisatie in Schaerbeek, with 1,955 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most media companies?

Antwerpen, with 1,206, ahead of Gent (849), Bruxelles (793), Ixelles (691) and Uccle (360). Relative to its size, Forest has the most: 3.3 times the national share.

How many media firms are there in Antwerpen?

1,206, which is 1.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 50% above the national share.

How big is a typical media firm?

Small. 97% of the 16,257 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 46 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian media companies sole traders or companies?

Two in five (6,538) are sole traders, 6% are partnerships and 28% (4,961) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many media firms started in 2026?

1,246 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 1,398 in 2025. 170 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest media firm in Belgium?

L'Espoir - Union Ouvrière De Goutroux Et Des Environs in Charleroi, 1902, followed by Theatre Des Nouveautes in Verviers (1904) and Theatre Des Nouveautes in Verviers (1904). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers media companies?

Belgian media companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 58, 59 and 60, NACE Rev. 2 code sec:J. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 58, 59 and 60.

Can I download the full list?

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