List of Opticians in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 3,969 opticians in Belgium, one in every 602 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 7 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eight opticians is based in Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Liège, Gent and Brugge. Below you find the largest opticians 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.

3,969 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies3,9691 in602 Belgian companiesCities533Largest cityBruxelles 135Sole traders35%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (60%)Email48%Phone68%Website54%

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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	Grand Opticiens Belgium	Belgium	Mechelen	Stationsstraat 102-108	Antwerpen	2800	*****.com	1983	$153,534,901	183	Corporation	N/A	BE0424735977
2	Hans Anders België	Belgium	Hasselt	Runkstersteenweg 247b, Internal Postal Box 2.01	Limburg	3500	*****.be	2006	$84,090,884	528	Corporation	551	BE0879138021
3	Prada Belgium	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard de Waterloo 38	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	2015	$17,558,194	19	Corporation	504	BE0643876793
4	Lensonline	Belgium	Kruibeke	Kasteleinsstraat 11	Oost Vlaanderen	9150	*****.be	2023	$15,566,350	7	Corporation	17	BE0536230450
5	Oogwereld België	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Ten Bos 5	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.be	1989	$15,035,682	64	Corporation	152	BE0436684201
6	Eyes And More België	Belgium	Hasselt	Runkstersteenweg 247b, Internal Postal Box 2.01	Limburg	3500	N/A	2008	$14,994,424	78	Corporation	551	BE0896984140
7	De Kinderplaneet	Belgium	Tremelo	Baalsebaan 283	Vlaams Brabant	3128	*****.be	1979	$14,820,932	40	Corporation	N/A	BE0419484913
8	Solutions4materials	Belgium	Herentals	Toekomstlaan 41d	Antwerpen	2200	*****.eu	1995	$9,712,862	40	Corporation	N/A	BE0456550789
9	Verder Scientific Benelux	Belgium	Aartselaar	Kontichsesteenweg 17	Antwerpen	2630	*****.be	2021	$6,577,562	7	Corporation	N/A	BE0775433440
10	Tuavia	Belgium	Eupen	Ettersten 2	Lüttich	4700	*****.be	1981	$6,152,794	85	Non profit organization	5	BE0421904369
11	Jimmy Fairly Belgique	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Rue de Livourne 7, Internal Postal Box 4	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	N/A	2022	$4,508,850	48	Corporation	14	BE0790407666
12	Point De Mire	Belgium	Saint-hubert	Place de la Mutualite 1	Luxembourg	6870	*****.be	1994	$2,239,634	12	Corporation	3	BE0453471535
13	Ajmarn	Belgium	Saint-josse-ten-noode	Rue Verte 71	Bruxelles Capitale	1210	*****.be	2014	$2,199,512	3	Corporation	N/A	BE0550498556
14	Optique Marliere	Belgium	Namur	Avenue Gouverneur Bovesse 33	Namur	5100	*****.com	2001	$1,724,563	22	Corporation	7	BE0476499632
15	Disso	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue de la Montagne 6	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	2014	$1,710,336	5	Corporation	2	BE0480205428
16	Optiek Porteman	Belgium	Ieper	Rijselstraat 12	West Vlaanderen	8900	*****.be	1982	$1,406,538	10	Corporation	3	BE0422653942
17	Optiek Delrue	Belgium	Brugge	Kruisabelestraat 35	West Vlaanderen	8000	*****.be	1985	$1,406,538	7	Corporation	93	BE0427223731
18	Matthias Kaulard	Belgium	Eupen	Rue de la Montagne 14	Liège	4700	*****.de	2011	$1,406,538	5	Corporation	4	BE0841867750
19	Lens Service	Belgium	Kruibeke	Kasteleinsstraat 11	Oost Vlaanderen	9150	*****.com	2013	$1,406,538	7	Corporation	17	BE0534902837
20	Kovaia	Belgium	Mons	Grand-place 35, Internal Postal Box 1	Hainaut	7000	*****.be	2014	$1,406,538	3	Corporation	7	BE0552868623
21	Ivlc	Belgium	Uccle	Rue Xavier de Bue 40	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	*****.be	1999	$1,406,538	6	Corporation	11	BE0465753517
22	Optiek Withofs	Belgium	Peer	Steenweg Wijchmaal 10, Internal Postal Box 1	Limburg	3990	*****.be	2023	$1,406,538	3	Corporation	4	BE0466945132
23	Photimmo	Belgium	Gembloux	Rue Du Coquelet 85	Namur	5030	N/A	1996	$1,406,538	3	Corporation	4	BE0459150092
24	Alice Eyewear	Belgium	Gent	Henegouwenstraat 89	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.com	2015	$1,406,538	7	Corporation	93	BE0644966658
25	Ivlc Holding	Belgium	Uccle	Rue Xavier de Bue 40	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	*****.be	2016	$1,406,538	30	Corporation	11	BE0665580346

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 3,473 Belgian opticians with a known headcount, 3,355 (97%) have one to four people, 91 have five to nine, 20 have ten to 49 and 7 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,835, 60%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 103,446 99%
Small 10 to 4920 0.6%
Medium 50 to 2496 0.2%
Large 250+1 <0.1%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 7 more than $10 million.

216

firms were entered in 2026.

How many opticians are there in Belgium?

Opticians in Belgium

3,969

5 November 2026

There are 3,969 opticians in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 602 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (216 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,266 57%
Head offices: 788
Branch offices: 915

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 4778. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 4778.

1,410 of the 3,969 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (36%); 1,393 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Where in Belgium?

Bruxelles has the most opticians in Belgium (135), ahead of Antwerpen (128), Liège (104), Gent (81) and Brugge (78). Together the five hold one in eight of them.

Cities by number of firms

533 Belgian cities have at least one optician; 90 have ten or more; 79 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Opticians in Bruxelles

Bruxelles has 135 opticians, 0.2% of all 60,636 Bruxelles companies and 34% above the national share. Nine in ten Bruxelles firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 8 new firms were entered in 2026, 17 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 106 · 90%
5-9: 9 · 8%
10-19: 2 · 2%
20-49: 1 · 0.8%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 18 · 13%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 82 · 61%
Other or none: 35 · 26%

Of the Belgian total: 3.4%
Of all Bruxelles companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 1.3×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 8
Entered 2025: 6
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 3.7%

Old

Before 1990: 17 · 13%
1990 or later: 118 · 87%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 2.7%

Reachable

Email: 50 · 37%
Phone: 87 · 64%
Website: 63 · 47%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 41 · 39%
$100K-$500K: 34 · 33%
$500K-$1M: 5 · 5%
$1M and more: 24 · 23%

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Largest opticians in Belgium

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

Hans Anders België is the largest optician in Belgium by headcount. 7 firms employ 50 people or more; 2 employ 100 or more.

1Hasselt528 staff
2Mechelen183 staff
3Eupen85 staff
4Sint-Niklaas64 staff
5Ixelles63 staff
6Ittre61 staff
7Tournai57 staff
8Saint-Gilles48 staff
9Tremelo40 staff
10Herentals40 staff

By employee size · 3,473 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,355	97%
5-9	91	3%
10-19	13	0.4%
20-49	7	0.2%
50-99	5	0.1%
100-199	1	<0.1%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 7 have 20 to 49; 7 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,835	60%
$100K-$500K	605	20%
$500K-$1M	28	0.9%
$1M-$5M	571	19%
$5M-$10M	3	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	5	0.2%
$50M-$100M	1	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

60% under $100,000; 571 between $1M and $5M; 10 above $5M.

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in three Belgian opticians 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)1,39335%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)922%
BV/SRL and NV/SA1,41036%
No form on record or other1,07427%

Single-site: 57%
Head offices: 788
Branches: 915

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 3 nurses for every optician in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Nurses	13,151	9%	95%
Vets	7,376	38%	93%
Opticians	3,969	54%	85%
Hospitals	903	57%	48%
Midwives	772	20%	97%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	225,750	3.5
Brazil	181,475	6.3
Germany	22,479	3.3
The Netherlands	19,661	5.1
Canada	19,537	4.6
Belgium	3,969	1.7

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The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian opticians from before 1900, 18 from before 1950 and 622 from before 1990.

1901
1. Waremme
1905
1. Raeren
1922
1. Anhée
1922
1. Bruxelles
1922
1. Leuven
1923
1. Gent

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622

Belgian opticians date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

How reachable are they?

Opticians are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 68% list a phone number and 54% a website.

Email1,917 48%
Phone2,686 68%
Website2,149 54%

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

216 opticians were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 262 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

1612022
1632023
1852024
2622025
2162026 so far

32 of this year's 216 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.

1Houthalen6 staff
2Deerlijk2 staff
3Bruxelles2 staff
4Kruishoutem2 staff
5Lobbes2 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many opticians are there in Belgium?

There are 3,969 opticians in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 602 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest optician in Belgium?

Hans Anders België in Hasselt, with 528 staff. By revenue Grand Opticiens Belgium in Mechelen leads with $153.5 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most opticians?

Bruxelles, with 135, ahead of Antwerpen (128), Liège (104), Gent (81) and Brugge (78).

How many opticians are there in Bruxelles?

135, which is 0.2% of all 60,636 Bruxelles companies and 34% above the national share.

How big is a typical optician?

Small. 97% of the 3,473 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 7 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian opticians sole traders or companies?

One in three (1,393) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 36% (1,410) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many opticians started in 2026?

216 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 262 in 2025. 32 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest optician in Belgium?

Les Pharmacies Du Peuple - Reseau Solidaris in Waremme, 1901, followed by Pharmacies Populaires De Verviers Et Arrondissement in Raeren (1905) and Abbaye Des Saints Jean Et Scholastique in Anhée (1922). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers opticians?

Belgian opticians are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 4778. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 4778.

Can I download the full list?

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