List of Pharmacy Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 6,589 pharmacy companies in Belgium, one in every 362 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 24 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eight pharmacies is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Liège and Charleroi. Below you find the largest pharmacies 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.

6,589 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies6,5891 in362 Belgian companiesCities575Largest cityAntwerpen 243Sole traders16%Employees1-4 (92%)Revenue$1M-$5M (41%)Email57%Phone79%Website63%

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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	Multipharma	Belgium	Anderlecht	Square Marie Curie 30	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.be	2004	$673,268,278	1,517	Cooperative	28	BE0866855346
2	Medi-Market Parapharmacies	Belgium	Evere	Avenue Ciceron 7	Bruxelles Capitale	1140	*****.be	2014	$378,575,285	342	Corporation	138	BE0545833054
3	Benu	Belgium	Wavre	Avenue Pasteur 2	Brabant Wallon	1300	*****.be	2003	$202,714,971	791	Corporation	2591	BE0436826929
4	L'economie Populaire	Belgium	Ciney	Rue Edouard Dinot 32	Namur	5590	*****.be	1919	$200,426,567	639	Cooperative	309	BE0401388176
5	Popelin Apotheken	Belgium	Anderlecht	Square Marie Curie 30	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	N/A	2024	$176,447,502	461	Corporation	91	BE1004967609
6	Pharmacies Populaires De Verviers Et Arrondissement	Belgium	Verviers	Rue de Mangombroux 161-173	Liège	4800	*****.be	1913	$126,906,103	595	Cooperative	71	BE0402307894
7	Vertex Pharmaceuticals (belgium)	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Montoyer 47	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	2022	$103,057,917	13	Corporation	N/A	BE0781749031
8	Coop-Apotheken	Belgium	Gent	Nieuwevaart 151	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1981	$98,913,497	319	Cooperative	46	BE0421598226
9	Pharmacies By Medi-Market Group	Belgium	Evere	Avenue Ciceron 7	Bruxelles Capitale	1140	*****.be	2019	$71,522,583	103	Corporation	138	BE0548663375
10	Apotheek Antverpia	Belgium	Kontich	Blauwesteenstraat 95	Antwerpen	2550	*****.be	1968	$69,353,923	441	Corporation	12	BE0404751702
11	Tilman	Belgium	Somme-leuze	Zone D'Activites Sud Bail. 15	Namur	5377	*****.be	1996	$67,493,863	246	Corporation	7	BE0458493759
12	Pharmacies Servais	Belgium	Wavre	Chaussee de Namur 5	Brabant Wallon	1300	*****.be	1994	$60,462,131	199	Corporation	26	BE0453242495
13	Universal Pharma	Belgium	Frameries	Rue Montavaux 155	Hainaut	7080	*****.com	1992	$59,741,564	134	Corporation	57	BE0447382113
14	Cluepoints	Belgium	Ottignies	Avenue Albert Einstein 2a	Brabant Wallon	1348	*****.com	2012	$58,040,985	189	Corporation	4	BE0849892422
15	Les Pharmacies Du Peuple - Reseau Solidaris	Belgium	Seraing	Rue de la Boverie 379	Liège	4100	*****.be	1901	$51,942,740	473	Cooperative	35	BE0406418122
16	Multipharma Group	Belgium	Anderlecht	Square Marie Curie 30	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.be	1912	$50,453,562	283	Cooperative	28	BE0401995516
17	Peeters Pharma	Belgium	Kinrooi	Breeërsteenweg 348	Limburg	3640	*****.be	2011	$39,450,973	77	Corporation	25	BE0888243054
18	De Service Apotheek	Belgium	Sint-truiden	N.b. de Borchgravestraat 4430	Limburg	3800	*****.be	2016	$34,744,265	14	Corporation	5	BE0824688852
19	Apotheek Dessein	Belgium	Beernem	Parkstraat 2	West Vlaanderen	8730	*****.be	1979	$34,363,494	62	Corporation	37	BE0419948533
20	M.D.D. Pharma	Belgium	Wavre	Avenue Pasteur 2	Brabant Wallon	1300	*****.be	1989	$33,685,977	109	Corporation	2591	BE0437759119
21	Panorama Operations	Belgium	Lummen	Dorpsstraat 18	Limburg	3560	N/A	2025	$28,958,873	36	Corporation	37	BE1019648756
22	Apotheken Solidaris	Belgium	Hasselt	Walenstraat 77	Limburg	3500	*****.be	1952	$28,714,008	130	Cooperative	20	BE0401364224
23	Medacta Belgium	Belgium	Nivelles	Rue de L'Industrie 30, Internal Postal Box B	Brabant Wallon	1400	*****.be	2000	$27,847,948	48	Corporation	19	BE0471743068
24	Pharma Force	Belgium	Gent	Poortakkerstraat 41g	Oost Vlaanderen	9051	*****.be	2018	$24,459,867	110	Corporation	25	BE0859585888
25	Ortis	Belgium	Butgenbach	Weywertzhinter der Heck 46	Liège	4750	*****.com	1976	$22,446,066	70	Corporation	2	BE0415889379

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Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most pharmacy companies in Belgium (243), ahead of Gent (165), Bruxelles (140), Liège (129) and Charleroi (114). Together the five hold one in eight of them. Relative to their size, Charleroi, Liège and Gent have the most: 1.0 to 1.6 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

575 Belgian cities have at least one pharmacy; 199 have ten or more; 47 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Pharmacies per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.28. Charleroi has 1.6 times the national share.

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By province 16 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Oost Vlaanderen	844	13%
Antwerpen	819	12%
Hainaut	801	12%
West Vlaanderen	753	11%
Bruxelles Capitale	725	11%
Vlaams Brabant	662	10%
Liège	601	9%
Limburg	433	7%
Namur	298	5%
Brabant Wallon	246	4%

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Pharmacies in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 243 pharmacy companies and pharmacies, 0.2% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 19% below the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 46 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 196 · 89%
5-9: 20 · 9%
10-19: 1 · 0.5%
20-49: 3 · 1%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 21 · 9%
Partnerships: 9 · 4%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 165 · 68%
Other or none: 48 · 20%

Of the Belgian total: 3.7%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 9
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 46 · 19%
1990 or later: 197 · 81%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 5.2%

Reachable

Email: 163 · 67%
Phone: 204 · 84%
Website: 178 · 73%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 44 · 22%
$100K-$500K: 64 · 33%
$500K-$1M: 2 · 1%
$1M and more: 86 · 44%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 6,133 Belgian pharmacies with a known headcount, 5,617 (92%) have one to four people, 427 have five to nine, 65 have ten to 49 and 24 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $1 million and $5 million a year (2,204, 41%).

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Micro under 106,044 99%
Small 10 to 4965 1%
Medium 50 to 24921 0.3%
Large 250+3 <0.1%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 37 more than $10 million.

115

firms were entered in 2026.

How many pharmacy companies are there in Belgium?

Pharmacy companies and pharmacies in Belgium

6,589

5 November 2026

There are 6,589 pharmacy companies and pharmacies in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 362 Belgian companies. About 3 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (115 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 3,939 60%
Head offices: 1,437
Branch offices: 1,213

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 47730, NACE Rev. 2 4773. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 47730.

4,118 of the 6,589 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (62%); 1,041 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Largest pharmacies 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.

Multipharma is the largest pharmacy in Belgium by headcount. 24 firms employ 50 people or more; 18 employ 100 or more.

1Anderlecht1,517 staff
2Wavre791 staff
3Ciney639 staff
4Verviers595 staff
5Seraing473 staff
6Anderlecht461 staff
7Kontich441 staff
8Evere342 staff
9Gent319 staff
10Somme-Leuze246 staff

By employee size · 6,133 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	5,617	92%
5-9	427	7%
10-19	44	0.7%
20-49	21	0.3%
50-99	6	<0.1%
100-199	8	0.1%
200-499	7	0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	2	<0.1%

92% have 1 to 4 people; 21 have 20 to 49; 24 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,835	34%
$100K-$500K	1,213	23%
$500K-$1M	74	1%
$1M-$5M	2,204	41%
$5M-$10M	3	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	21	0.4%
$50M-$100M	9	0.2%
$100M-$500M	6	0.1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

41% between $1 million and $5 million; 2,204 between $1M and $5M; 40 above $5M.

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 1 Belgian pharmacies from before 1900, 25 from before 1950 and 886 from before 1990.

1886
1. Gent
1901
1. Seraing
1901
1. Saint-Nicolas
1901
1. Seraing
1901
1. Liège
1901
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Belgian pharmacies date from before 1990

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

One in six Belgian pharmacies work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Three in five are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)1,04116%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)1903%
BV/SRL and NV/SA4,11862%
No form on record or other1,24019%

Single-site: 60%
Head offices: 1,437
Branches: 1,213

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

115 pharmacies were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 3 a week, after 200 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.1% of the inflow.

2462022
2592023
3082024
2002025
1152026 so far

42 of this year's 115 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.

1Bruxelles5 staff
2Anzegem5 staff
3Tubize5 staff
4Bruxelles5 staff
5Liège3 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 31 healthcare companies for every pharmacy in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Healthcare Companies	203,200	26%	88%
Doctors	22,571	34%	86%
Dental Companies	14,943	32%	84%
Pharmacy Companies	6,589	63%	85%
Nursing Homes	3,011	64%	45%
Pharmaceutical Companies	1,762	26%	68%

In other countries

Only the UK has more pharmacies than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	16,093	1.8
Belgium	6,589	2.8

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How reachable are they?

Pharmacies are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 79% list a phone number and 63% a website.

Email3,725 57%
Phone5,211 79%
Website4,134 63%

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

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

Frequently asked questions

How many pharmacy companies are there in Belgium?

There are 6,589 pharmacy companies and pharmacies in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 362 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest pharmacy in Belgium?

Multipharma in Anderlecht, with 1,517 staff. By revenue Medi-Market Parapharmacies in Evere leads with $378.6 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most pharmacy companies?

Antwerpen, with 243, ahead of Gent (165), Bruxelles (140), Liège (129) and Charleroi (114). Relative to its size, Charleroi has the most: 1.6 times the national share.

How many pharmacies are there in Antwerpen?

243, which is 0.2% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 19% below the national share.

How big is a typical pharmacy?

Small. 92% of the 6,133 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 24 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $1 million and $5 million a year.

Are Belgian pharmacy companies sole traders or companies?

One in six (1,041) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 62% (4,118) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many pharmacies started in 2026?

115 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 200 in 2025. 42 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest pharmacy in Belgium?

Vooruit Nr. 1 in Gent, 1886, followed by Les Pharmacies Du Peuple - Reseau Solidaris in Seraing (1901) and Les Pharmacies Du Peuple - Reseau Solidaris in Saint-Nicolas (1901). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers pharmacy companies?

Belgian pharmacy companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 47730, NACE Rev. 2 code 4773. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 47730.

Can I download the full list?

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