List of Retail Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 191,700 retail companies in Belgium, one in every 12 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 465 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eight retail firms is based in Antwerpen, Bruxelles, Gent, Liège and Charleroi. Below you find the largest retail 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.

191,700 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies191,7001 in12 Belgian companiesCities628Largest cityAntwerpen 8,716Sole traders38%Employees1-4 (94%)Revenue< $100K (60%)Email33%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	Colruyt Food Retail	Belgium	Halle	Edingensesteenweg 196	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.be	2018	$8,366,150,420	16,642	Corporation	1011	BE0716663615
2	Delhaize Le LION/DE Leeuw	Belgium	Asse	Brusselsesteenweg 347	Vlaams Brabant	1730	*****.be	2016	$6,366,173,434	3,523	Corporation	4235	BE0402206045
3	Carrefour Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Da Vincilaan 3, Internal Postal Box 3	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.be	2016	$4,661,691,296	6,486	Corporation	7459	BE0448826918
4	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Belgium	Belgium	Anderlecht	Chaussee de Mons 1424	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.be	1983	$1,822,665,656	2,300	Corporation	375	BE0425071420
5	Action Belgium	Belgium	Asse	Gentsesteenweg 120	Vlaams Brabant	1730	*****.jobs	2005	$1,703,925,341	3,266	Corporation	2279	BE0873975443
6	Ikea Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Weiveldlaan 19	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.com	1983	$1,325,509,549	3,373	Corporation	908	BE0425258688
7	Electrolux Home Products CORPORATION	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue de la Fusee 40	Bruxelles Capitale	1130	*****.be	1999	$1,078,079,721	20	Corporation	274	BE0465654933
8	Buurtwinkels Okay	Belgium	Halle	Demesmaekerstraat (victor) 167	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.be	1998	$1,053,016,643	2,835	Corporation	1011	BE0464994145
9	Colruyt Group	Belgium	Halle	Edingensesteenweg 196	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.com	2016	$909,463,262	11,960	Corporation	1011	BE0400378485
10	Aveve	Belgium	Leuven	Aarschotsesteenweg 84	Vlaams Brabant	3012	*****.be	1901	$903,277,161	1,635	Corporation	185	BE0403552464
11	Tesla Belgium	Belgium	Aartselaar	Boomsesteenweg 8	Antwerpen	2630	*****.com	2013	$763,514,705	239	Corporation	1476	BE0521902461
12	Kruidvat	Belgium	Antwerpen	Borsbeeksebrug 30	Antwerpen	2600	*****.be	1992	$756,696,748	2,323	Corporation	3641	BE0446891668
13	Hedin Automotive	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Industriepark-noord 2	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.be	2019	$733,372,827	633	Corporation	574	BE0740526506
14	Aldi	Belgium	Erpe	Keerstraat 4	Oost Vlaanderen	9420	*****.be	1981	$711,946,235	1,059	Corporation	1482	BE0422096389
15	Aldi	Belgium	Gembloux	Chemin Du Chateau de Golzinnes 10	Namur	5032	*****.be	1983	$711,520,935	1,173	Corporation	1482	BE0425282642
16	Aldi	Belgium	Roeselare	Kachtemsestraat 200	West Vlaanderen	8800	*****.be	1975	$695,911,111	1,130	Corporation	1482	BE0414881767
17	Multipharma	Belgium	Anderlecht	Square Marie Curie 30	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.be	2004	$673,268,278	1,517	Cooperative	28	BE0866855346
18	Coolblue België	Belgium	Antwerpen	Borsbeeksebrug 28	Antwerpen	2600	*****.be	2004	$668,839,690	174	Corporation	74	BE0867686774
19	Comfort Energy	Belgium	Hasselt	Slachthuiskaai 28	Limburg	3500	*****.be	2024	$651,179,116	791	Corporation	102	BE0458280458
20	Albert Heijn België	Belgium	Antwerpen	Karel Oomsstraat 47	Antwerpen	2018	*****.nl	2010	$643,465,740	973	Corporation	4235	BE0830512812
21	Aldi	Belgium	Turnhout	Veedijk 49	Antwerpen	2300	*****.be	1948	$635,869,926	1,001	Corporation	1482	BE0403837823
22	Aldi	Belgium	Zemst	Erasmuslaan 20	Vlaams Brabant	1804	*****.be	1999	$632,817,130	1,127	Corporation	1482	BE0465569910
23	Fnac Vanden Borre	Belgium	Sint-pieters-leeuw	Slesbroekstraat 101	Vlaams Brabant	1600	*****.be	1972	$597,008,255	1,179	Corporation	992	BE0412723419
24	Aldi	Belgium	Heusden	Boterbosstraat 9	Limburg	3550	*****.be	1991	$592,835,561	903	Corporation	1482	BE0445596125
25	Inditex Belgie-Inditex Belgique	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Aux Laines 68-72	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	1993	$592,153,425	2,189	Corporation	4082	BE0450661802

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Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most retail companies in Belgium (8,716), ahead of Bruxelles (4,631), Gent (4,050), Liège (3,620) and Charleroi (3,582). Together the five hold one in eight of them. Relative to their size, Châtelet, Charleroi and La Louvière have the most: 1.6 to 1.9 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

628 Belgian cities have at least one retail firm; 605 have ten or more; 5 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Retail firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 8.03. Châtelet has 1.9 times the national share.

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By province 25 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	27,425	14%
Oost Vlaanderen	21,534	11%
West Vlaanderen	20,783	11%
Bruxelles Capitale	20,714	11%
Hainaut	20,430	11%
Vlaams Brabant	16,811	9%
Liège	16,641	9%
Limburg	13,347	7%
Namur	8,432	4%
Brabant Wallon	7,240	4%

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Largest retail 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.

Colruyt Food Retail is the largest retail firm in Belgium by headcount. 465 firms employ 50 people or more; 194 employ 100 or more.

1Halle16,642 staff
2Zaventem6,486 staff
3Asse3,523 staff
4Zaventem3,373 staff
5Asse3,266 staff
6Antwerpen2,323 staff
7Anderlecht2,300 staff
8Mouscron2,300 staff
9Bruxelles2,189 staff
10Mons1,905 staff

By employee size · 168,883 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	159,104	94%
5-9	5,613	3%
10-19	2,367	1%
20-49	1,334	0.8%
50-99	271	0.2%
100-199	90	<0.1%
200-499	63	<0.1%
500-999	17	<0.1%
1,000+	24	<0.1%

94% have 1 to 4 people; 1,334 have 20 to 49; 465 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	83,874	60%
$100K-$500K	36,929	26%
$500K-$1M	7,662	5%
$1M-$5M	9,916	7%
$5M-$10M	500	0.4%
$10M-$50M	959	0.7%
$50M-$100M	156	0.1%
$100M-$500M	106	<0.1%
$500M+	31	<0.1%

60% under $100,000; 9,916 between $1M and $5M; 1,752 above $5M.

Retail firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 8,716 retail companies and retail firms, 8.0% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and on the national share. Nearly all Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 36 have 50 or more. 522 new firms were entered in 2026, 971 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 7,200 · 94%
5-9: 266 · 3%
10-19: 102 · 1%
20-49: 79 · 1%
50+: 36 · 0.5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 2,981 · 34%
Partnerships: 282 · 3%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 2,911 · 33%
Other or none: 2,542 · 29%

Of the Belgian total: 4.5%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 8.0%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 522
Entered 2025: 823
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.5%

Old

Before 1990: 971 · 11%
1990 or later: 7,745 · 89%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.1%

Reachable

Email: 2,516 · 29%
Phone: 4,045 · 46%
Website: 3,234 · 37%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 3,928 · 62%
$100K-$500K: 1,572 · 25%
$500K-$1M: 288 · 5%
$1M and more: 506 · 8%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 168,883 Belgian retail firms with a known headcount, 159,104 (94%) have one to four people, 5,613 have five to nine, 3,701 have ten to 49 and 465 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (83,874, 60%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 10164,717 98%
Small 10 to 493,701 2%
Medium 50 to 249424 0.3%
Large 250+41 <0.1%

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

1,752

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 1,252 more than $10 million.

9,467

firms were entered in 2026.

How many retail companies are there in Belgium?

Retail companies and retail firms in Belgium

191,700

5 November 2026

There are 191,700 retail companies and retail firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 12 Belgian companies. About 43 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (9,467 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 110,641 58%
Head offices: 29,620
Branch offices: 51,439

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 47, identical to NACE Rev. 2 47. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 47.

52,091 of the 191,700 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (27%); 73,696 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

How reachable are they?

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

Email63,304 33%
Phone100,666 53%
Website75,764 40%

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 retail firms work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in four is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)73,69638%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)5,0913%
BV/SRL and NV/SA52,09127%
No form on record or other60,82232%

Single-site: 58%
Head offices: 29,620
Branches: 51,439

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 219 retail firms for every one of the cheese shops in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Retail Companies	191,700	40%	83%
Wholesale Companies	104,194	37%	79%
Transport Companies	52,656	22%	78%
Sport Companies	24,106	37%	89%
Breweries	907	54%	72%
Cheese Shops	874	44%	79%

In other countries

Belgium has more retail firms than the Czech Republic or Switzerland, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	724,760	82.0
Italy	359,030	51.1
Belgium	191,700	80.3
The Czech Republic	156,357	44.4
Switzerland	73,356	53.7

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

9,467 retail firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 43 a working day, after 13,247 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 8.8% of the inflow.

9,2202022
10,3862023
11,6232024
13,2472025
9,4672026 so far

1,580 of this year's 9,467 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.

1Liège53 staff
2Nieuwpoort53 staff
3Kortrijk53 staff
4Geel18 staff
5Soumagne14 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 1 Belgian retail firms from before 1900, 352 from before 1950 and 23,653 from before 1990.

1886
1. Gent
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1. Herstal
1900
1. Olne
1900
1. Lochristi
1901
1. Leuven
1901
1. Auvelais

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23,653

Belgian retail firms date from before 1990

1,594

were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many retail companies are there in Belgium?

There are 191,700 retail companies and retail firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 12 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest retail firm in Belgium?

Colruyt Food Retail in Halle, with 16,642 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most retail companies?

Antwerpen, with 8,716, ahead of Bruxelles (4,631), Gent (4,050), Liège (3,620) and Charleroi (3,582). Relative to its size, Châtelet has the most: 1.9 times the national share.

How many retail firms are there in Antwerpen?

8,716, which is 8.0% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical retail firm?

Small. 94% of the 168,883 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 465 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian retail companies sole traders or companies?

Two in five (73,696) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 27% (52,091) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many retail firms started in 2026?

9,467 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 13,247 in 2025. 1,580 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest retail firm in Belgium?

Vooruit Nr. 1 in Gent, 1886, followed by Fumal Armand in Herstal (1900) and Pharmacies Populaires De Verviers Et Arrondissement in Olne (1900). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers retail companies?

Belgian retail companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 47, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 47. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 47.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 191,700 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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