List of Shipping Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 1,670 shipping companies in Belgium, one in every 1,430 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 8 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in five of all shipping firms are based in Antwerpen, Brugge, Schoten, Gent and Brecht. Below you find the largest shipping 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.

1,670 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies1,6701 in1,430 Belgian companiesCities257Largest cityAntwerpen 297Sole traders49%Employees1-4 (94%)Revenue< $100K (64%)Email15%Phone42%Website17%

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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	Cmb.tech	Belgium	Antwerpen	De Gerlachekaai 20	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	2003	$459,670,695	70	Corporation	57	BE0860402767
2	Boskalis Offshore Transport Services	Belgium	Antwerpen	Sint-pietersvliet 7	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	1999	$388,916,316	174	Corporation	818	BE0469116645
3	Independent Container Line	Belgium	Antwerpen	Lange Lozanastraat 270	Antwerpen	2018	*****.com	2023	$386,408,444	162	Corporation	8	BE0795604490
4	Dfds Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Philips Landsbergiuslaan 11	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1991	$189,058,077	225	Corporation	174	BE0442647523
5	Exmar Shipping	Belgium	Antwerpen	De Gerlachekaai 20	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	2003	$146,468,534	1	Corporation	3	BE0860978334
6	Cmb.tech Belgium	Belgium	Antwerpen	De Gerlachekaai 20	Antwerpen	2000	*****.com	2022	$126,872,390	4	Corporation	57	BE0788642365
7	Societe D'exploitation Du Pioneering Spirit	Belgium	Essen	Stationsstraat 180	Antwerpen	2910	*****.com	2007	$119,642,663	19	Corporation	54	BE0888918589
8	Bocimar International	Belgium	Antwerpen	De Gerlachekaai 20	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	1999	$108,422,534	15	Corporation	57	BE0468590271
9	Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors	Belgium	Antwerpen	Noorderlaan 133, Internal Postal Box 31	Antwerpen	2030	*****.com	1995	$101,350,502	55	Corporation	3	BE0455363530
10	Transpetrol Maritime	Belgium	Watermael-boitsfort	Chaussee de la Hulpe 178	Bruxelles Capitale	1170	*****.com	2024	$89,791,767	7	Corporation	2	BE1016136861
11	Db Cargo Belgium	Belgium	Antwerpen	Noorderlaan 111, Internal Postal Box 17	Antwerpen	2030	*****.be	2010	$60,265,332	240	Corporation	6001	BE0831406596
12	Bctn Meerhout	Belgium	Meerhout	Nikelaan 1	Antwerpen	2450	*****.com	1989	$49,867,335	62	Corporation	28	BE0437465347
13	Excelerate Technical Management	Belgium	Antwerpen	Bordeauxstraat 14	Antwerpen	2000	*****.com	2019	$48,770,823	19	Corporation	40	BE0732785609
14	Anaco	Belgium	Antwerpen	Ledeganckkaai 17, Internal Postal Box 201	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	2011	$48,665,583	8	Corporation	2	BE0455948993
15	Conti-Lines	Belgium	Antwerpen	Sneeuwbeslaan 14	Antwerpen	2610	*****.be	1997	$43,309,885	6	Corporation	12	BE0434759443
16	Seabird International Shipping	Belgium	Antwerpen	Godefriduskaai 26	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	1989	$42,399,938	15	Corporation	76	BE0438910449
17	Somtrans	Belgium	Wijnegem	Albertkanaalbaan 9	Antwerpen	2110	*****.be	1975	$34,774,857	19	Corporation	12	BE0415572645
18	Nyk Bulkship (atlantic)	Belgium	Antwerpen	Noorderplaats 7	Antwerpen	2000	*****.com	2007	$33,515,837	27	Corporation	N/A	BE0887098058
19	Katoen Natie Tank Operations	Belgium	Beveren-waas	Ketenislaan 1, Internal Postal Box Haven 1548	Oost Vlaanderen	9130	N/A	1990	$32,775,152	24	Corporation	511	BE0440566080
20	Naviglobe	Belgium	Antwerpen	Noorderlaan 96	Antwerpen	2030	N/A	1987	$30,860,191	5	Corporation	2	BE0431393345
21	Abouzeid Shipping	Belgium	Waterloo	Avenue de la Croix Du Sud 27	Brabant Wallon	1410	*****.be	2014	$25,958,127	16	Corporation	5	BE0545803360
22	Shipit Multimodal Logistics	Belgium	Antwerpen	Beatrijslaan 29	Antwerpen	2050	*****.be	2017	$24,599,313	19	Corporation	9	BE0686788407
23	Plouvier Chartering	Belgium	Antwerpen	Noorderlaan 79, Internal Postal Box 1	Antwerpen	2030	*****.be	2010	$20,199,811	11	Corporation	6	BE0404542062
24	Socar Shipping Agency	Belgium	Anderlecht	Rue Heyvaert 64-66	Bruxelles Capitale	1070	*****.be	1983	$19,371,921	71	Foreign company	5	BE0424589685
25	Cmb.tech International	Belgium	Antwerpen	De Gerlachekaai 20	Antwerpen	2000	*****.com	2021	$18,509,389	4	Corporation	57	BE0775493422

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How many shipping companies are there in Belgium?

Shipping companies and shipping firms in Belgium

1,670

5 November 2026

There are 1,670 shipping companies and shipping firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 1,430 Belgian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (58 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,207 72%
Head offices: 213
Branch offices: 250

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 50, NACE Rev. 2 5020. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 50.

433 of the 1,670 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (26%); 817 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Shipping firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 297 shipping companies and shipping firms, 0.3% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 292% above the national share. Nine in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 5 have 50 or more. 6 new firms were entered in 2026, 52 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 230 · 86%
5-9: 17 · 6%
10-19: 11 · 4%
20-49: 6 · 2%
50+: 5 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 85 · 29%
Partnerships: 12 · 4%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 125 · 42%
Other or none: 75 · 25%

Of the Belgian total: 17.8%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.3%
Against the national share: 3.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 6
Entered 2025: 11
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 10.3%

Old

Before 1990: 52 · 18%
1990 or later: 245 · 82%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 17.1%

Reachable

Email: 78 · 26%
Phone: 152 · 51%
Website: 90 · 30%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 104 · 45%
$100K-$500K: 43 · 19%
$500K-$1M: 40 · 17%
$1M and more: 42 · 18%

Largest

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 1,557 Belgian shipping firms with a known headcount, 1,461 (94%) have one to four people, 48 have five to nine, 40 have ten to 49 and 8 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (912, 64%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 101,509 97%
Small 10 to 4940 3%
Medium 50 to 2498 0.5%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 32 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest shipping firms in Belgium

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

DB Cargo Belgium is the largest shipping firm in Belgium by headcount. 8 firms employ 50 people or more; 2 employ 100 or more.

1Antwerpen240 staff
2Gent225 staff
3Antwerpen174 staff
4Antwerpen162 staff
5Antwerpen86 staff
6AnderlechtForeign company71 staff
7Antwerpen70 staff
8Liège68 staff
9Meerhout62 staff
10Antwerpen55 staff

By employee size · 1,557 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,461	94%
5-9	48	3%
10-19	23	1%
20-49	17	1%
50-99	6	0.4%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	2	0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

94% have 1 to 4 people; 17 have 20 to 49; 8 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	912	64%
$100K-$500K	306	22%
$500K-$1M	119	8%
$1M-$5M	46	3%
$5M-$10M	5	0.4%
$10M-$50M	21	1%
$50M-$100M	2	0.1%
$100M-$500M	9	0.6%

64% under $100,000; 46 between $1M and $5M; 37 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most shipping companies in Belgium (297), ahead of Brugge (108), Schoten (85), Gent (78) and Brecht (60). Together the five hold two in five of them.

Cities by number of firms

257 Belgian cities have at least one shipping firm; 26 have ten or more; 119 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

Half Belgian shipping 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)81749%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)865%
BV/SRL and NV/SA43326%
No form on record or other33420%

Single-site: 72%
Head offices: 213
Branches: 250

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 8 trucking companies for every shipping firm in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Trucking Companies	13,634	24%	76%
Taxi Companies	7,352	15%	92%
Couriers	5,903	10%	88%
Travel Agencies	2,108	59%	78%
Shipping Companies	1,670	17%	87%
Airline Companies	916	26%	75%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The Netherlands	7,249	1.9
Italy	4,314	0.6
The UK	3,433	0.4
Spain	1,862	0.3
Belgium	1,670	0.7

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How reachable are they?

Shipping firms are harder to reach than the average Belgian company: 42% list a phone number and 17% a website.

Email249 15%
Phone700 42%
Website280 17%

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

58 shipping firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 70 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

712022
662023
592024
702025
582026 so far

17 of this year's 58 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.

1Brugge2 staff
2Foreign company2 staff
3Etterbeek2 staff
4Antwerpen2 staff
5Kasterlee2 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian shipping firms from before 1900, 10 from before 1950 and 304 from before 1990.

1902
1. Bruxelles
1923
1. Antwerpen
1923
1. Gent
1927
1. Antwerpen
1931
1. Antwerpen
1937
1. Liège

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Belgian shipping firms date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many shipping companies are there in Belgium?

There are 1,670 shipping companies and shipping firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 1,430 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest shipping firm in Belgium?

DB Cargo Belgium in Antwerpen, with 240 staff. By revenue Cmb.tech in Antwerpen leads with $459.7 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most shipping companies?

Antwerpen, with 297, ahead of Brugge (108), Schoten (85), Gent (78) and Brecht (60).

How many shipping firms are there in Antwerpen?

297, which is 0.3% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 292% above the national share.

How big is a typical shipping firm?

Small. 94% of the 1,557 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 8 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian shipping companies sole traders or companies?

Half (817) are sole traders, 5% are partnerships and 26% (433) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many shipping firms started in 2026?

58 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 70 in 2025. 17 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest shipping firm in Belgium?

Comptoir d'Escompte De Huy-Liege in Bruxelles, 1902, followed by Boskalis Offshore Belgium in Antwerpen (1923) and De Verenigde Dokloodsen En Bootmannen in Gent (1923). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers shipping companies?

Belgian shipping companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 50, NACE Rev. 2 code 5020. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 50.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,670 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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