List of Sport Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 24,106 sport companies in Belgium, one in every 99 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 47 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eleven sports clubs is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Liège and Namur. Below you find the largest sports clubs 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.

24,106 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies24,1061 in99 Belgian companiesCities607Largest cityAntwerpen 776Sole traders17%Employees1-4 (97%)Revenue< $100K (85%)Email30%Phone42%Website37%

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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	Basic-Fit Belgium	Belgium	Jette	Avenue Du Laerbeek 125	Bruxelles Capitale	1090	*****.com	2009	$265,700,155	653	Corporation	1563	BE0810221697
2	Club Brugge	Belgium	Knokke	Herenweg 9	West Vlaanderen	8300	*****.be	1997	$141,698,872	319	Corporation	26	BE0460444251
3	Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht	Belgium	Anderlecht	Neerpedestraat 569	Brussel Hoofdstad	1070	*****.be	2018	$103,933,010	171	Corporation	121	BE0823379451
4	Union Royale Belge Des Societes De Football-Association - Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond	Belgium	Bruxelles	Avenue de Marathon 129	Bruxelles Capitale	1020	*****.be	1968	$61,586,163	146	Non profit organization	10	BE0403543160
5	SPA Grand Prix	Belgium	Stavelot	Route Du Circuit 36	Liège	4970	*****.com	2006	$53,172,967	7	Corporation	N/A	BE0884035135
6	Royal Antwerp Football Club	Belgium	Antwerpen	Oude Bosuilbaan 54a	Antwerpen	2100	*****.be	2017	$49,347,258	111	Corporation	3	BE0839407415
7	Koninklijke Athletiek Associatie Gent - Voetbalafdeling	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 808	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1964	$42,690,417	319	Corporation	15	BE0407885394
8	Trek Factory Racing	Belgium	Deinze	Filliersdreef 11	Oost Vlaanderen	9800	*****.com	2013	$40,365,742	15	Corporation	6633	BE0536683479
9	Oh Leuven	Belgium	Leuven	Kardinaal Mercierlaan 46	Vlaams Brabant	3001	*****.com	2016	$39,257,242	136	Cooperative	21	BE0668426703
10	Advance	Belgium	Dilbeek	Rodenberg 21	Vlaams Brabant	1702	*****.com	2007	$38,256,922	136	Corporation	2	BE0890943218
11	K. Racing Club Genk 322	Belgium	Genk	Stadionplein 4	Limburg	3600	*****.be	1988	$38,150,428	180	Non profit organization	2	BE0434825462
12	Martin's Hotels	Belgium	Rixensart	Avenue Du Lac 87	Brabant Wallon	1332	*****.com	1982	$32,915,335	237	Corporation	12	BE0422825374
13	Jims Expansion	Belgium	Halle	Edingensesteenweg 196	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.com	2014	$31,982,604	176	Corporation	1011	BE0545977663
14	Wielerteam Ciclismo Mundial	Belgium	Herentals	Dorp 15, Internal Postal Box 102	Antwerpen	2200	*****.be	2005	$29,826,335	30	Corporation	2	BE0877271463
15	Sporting Du Pays De Charleroi	Belgium	Charleroi	Boulevard Zoe Drion 19	Hainaut	6000	*****.be	2000	$28,214,177	64	Corporation	N/A	BE0472519068
16	Flanders Classics	Belgium	Vilvoorde	Harensesteenweg 228	Vlaams Brabant	1800	*****.be	2013	$25,123,879	28	Corporation	2	BE0818388802
17	David Lloyd Leisure Operations	Belgium	Uccle	Drève de Lorraine 41	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	*****.be	2009	$24,114,810	123	Corporation	3	BE0809815089
18	Le Circuit De SPA Francorchamps	Belgium	Stavelot	Route Du Circuit 55	Liège	4970	*****.be	2011	$23,940,364	44	Corporation	147	BE0833629678
19	Yellow-Red Kv Mechelen	Belgium	Mechelen	Kleine Nieuwedijkstraat 53	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	2003	$23,779,995	164	Corporation	N/A	BE0479448630
20	Standard De Liege	Belgium	Liège	Rue de la Centrale 2	Liège	4000	*****.be	1988	$23,282,403	168	Corporation	2	BE0433255448
21	Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging	Belgium	Sint-truiden	Tiensesteenweg 168	Limburg	3800	*****.com	2012	$22,965,921	74	Corporation	30	BE0845049251
22	Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging	Belgium	Brugge	Olympialaan 74	West Vlaanderen	8200	*****.be	2014	$21,976,684	64	Corporation	4	BE0554798824
23	Jims	Belgium	Halle	Edingensesteenweg 196	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.com	1982	$20,548,688	116	Corporation	1011	BE0423644035
24	Captains Of Cycling	Belgium	Etterbeek	Rue Belliard 25-33	Bruxelles Capitale	1040	N/A	2002	$19,914,137	36	Cooperative	N/A	BE0478242662
25	Pro League	Belgium	Machelen	Culliganlaan 3b, Internal Postal Box 2	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.be	2012	$18,770,387	12	Corporation	N/A	BE0508600494

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Largest sports clubs 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.

Basic-Fit Belgium is the largest sports club in Belgium by headcount. 47 firms employ 50 people or more; 18 employ 100 or more.

1Jette653 staff
2Kasterlee345 staff
3Knokke319 staff
4Gent319 staff
5Rixensart237 staff
6Schelle208 staff
7Halle176 staff
8Anderlecht171 staff
9Mechelen164 staff
10Bruxelles146 staff

By employee size · 22,110 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	21,345	97%
5-9	345	2%
10-19	200	0.9%
20-49	173	0.8%
50-99	29	0.1%
100-199	15	<0.1%
200-499	2	<0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

97% have 1 to 4 people; 173 have 20 to 49; 47 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	17,101	85%
$100K-$500K	2,714	13%
$500K-$1M	188	0.9%
$1M-$5M	151	0.7%
$5M-$10M	14	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	28	0.1%
$50M-$100M	2	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	3	<0.1%

85% under $100,000; 151 between $1M and $5M; 47 above $5M.

How many sport companies are there in Belgium?

Sport companies and sports clubs in Belgium

24,106

5 November 2026

There are 24,106 sport companies and sports clubs in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 99 Belgian companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (930 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 17,559 73%
Head offices: 2,658
Branch offices: 3,889

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 931, identical to NACE Rev. 2 931. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 931.

3,419 of the 24,106 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (14%); 4,167 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 sport companies in Belgium (776), ahead of Gent (513), Bruxelles (362), Liège (312) and Namur (271). Together the five hold one in eleven of them. Relative to their size, Braine-l'Alleud, Ottignies and Beveren-Waas have the most: 1.5 to 1.5 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

607 Belgian cities have at least one sports club; 524 have ten or more; 10 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Sports clubs per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.01. Braine-l'Alleud has 1.5 times the national share.

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By province 19 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	3,779	16%
Oost Vlaanderen	2,948	12%
West Vlaanderen	2,633	11%
Vlaams Brabant	2,328	10%
Hainaut	2,287	9%
Liège	2,270	9%
Bruxelles Capitale	1,929	8%
Limburg	1,880	8%
Brabant Wallon	1,275	5%
Namur	1,181	5%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 22,110 Belgian sports clubs with a known headcount, 21,345 (97%) have one to four people, 345 have five to nine, 373 have ten to 49 and 47 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (17,101, 85%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1021,690 98%
Small 10 to 49373 2%
Medium 50 to 24946 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; 33 more than $10 million.

930

firms were entered in 2026.

Sports clubs in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 776 sport companies and sports clubs, 0.7% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 29% below the national share. Nearly all Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 3 have 50 or more. 29 new firms were entered in 2026, 125 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 647 · 95%
5-9: 16 · 2%
10-19: 8 · 1%
20-49: 4 · 0.6%
50+: 3 · 0.4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 173 · 22%
Partnerships: 23 · 3%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 142 · 18%
Other or none: 438 · 56%

Of the Belgian total: 3.2%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 0.7%
Against the national share: 0.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 29
Entered 2025: 60
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 3.1%

Old

Before 1990: 125 · 16%
1990 or later: 651 · 84%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 3.7%

Reachable

Email: 234 · 30%
Phone: 324 · 42%
Website: 309 · 40%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 528 · 83%
$100K-$500K: 89 · 14%
$500K-$1M: 10 · 2%
$1M and more: 6 · 0.9%

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How reachable are they?

Sports clubs are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 42% list a phone number and 37% a website.

Email7,119 30%
Phone10,230 42%
Website8,935 37%

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

One in six Belgian sports clubs work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Only one firm in seven is a BV/SRL or NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)4,16717%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)7073%
BV/SRL and NV/SA3,41914%
No form on record or other15,81366%

Single-site: 73%
Head offices: 2,658
Branches: 3,889

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 29 sports clubs for every one of the wine companies in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Sport Companies	24,106	37%	89%
Food Distribution Companies	12,790	40%	77%
Bakeries	5,236	50%	78%
Butchers	4,207	50%	74%
Meat Companies	1,614	34%	72%
Wine Companies	838	35%	79%

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The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 10 Belgian sports clubs from before 1900, 177 from before 1950 and 3,415 from before 1990.

1874
1. Rumst
1876
1. Heist-op-den-Berg
1882
1. Hoegaarden
1899
1. Oostende
1899
1. Oostende
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3,415

Belgian sports clubs date from before 1990

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

930 sports clubs were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 4 a working day, after 1,684 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.9% of the inflow.

1,2322022
1,2952023
1,3882024
1,6842025
9302026 so far

128 of this year's 930 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.

1Gent6 staff
2Ixelles6 staff
3Frameries6 staff
4Verviers5 staff
5Geel3 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many sport companies are there in Belgium?

There are 24,106 sport companies and sports clubs in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 99 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest sports club in Belgium?

Basic-Fit Belgium in Jette, with 653 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most sport companies?

Antwerpen, with 776, ahead of Gent (513), Bruxelles (362), Liège (312) and Namur (271). Relative to its size, Braine-l'Alleud has the most: 1.5 times the national share.

How many sports clubs are there in Antwerpen?

776, which is 0.7% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 29% below the national share.

How big is a typical sports club?

Small. 97% of the 22,110 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 47 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian sport companies sole traders or companies?

One in six (4,167) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 14% (3,419) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many sports clubs started in 2026?

930 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 1,684 in 2025. 128 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest sports club in Belgium?

Gemeentebestuur Van Rumst in Rumst, 1874, followed by Gemeente Heist-Op-Den-Berg in Heist-op-den-Berg (1876) and Gemeentebestuur Van Hoegaarden in Hoegaarden (1882). 10 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers sport companies?

Belgian sport companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 931, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 931. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 931.

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