List of Telecom Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 6,607 telecom companies in Belgium, one in every 361 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: three in four work as sole traders, and only 27 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seven telecom firms is based in Liège, Charleroi, Herstal, Antwerpen and Bruxelles. Below you find the largest telecom 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.

6,607 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies6,6071 in361 Belgian companiesCities566Largest cityLiège 385Sole traders77%Employees1-4 (98%)Revenue< $100K (90%)Email9%Phone38%Website11%

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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	Proximus	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Boulevard Du Roi Albert Ii 27	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.be	1930	$4,514,777,175	17,833	Corporation	1639	BE0202239951
2	Telenet	Belgium	Mechelen	Liersesteenweg 4	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	2000	$2,452,447,729	2,449	Corporation	236	BE0473416418
3	Orange Belgium	Belgium	Evere	Avenue Du Bourget 3	Bruxelles Capitale	1140	*****.be	1995	$1,934,095,720	2,313	Corporation	3805	BE0456810810
4	Society For Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication	Belgium	La Hulpe	Avenue Adèle 1	Brabant Wallon	1310	*****.com	1973	$1,327,035,954	1,019	Cooperative	30	BE0413330856
5	Belgacom International Carrier Services	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Boulevard Du Roi Albert Ii 27	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.com	2004	$885,112,012	776	Corporation	1639	BE0866977981
6	Telenet Group	Belgium	Mechelen	Liersesteenweg 4	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1998	$295,211,375	776	Corporation	236	BE0462925669
7	Proximus Nxt IT	Belgium	Schaerbeek	Boulevard Du Roi Albert Ii 27	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.be	2010	$280,639,621	776	Corporation	1639	BE0826942915
8	Eviden Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Da Vincilaan 5	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.net	1960	$176,049,156	776	Corporation	821	BE0401848135
9	Bt Global Services Belgium	Belgium	Machelen	Telecomlaan 9	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.com	2019	$142,024,775	125	Corporation	1084	BE0719724459
10	Orange Netco	Belgium	Evere	Avenue Du Bourget 3	Bruxelles Capitale	1140	*****.com	2025	$133,196,832	56	Corporation	3805	BE1022514315
11	Mobile Vikings	Belgium	Hasselt	Kempische Steenweg 309, Internal Postal Box 1	Limburg	3500	*****.be	2007	$128,719,132	100	Corporation	1639	BE0886946917
12	Cegelec Infra Technics	Belgium	Bruxelles	Avenue Du Bourget 44	Bruxelles Capitale	1130	*****.be	2001	$87,080,139	261	Corporation	8127	BE0476190123
13	Belgium Tower Partners	Belgium	Machelen	Culliganlaan 2c	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.com	2022	$85,231,872	8	Corporation	7	BE0783543729
14	Colt Technology Services	Belgium	Machelen	Berkenlaan 8a	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.net	1997	$78,259,147	68	Corporation	152	BE0461455625
15	Orange Business Belgium	Belgium	Evere	Avenue Du Bourget 3	Bruxelles Capitale	1140	*****.com	1990	$70,838,441	131	Corporation	3805	BE0440232718
16	Lycamobile Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Hermesstraat 8c	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.be	2023	$61,137,899	4	Corporation	4	BE0797315848
17	Huawei Technologies (belgium)	Belgium	Woluwe-saint-pierre	Boulevard de la Woluwe 2	Bruxelles Capitale	1150	*****.com	2014	$58,015,960	56	Corporation	193	BE0550614956
18	Eurofiber	Belgium	Zaventem	Belgicastraat 5	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.com	1988	$54,201,214	776	Corporation	25	BE0435204851
19	Platform Science	Belgium	Ieper	Ter Waarde 90	West Vlaanderen	8900	*****.eu	1998	$52,692,852	776	Corporation	294	BE0464257143
20	Edpnet Belgium	Belgium	Sint-niklaas	Bellestraat 30	Oost Vlaanderen	9100	*****.be	2023	$47,381,865	74	Corporation	121	BE0799091641
21	Citymesh Mobile	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue de L'Hopital 31	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	N/A	2022	$43,442,152	10	Corporation	3	BE0781745269
22	NV Verizon Belgium Luxembourg	Belgium	Machelen	Culliganlaan 2e	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.com	1994	$43,149,172	67	Corporation	8125	BE0452182326
23	Stefanini	Belgium	Zaventem	Belgicastraat 5	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.com	1996	$41,914,863	136	Corporation	28	BE0458468124
24	Lcl	Belgium	Machelen	Kouterveldstraat 13	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.be	1996	$41,071,256	79	Corporation	7	BE0457116458
25	The Ring Ring Company	Belgium	Machelen	Culliganlaan 2f	Vlaams Brabant	1831	*****.be	2009	$38,439,631	56	Corporation	135	BE0445262068

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Telecom firms in Liège

Liège has 385 telecom companies and telecom firms, 1.1% of all 35,041 Liège companies and 297% above the national share. Nearly all Liège firms have fewer than five people; none has 50 or more. 9 new firms were entered in 2026, 2 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 372 · 100%
5-9: 0 · 0%
10-19: 0 · 0%
20-49: 1 · 0.3%
50+: 0 · 0%

Legal form

Sole traders: 351 · 91%
Partnerships: 1 · 0.3%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 12 · 3%
Other or none: 21 · 5%

Of the Belgian total: 5.8%
Of all Liège companies: 1.1%
Against the national share: 4.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 9
Entered 2025: 4
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 6.5%

Old

Before 1990: 2 · 0.5%
1990 or later: 383 · 99%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 2.6%

Reachable

Email: 14 · 4%
Phone: 101 · 26%
Website: 18 · 5%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 351 · 96%
$100K-$500K: 11 · 3%
$500K-$1M: 4 · 1%
$1M and more: 1 · 0.3%

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Where in Belgium?

Liège has the most telecom companies in Belgium (385), ahead of Charleroi (158), Herstal (145), Antwerpen (142) and Bruxelles (128). Together the five hold one in seven of them. Relative to their size, Herstal, Seraing and Liège have the most: 4.0 to 9.8 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

566 Belgian cities have at least one telecom firm; 152 have ten or more; 56 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Telecom firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.28. Herstal has 9.8 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By province 16 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Liège	1,666	25%
Hainaut	796	12%
Bruxelles Capitale	725	11%
West Vlaanderen	608	9%
Oost Vlaanderen	484	7%
Vlaams Brabant	480	7%
Namur	381	6%
Antwerpen	354	5%
Limburg	287	4%
Luxembourg	229	3%

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How many telecom companies are there in Belgium?

Telecom companies and telecom firms in Belgium

6,607

5 November 2026

There are 6,607 telecom companies and telecom firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 361 Belgian companies. About 3 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (139 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 5,577 84%
Head offices: 455
Branch offices: 575

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 611, 612 and 613, identical to NACE Rev. 2 611, 612 and 613. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 611, 612, 613.

717 of the 6,607 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (11%); 5,102 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 6,246 Belgian telecom firms with a known headcount, 6,098 (98%) have one to four people, 51 have five to nine, 70 have ten to 49 and 27 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (5,402, 90%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 106,149 98%
Small 10 to 4970 1%
Medium 50 to 24923 0.4%
Large 250+4 <0.1%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 40 more than $10 million.

139

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest telecom firms in Belgium

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Liège, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Telenet is the largest telecom firm in Belgium by headcount. 27 firms employ 50 people or more; 16 employ 100 or more.

1Mechelen2,449 staff
2Evere2,313 staff
3La Hulpe1,019 staff
4Schaerbeek776 staff
5Zaventem776 staff
6Zaventem776 staff
7Ieper776 staff
8Bruxelles261 staff
9Bruxelles137 staff
10Zaventem136 staff

By employee size · 6,246 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	6,098	98%
5-9	51	0.8%
10-19	39	0.6%
20-49	31	0.5%
50-99	11	0.2%
100-199	7	0.1%
200-499	5	<0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	3	<0.1%

98% have 1 to 4 people; 31 have 20 to 49; 27 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	5,402	90%
$100K-$500K	249	4%
$500K-$1M	271	4%
$1M-$5M	15	0.2%
$5M-$10M	53	0.9%
$10M-$50M	21	0.3%
$50M-$100M	8	0.1%
$100M-$500M	6	<0.1%
$500M+	5	<0.1%

90% under $100,000; 15 between $1M and $5M; 93 above $5M.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 10 technology companies for every telecom firm in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Technology Companies	68,178	27%	88%
Telecom Companies	6,607	11%	92%
E-Commerce Companies	4,303	3%	99%
Waste Management Companies	3,183	40%	63%
Energy Companies	3,053	24%	76%
Chemical Companies	1,826	52%	59%

In other countries

Belgium has more telecom firms than Italy or Spain, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	7,529	0.9
Belgium	6,607	2.8
Italy	6,190	0.9
Spain	3,929	0.7
Sweden	1,334	0.7

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Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)5,10277%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)761%
BV/SRL and NV/SA71711%
No form on record or other71211%

Single-site: 84%
Head offices: 455
Branches: 575

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

Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

139 telecom firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 3 a week, after 182 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.1% of the inflow.

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1562023
1492024
1822025
1392026 so far

19 of this year's 139 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.

1Antwerpen5 staff
2Schaerbeek2 staff
3Antwerpen2 staff
4Soignies2 staff
5Bredene2 staff

How reachable are they?

Telecom firms are harder to reach than the average Belgian company: 38% list a phone number and 11% a website.

Email591 9%
Phone2,522 38%
Website742 11%

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

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

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian telecom firms from before 1900, 2 from before 1950 and 78 from before 1990.

1930
1. Schaerbeek
1949
1. Evere
1956
1. La Louvière
1956
1. La Louvière
1960
1. Zaventem
1966
1. Ans

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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Frequently asked questions

How many telecom companies are there in Belgium?

There are 6,607 telecom companies and telecom firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 361 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest telecom firm in Belgium?

Telenet in Mechelen, with 2,449 staff. By revenue Proximus in Schaerbeek leads with $4.5 billion a year.

Which Belgian city has the most telecom companies?

Liège, with 385, ahead of Charleroi (158), Herstal (145), Antwerpen (142) and Bruxelles (128). Relative to its size, Herstal has the most: 9.8 times the national share.

How many telecom firms are there in Liège?

385, which is 1.1% of all 35,041 Liège companies and 297% above the national share.

How big is a typical telecom firm?

Small. 98% of the 6,246 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 27 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian telecom companies sole traders or companies?

Three in four (5,102) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 11% (717) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many telecom firms started in 2026?

139 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 182 in 2025. 19 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest telecom firm in Belgium?

Proximus in Schaerbeek, 1930, followed by Societe Internationale De Telecommunications Aeronautiques in Evere (1949) and I.d.e.a. in La Louvière (1956). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers telecom companies?

Belgian telecom companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 611, 612 and 613, identical to NACE Rev. 2 codes 611, 612 and 613. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 611, 612 and 613.

Can I download the full list?

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