List of Theaters in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 17,322 theaters in Belgium, one in every 138 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nearly all have one to four people, and only 14 firms employ 50 people or more. One in five theaters is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Ixelles and Liège. Below you find the largest theaters 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.

17,322 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies17,3221 in138 Belgian companiesCities599Largest cityAntwerpen 1,291Sole traders43%Employees1-4 (98%)Revenue< $100K (90%)Email22%Phone33%Website27%

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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	Casino De SPA	Belgium	Spa	Rue Royale 4	Liège	4900	*****.be	1990	$111,988,955	34	Corporation	64	BE0440077617
2	Live Nation Festivals	Belgium	Mechelen	Blarenberglaan 3a	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1998	$71,883,844	14	Corporation	921	BE0464612776
3	Live Nation	Belgium	Mechelen	Blarenberglaan 3a	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1975	$64,829,758	50	Corporation	921	BE0415340439
4	Be-At Venues	Belgium	Antwerpen	Schijnpoortweg 119	Antwerpen	2170	*****.be	1997	$61,892,668	93	Corporation	921	BE0461051688
5	Kinepolis Mega	Belgium	Brussel	Eeuwfeestlaan 20	Brussel Hoofdstad	1020	*****.be	1987	$52,414,923	46	Corporation	143	BE0430277746
6	The Factory	Belgium	Leopoldsburg	Diestersteenweg 152	Limburg	3970	N/A	2019	$48,698,518	11	Corporation	2	BE0434153588
7	Gmm Festival	Belgium	Dessel	Zandbergen 104	Antwerpen	2480	*****.be	2010	$43,706,381	4	Corporation	921	BE0811589003
8	Belgische Vereniging Der Auteurs, Componisten En Uitgevers-Societe Belge Des Auteurs , Compositeurs Et Editeurs	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Des Deux Eglises 41-43	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1968	$31,266,058	208	Cooperative	N/A	BE0402989270
9	Simim Societe De L'industrie Musicale - Muziekindustrie Maatschappij	Belgium	Zaventem	Lenneke Marelaan 8	Vlaams Brabant	1932	*****.be	1995	$29,773,370	11	Cooperative	2	BE0455701446
10	Les Ardentes	Belgium	Liège	Boulevard de la Sauvenière 118	Liège	4000	*****.be	2008	$24,767,586	11	Corporation	2	BE0806356347
11	Nep Belgium	Belgium	Londerzeel	Nijverheidsstraat 17	Vlaams Brabant	1840	*****.be	1989	$24,055,117	71	Corporation	N/A	BE0436482083
12	Promotie Voor Speciale Evenementen - Belgium	Belgium	Antwerpen	Schijnpoortweg 119	Antwerpen	2170	*****.be	2019	$20,684,757	4	Corporation	N/A	BE0429146707
13	Idocta	Belgium	Paardenstad	Roger Vansteenbruggestraat 123	West Vlaanderen	8790	*****.be	2008	$19,774,522	124	Corporation	13	BE0897067282
14	Roses Are Blue	Belgium	Mechelen	Liersesteenweg 38e	Antwerpen	2800	*****.tv	2021	$15,628,576	20	Corporation	18	BE0669696314
15	Playright	Belgium	Molenbeek-saint-jean	Boulevard Belgica 14	Bruxelles Capitale	1080	*****.be	1989	$15,405,903	20	Cooperative	N/A	BE0440736227
16	Auvicom	Belgium	Halle	Suikerkaai 40b	Vlaams Brabant	1500	*****.be	1979	$14,746,760	37	Corporation	5	BE0419713951
17	Pieter Smit Belgie	Belgium	Aarschot	Oude Mechelsebaan 150	Vlaams Brabant	3200	*****.com	2001	$10,866,549	15	Corporation	N/A	BE0476398969
18	Palais Des Beaux-Arts	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Ravenstein 23	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	2002	$10,368,948	221	Corporation	1639	BE0895408978
19	Hotel Bonka Entertainment	Belgium	Herent	Radioweg 18	Vlaams Brabant	3020	*****.be	2009	$10,293,565	52	Corporation	6	BE0810368286
20	La Coop	Belgium	Uccle	Avenue Brugmann 482	Bruxelles Capitale	1180	N/A	2017	$8,463,532	7	Non profit organization	N/A	BE0673906708
21	Cinemanext	Belgium	Liège	Chaussee de Tongres 257	Liège	4000	*****.com	2004	$8,282,169	21	Corporation	19	BE0865818337
22	P.F.L.	Belgium	Beerse	Rouwbergskens 8	Antwerpen	2340	*****.be	1998	$7,437,305	32	Corporation	6	BE0464373246
23	AG Culturele Instellingen ANTWERPEN/KUNSTEN	Belgium	Antwerpen	Grote Markt 1	Antwerpen	2000	N/A	2019	$6,907,115	3	Local government body	3	BE0738734281
24	Grand Opera Productions	Belgium	Liège	Rue Albert Mockel 3	Liège	4000	N/A	2021	$6,496,925	9	Corporation	N/A	BE0769316797
25	Concertgebouw Brugge	Belgium	Brugge	'T Zand 34	West Vlaanderen	8380	*****.be	1998	$6,219,508	62	Non profit organization	2	BE0464499049

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Largest theaters 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.

Opera Royal De Wallonie is the largest theater in Belgium by headcount. 14 firms employ 50 people or more; 3 employ 100 or more.

1Liège258 staff
2Bruxelles221 staff
3Bruxelles208 staff
4Paardenstad124 staff
5Antwerpen93 staff
6Bruxelles86 staff
7Liège76 staff
8Londerzeel71 staff
9Antwerpen · public body69 staff
10Antwerpen66 staff

By employee size · 16,613 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	16,330	98%
5-9	155	0.9%
10-19	74	0.4%
20-49	40	0.2%
50-99	11	<0.1%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	3	<0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

98% have 1 to 4 people; 40 have 20 to 49; 14 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	14,388	90%
$100K-$500K	1,441	9%
$500K-$1M	90	0.6%
$1M-$5M	29	0.2%
$5M-$10M	7	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	14	<0.1%
$50M-$100M	4	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

90% under $100,000; 29 between $1M and $5M; 26 above $5M.

Theaters in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 1,291 theaters, 1.2% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 64% above the national share. Nearly all Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 3 have 50 or more. 57 new firms were entered in 2026, 31 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,189 · 97%
5-9: 20 · 2%
10-19: 7 · 0.6%
20-49: 3 · 0.2%
50+: 3 · 0.2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 547 · 42%
Partnerships: 116 · 9%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 217 · 17%
Other or none: 411 · 32%

Of the Belgian total: 7.5%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 1.2%
Against the national share: 1.6×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 57
Entered 2025: 141
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 5.7%

Old

Before 1990: 31 · 2%
1990 or later: 1,260 · 98%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.2%

Reachable

Email: 244 · 19%
Phone: 416 · 32%
Website: 321 · 25%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,050 · 89%
$100K-$500K: 112 · 10%
$500K-$1M: 7 · 0.6%
$1M and more: 5 · 0.4%

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Theaters in Belgium

17,322

5 November 2026

There are 17,322 theaters in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 138 Belgian companies. About 5 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,003 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 14,343 83%
Head offices: 1,638
Branch offices: 1,341

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 900. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 900.

2,530 of the 17,322 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (15%); 7,478 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 theaters in Belgium (1,291), ahead of Gent (999), Bruxelles (486), Ixelles (339) and Liège (322). Together the five hold one in five of them. Relative to their size, Gent, Forest and Saint-Gilles have the most: 1.9 to 2.4 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

599 Belgian cities have at least one theater; 392 have ten or more; 15 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Theaters per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.73. Gent has 2.4 times the national share.

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By province 18 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	3,307	19%
Oost Vlaanderen	2,607	15%
Bruxelles Capitale	2,425	14%
Vlaams Brabant	1,630	9%
West Vlaanderen	1,609	9%
Liège	1,163	7%
Limburg	1,091	6%
Hainaut	1,066	6%
Brabant Wallon	731	4%
Namur	606	3%

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Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 16,613 Belgian theaters with a known headcount, 16,330 (98%) have one to four people, 155 have five to nine, 114 have ten to 49 and 14 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (14,388, 90%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1016,485 99%
Small 10 to 49114 0.7%
Medium 50 to 24914 <0.1%
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; 19 more than $10 million.

1,003

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Theaters are harder to reach than the average Belgian company: 33% list a phone number and 27% a website.

Email3,769 22%
Phone5,732 33%
Website4,636 27%

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 theaters 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)7,47843%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)9285%
BV/SRL and NV/SA2,53015%
No form on record or other6,38637%

Single-site: 83%
Head offices: 1,638
Branches: 1,341

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 33 theaters for every one of the zoos in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Theaters	17,322	27%	94%
Advertising Companies	15,298	27%	90%
Event Companies	6,743	29%	89%
Primary Education	6,244	61%	54%
Churches	5,340	24%	88%
Zoos	521	42%	67%

In other countries

Only the USA, the UK and Norway have more theaters than Belgium.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	119,682	1.9
The UK	53,968	6.1
Norway	35,719	17.9
Belgium	17,322	7.3
Spain	12,606	2.3

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

1,003 theaters were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 5 a working day, after 1,666 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.9% of the inflow.

1,1172022
1,2822023
1,4772024
1,6662025
1,0032026 so far

83 of this year's 1,003 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.

1Ixelles6 staff
2Merelbeke3 staff
3Aalst3 staff
4Malmedy2 staff
5Montigny-le-Tilleul2 staff

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 0 Belgian theaters from before 1900, 36 from before 1950 and 742 from before 1990.

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1. Gent
1925
1. Malmedy
1926
1. Messancy
1926
1. Riemst
1927
1. Messancy
1927
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Frequently asked questions

How many theaters are there in Belgium?

There are 17,322 theaters in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 138 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest theater in Belgium?

Opera Royal De Wallonie in Liège, with 258 staff. By revenue Casino De SPA in Spa leads with $112.0 million a year.

Which Belgian city has the most theaters?

Antwerpen, with 1,291, ahead of Gent (999), Bruxelles (486), Ixelles (339) and Liège (322). Relative to its size, Gent has the most: 2.4 times the national share.

How many theaters are there in Antwerpen?

1,291, which is 1.2% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 64% above the national share.

How big is a typical theater?

Small. 98% of the 16,613 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 14 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian theaters sole traders or companies?

Two in five (7,478) are sole traders, 5% are partnerships and 15% (2,530) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many theaters started in 2026?

1,003 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 1,666 in 2025. 83 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest theater in Belgium?

L'Emulation Artistique in Gent, 1912, followed by Ville De Malmedy in Malmedy (1925) and Harmonie La Royale Concordia, Asbl in Messancy (1926). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers theaters?

Belgian theaters are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 900. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 900.

Can I download the full list?

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