List of Transport Companies in Belgium

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 52,656 transport companies in Belgium, one in every 45 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 542 firms employ 50 people or more. One in six transport firms is based in Antwerpen, Bruxelles, Gent, Anderlecht and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. Below you find the largest transport 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.

52,656 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies52,6561 in45 Belgian companiesCities611Largest cityAntwerpen 3,978Sole traders29%Employees1-4 (89%)Revenue< $100K (48%)Email21%Phone39%Website22%

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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	Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Belges	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Rue de France 56	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.be	2009	$3,031,546,841	2,920	Corporation	1639	BE0203430576
2	Bpost	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Anspach 1, Internal Postal Box 1	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.be	1974	$2,538,851,108	23,044	Corporation	1242	BE0214596464
3	Brussels Airlines	Belgium	Ixelles	Avenue Des Saisons 100-102, Internal Postal Box 30	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.com	1966	$1,966,505,510	2,667	Corporation	708	BE0400853488
4	Infrabel	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Place Marcel Broodthaers 2	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.be	2004	$1,652,410,431	350	Corporation	1639	BE0869763267
5	Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij - De Lijn	Belgium	Mechelen	Motstraat 20	Antwerpen	2800	*****.be	1990	$1,645,961,657	7,639		74	BE0242069537
6	Thi Factory	Belgium	Saint-gilles	Place Marcel Broodthaers 4	Bruxelles Capitale	1060	*****.com	2013	$1,084,971,304	321	Corporation	36005	BE0541696005
7	Centrale Der Werkgevers Aan De Haven Van Antwerpen	Belgium	Antwerpen	Brouwersvliet 33, Internal Postal Box 7	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	1929	$950,178,578	10,210	Cooperative	N/A	BE0404759323
8	Tui Airlines Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal 40, Internal Postal Box 1	Vlaams Brabant	1930	*****.com	2003	$852,067,513	1,648	Corporation	1852	BE0861741466
9	Fluxys Belgium	Belgium	Bruxelles	Avenue Des Arts 31	Bruxelles Capitale	1040	*****.com	1929	$837,103,314	4,001	Corporation	50	BE0402954628
10	Brussels Airport Company	Belgium	Etterbeek	Priester Cuypersstraat 3	Brussel Hoofdstad	1040	*****.be	2007	$836,032,645	1,648	Corporation	18	BE0890082292
11	Asl Airlines Belgium	Belgium	Grâce-hollogne	Rue de L'Aeroport 101	Liège	4460	*****.be	1999	$771,439,238	1,648	Corporation	32	BE0466467258
12	Frieslandcampina	Belgium	Beveren-waas	Fabriekstraat 141	Oost Vlaanderen	9120	*****.nl	2004	$756,638,870	144	Cooperative	251	BE0870019427
13	Safran Aircraft Engine Services Brussels	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Du Congrès 35	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1998	$733,092,925	450	Corporation	427	BE0464802323
14	Centre Hospitalier Regional De La Citadelle	Belgium	Liège	Boulevard Du Douzième de Ligne 1	Liège	4000	*****.be	1989	$688,474,782	3,407	Cooperative	9	BE0237086311
15	Federal Express CORPORATION	Belgium	Machelen	Bedrijvenzone Machelen-cargo 711	Vlaams Brabant	1830	N/A	1989	$653,851,922	23	Foreign company	5267	BE0438663989
16	Kuehne + Nagel	Belgium	Antwerpen	Borsbeeksebrug 30, Internal Postal Box 1	Antwerpen	2600	*****.com	1956	$653,376,841	1,004	Corporation	1325	BE0404531966
17	Henri Essers En Zonen Internationaal Transport	Belgium	Genk	Transportlaan 4	Limburg	3600	*****.com	2010	$623,542,402	942	Corporation	177	BE0401296720
18	Haven Van Antwerpen - Brugge	Belgium	Antwerpen	Zaha Hadidplein 1	Antwerpen	2030	*****.com	1988	$587,634,363	1,622	Corporation	498	BE0248399380
19	Dhl Supply Chain (belgium)	Belgium	Mechelen	Zandvoortstraat 3	Antwerpen	2800	*****.com	1975	$566,902,091	775	Corporation	6331	BE0415038749
20	Msc Psa European Terminal	Belgium	Antwerpen	Napelsstraat 79	Antwerpen	2000	*****.be	2014	$546,680,744	166	Corporation	3328	BE0552527539
21	Dhl Global Forwarding (belgium)	Belgium	Machelen	Bedrijvenzone Machelen-cargo 830	Vlaams Brabant	1830	*****.com	1963	$515,687,181	574	Corporation	6331	BE0400615641
22	Lineas	Belgium	Bruxelles	Batiment Zenith	Bruxelles Capitale	1030	*****.net	2011	$500,662,036	841	Corporation	41	BE0896067192
23	Dhl International	Belgium	Machelen	Woluwelaan 151	Vlaams Brabant	1830	*****.dhl	1969	$494,002,382	733	Corporation	6331	BE0406796224
24	Fedex Express BE	Belgium	Machelen	Bedrijvenzone Machelen-cargo 711	Vlaams Brabant	1830	*****.com	1968	$479,387,300	905	Corporation	5267	BE0406383379
25	Ecs European Containers	Belgium	Brugge	Baron de Maerelaan 155	West Vlaanderen	8380	*****.be	2011	$473,936,656	143	Corporation	23	BE0435131508

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Largest transport 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.

Bpost is the largest transport firm in Belgium by headcount. 542 firms employ 50 people or more; 268 employ 100 or more.

1Bruxelles23,044 staff
2Bruxelles10,269 staff
3Antwerpen10,210 staff
4Antwerpen · public body9,500 staff
5Mechelen7,639 staff
6Namur6,148 staff
7Bruxelles4,001 staff
8Liège3,407 staff
9Saint-Gilles2,920 staff
10Ixelles2,667 staff

By employee size · 45,805 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	40,921	89%
5-9	2,217	5%
10-19	1,202	3%
20-49	923	2%
50-99	274	0.6%
100-199	134	0.3%
200-499	79	0.2%
500-999	31	<0.1%
1,000+	24	<0.1%

89% have 1 to 4 people; 923 have 20 to 49; 542 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	19,343	48%
$100K-$500K	12,692	32%
$500K-$1M	4,862	12%
$1M-$5M	2,123	5%
$5M-$10M	225	0.6%
$10M-$50M	534	1%
$50M-$100M	101	0.3%
$100M-$500M	88	0.2%
$500M+	22	<0.1%

48% under $100,000; 2,123 between $1M and $5M; 970 above $5M.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most transport companies in Belgium (3,978), ahead of Bruxelles (1,835), Gent (1,432), Anderlecht (1,179) and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (1,029). Together the five hold one in six of them. Relative to their size, Machelen, Grâce-Hollogne and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean have the most: 3.2 to 5.2 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

611 Belgian cities have at least one transport firm; 522 have ten or more; 8 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Transport firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 2.21. Machelen has 5.2 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 21 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Antwerpen	9,144	17%
Bruxelles Capitale	8,638	16%
Oost Vlaanderen	6,362	12%
Vlaams Brabant	6,287	12%
West Vlaanderen	4,861	9%
Hainaut	3,493	7%
Liège	3,053	6%
Limburg	2,525	5%
Brabant Wallon	1,207	2%
Namur	1,120	2%

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How many transport companies are there in Belgium?

Transport companies and transport firms in Belgium

52,656

5 November 2026

There are 52,656 transport companies and transport firms in Belgium in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 45 Belgian companies. About 17 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (3,792 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 30,748 58%
Head offices: 9,268
Branch offices: 12,640

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 codes 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53, NACE Rev. 2 49. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 49, 50, 51, 52 and 1 more.

18,997 of the 52,656 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (36%); 15,486 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 45,805 Belgian transport firms with a known headcount, 40,921 (89%) have one to four people, 2,217 have five to nine, 2,125 have ten to 49 and 542 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (19,343, 48%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 1043,138 94%
Small 10 to 492,125 5%
Medium 50 to 249487 1%
Large 250+55 0.1%

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

970

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 745 more than $10 million.

3,792

firms were entered in 2026.

Transport firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 3,978 transport companies and transport firms, 3.7% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 66% above the national share. Four in five Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 75 have 50 or more. 328 new firms were entered in 2026, 414 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,897 · 84%
5-9: 220 · 6%
10-19: 139 · 4%
20-49: 110 · 3%
50+: 75 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1,205 · 30%
Partnerships: 133 · 3%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 1,635 · 41%
Other or none: 1,005 · 25%

Of the Belgian total: 7.6%
Of all Antwerpen companies: 3.7%
Against the national share: 1.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 328
Entered 2025: 457
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 8.6%

Old

Before 1990: 414 · 10%
1990 or later: 3,564 · 90%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 9.0%

Reachable

Email: 995 · 25%
Phone: 1,584 · 40%
Website: 1,192 · 30%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,536 · 51%
$100K-$500K: 659 · 22%
$500K-$1M: 363 · 12%
$1M and more: 469 · 15%

Largest

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29,500
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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 60 transport firms for every one of the cheese shops in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Transport Companies	52,656	22%	78%
Sport Companies	24,106	37%	89%
Bakeries	5,236	50%	78%
Butchers	4,207	50%	74%
Breweries	907	54%	72%
Cheese Shops	874	44%	79%

In other countries

Belgium has more transport firms than Sweden or the Czech Republic, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The UK	210,358	23.8
Italy	110,433	15.7
Belgium	52,656	22.1
Sweden	23,467	12.7
The Czech Republic	22,382	6.4

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

3,792 transport firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 17 a working day, after 4,904 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 3.5% of the inflow.

2,8182022
3,1942023
4,1502024
4,9042025
3,7922026 so far

970 of this year's 3,792 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.

1Lier19 staff
2Namur14 staff
3Sint-Pieters-Leeuw10 staff
4Ixelles10 staff
5Overijse10 staff

Sole traders or BV/SRL: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)15,48629%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)1,9624%
BV/SRL and NV/SA18,99736%
No form on record or other16,21131%

Single-site: 58%
Head offices: 9,268
Branches: 12,640

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

How reachable are they?

Transport firms are harder to reach than the average Belgian company: 39% list a phone number and 22% a website.

Email10,804 21%
Phone20,531 39%
Website11,760 22%

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 5 Belgian transport firms from before 1900, 139 from before 1950 and 4,583 from before 1990.

1888
1. Antwerpen
1891
1. Antwerpen
1895
1. Brugge
1897
1. AntwerpenForeign company
1899
1. Oostende

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4,583

Belgian transport firms date from before 1990

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were entered in 1990

Frequently asked questions

How many transport companies are there in Belgium?

There are 52,656 transport companies and transport firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 45 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest transport firm in Belgium?

Bpost in Bruxelles, with 23,044 staff. By revenue Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Belges in Saint-Gilles leads with $3.0 billion a year.

Which Belgian city has the most transport companies?

Antwerpen, with 3,978, ahead of Bruxelles (1,835), Gent (1,432), Anderlecht (1,179) and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (1,029). Relative to its size, Machelen has the most: 5.2 times the national share.

How many transport firms are there in Antwerpen?

3,978, which is 3.7% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 66% above the national share.

How big is a typical transport firm?

Small. 89% of the 45,805 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 542 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Belgian transport companies sole traders or companies?

Three in ten (15,486) are sole traders, 4% are partnerships and 36% (18,997) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many transport firms started in 2026?

3,792 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 4,904 in 2025. 970 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest transport firm in Belgium?

Molenbergnatie in Antwerpen, 1888, followed by Valkeniersnatie in Antwerpen (1891) and Maatschappij Van De Brugse Zeehaven in Brugge (1895). 5 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers transport companies?

Belgian transport companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 codes 49, 50, 51 and 2 more, NACE Rev. 2 code 49. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 49, 50, 51 and 52 and 1 more.

Can I download the full list?

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