List of Chemical Companies in Belgium

Last updated 22 October 2026

There are 1,826 chemical companies in Belgium, one in every 1,308 Belgian companies. Most of them are small: seven in ten have one to four people, and only 145 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seven chemical firms is based in Antwerpen, Gent, Bruxelles, Ixelles and Roeselare. Below you find the largest chemical 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.

1,826 companies indexed · Data counted on 22 October 2026

Companies1,8261 in1,308 Belgian companiesCities413Largest cityAntwerpen 89Sole traders18%Employees1-4 (70%)Revenue$100-500K (51%)Email42%Phone57%Website52%

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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	Basf Antwerpen	Belgium	Antwerpen	Scheldelaan 600	Antwerpen	2040	*****.be	1964	$6,592,234,144	3,594	Corporation	1137	BE0404754472
2	Umicore	Belgium	Bruxelles	Rue Du Marais 31	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1904	$6,292,198,825	3,160	Corporation	153	BE0401574852
3	Estee Lauder	Belgium	Westerlo	Nijverheidsstraat 15	Antwerpen	2260	*****.be	1965	$2,046,048,429	992	Corporation	1446	BE0403768933
4	Covestro	Belgium	Antwerpen	Scheldelaan 420	Antwerpen	2040	*****.com	2015	$1,368,594,593	949	Corporation	3302	BE0627857343
5	Prayon	Belgium	Engis	Rue Joseph Wauters 144	Liège	4480	*****.com	1928	$1,013,595,216	1,067	Corporation	24	BE0405747040
6	Vynova Belgium	Belgium	Tessenderlo	H. Hartlaan 21	Limburg	3980	*****.com	1975	$934,935,215	560	Corporation	45	BE0415505042
7	Eurochem Antwerpen	Belgium	Antwerpen	Scheldelaan 600	Antwerpen	2040	*****.be	2011	$895,316,524	413	Corporation	39	BE0837473452
8	Oleon	Belgium	Evergem	Assenedestraat 2	Oost Vlaanderen	9940	*****.com	1969	$859,880,407	599	Corporation	175	BE0406414162
9	Soudal	Belgium	Turnhout	Everdongenlaan 20	Antwerpen	2300	*****.com	1968	$799,433,481	1,118	Corporation	13	BE0404914028
10	Ineos	Belgium	Zwijndrecht	Nieuwe Weg 1haven 1053	Antwerpen	2070	*****.com	1995	$727,072,632	465	Corporation	459	BE0454443614
11	Evonik Oxeno Antwerpen NV	Belgium	Antwerpen	Tijsmanstunnel West 0	Antwerpen	2040	*****.be	2001	$701,830,039	97	Corporation	318	BE0474062952
12	Evonik Antwerpen	Belgium	Antwerpen	Tijsmanstunnel West	Antwerpen	2040	*****.be	1968	$676,015,440	893	Corporation	318	BE0406183144
13	Air Liquide Industries Belgium	Belgium	Zaventem	Hermeslaan 11	Vlaams Brabant	1932	*****.com	1996	$665,131,996	435	Corporation	3555	BE0457652730
14	Taminco	Belgium	Gent	Pantserschipstraat 207	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.com	2003	$611,115,486	398	Corporation	311	BE0859910443
15	Tessenderlo Group	Belgium	Ixelles	Rue Du Trone 130	Bruxelles Capitale	1050	*****.com	1972	$595,719,068	672	Corporation	221	BE0412101728
16	Molymet Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Langerbruggekaai 13	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	*****.be	1981	$584,083,684	140	Corporation	N/A	BE0422096983
17	Agfa-Gevaert	Belgium	Mortsel	Septestraat 27	Antwerpen	2640	*****.com	1964	$490,673,380	1,256	Corporation	142	BE0404021727
18	Inovyn Manufacturing Belgium	Belgium	Jemeppe-sur-sambre	Rue Solvay 39	Namur	5190	*****.com	1997	$459,981,083	634	Corporation	73	BE0403147638
19	Lubrizol Advanced Materials Europe	Belgium	Westerlo	Nijverheidsstraat 30	Antwerpen	2260	*****.com	1971	$456,747,510	420	Corporation	8816	BE0408454528
20	Agfa	Belgium	Mortsel	Septestraat 27	Antwerpen	2640	*****.com	1995	$434,326,287	230	Corporation	142	BE0456366588
21	Totalenergies Olefins Antwerp	Belgium	Antwerpen	Scheldelaan 10	Antwerpen	2030	*****.be	1988	$427,982,362	252	Corporation	4493	BE0433181610
22	Kaneka Belgium	Belgium	Westerlo	Nijverheidsstraat 16	Antwerpen	2260	*****.be	1970	$395,582,419	420	Corporation	352	BE0407633194
23	Rain Carbon	Belgium	Zelzate	Vredekaai 18	Oost Vlaanderen	9060	*****.de	1947	$376,772,502	174	Corporation	156	BE0401947808
24	L'oreal Belgilux	Belgium	Bruxelles	Boulevard Du Roi Albert Ii 4	Bruxelles Capitale	1000	*****.com	1937	$374,326,209	683	Corporation	10	BE0403136453
25	Celanese	Belgium	Lanaken	Industrieweg 80	Limburg	3620	*****.com	1960	$373,492,284	98	Corporation	328	BE0403157932

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Chemical firms in Antwerpen

Antwerpen has 89 chemical companies and chemical firms, <0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 7% above the national share. Seven in ten Antwerpen firms have fewer than five people; 10 have 50 or more. 5 new firms were entered in 2026, 18 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 49 · 71%
5-9: 5 · 7%
10-19: 1 · 1%
20-49: 4 · 6%
50+: 10 · 14%

Legal form

Sole traders: 7 · 8%
Partnerships: 2 · 2%
BV/SRL and NV/SA: 45 · 51%
Other or none: 35 · 39%

Of the Belgian total: 4.9%
Of all Antwerpen companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 5
Entered 2025: 3
Of Belgium's 2026 entries: 6.5%

Old

Before 1990: 18 · 20%
1990 or later: 71 · 80%
Of Belgium's pre-1990 firms: 4.6%

Reachable

Email: 37 · 42%
Phone: 53 · 60%
Website: 55 · 62%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 2 · 4%
$100K-$500K: 28 · 51%
$500K-$1M: 1 · 2%
$1M and more: 24 · 44%

Largest

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Largest chemical firms in Belgium

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

BASF Antwerpen is the largest chemical firm in Belgium by headcount. 145 firms employ 50 people or more; 110 employ 100 or more.

1Antwerpen3,594 staff
2Bruxelles3,160 staff
3Mortsel1,256 staff
4Turnhout1,118 staff
5Engis1,067 staff
6Westerlo992 staff
7Antwerpen949 staff
8Antwerpen893 staff
9Estaimpuis796 staff
10Bruxelles683 staff

By employee size · 1,534 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,070	70%
5-9	141	9%
10-19	77	5%
20-49	101	7%
50-99	35	2%
100-199	60	4%
200-499	35	2%
500-999	10	0.7%
1,000+	5	0.3%

70% have 1 to 4 people; 101 have 20 to 49; 145 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	52	4%
$100K-$500K	671	51%
$500K-$1M	35	3%
$1M-$5M	237	18%
$5M-$10M	37	3%
$10M-$50M	162	12%
$50M-$100M	49	4%
$100M-$500M	60	5%
$500M+	16	1%

51% between $100,000 and $500,000; 237 between $1M and $5M; 324 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Belgium

Of the 1,534 Belgian chemical firms with a known headcount, 1,070 (70%) have one to four people, 141 have five to nine, 178 have ten to 49 and 145 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (671, 51%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Belgian companies

Micro under 101,211 79%
Small 10 to 49178 12%
Medium 50 to 249130 8%
Large 250+15 1.0%

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

324

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 287 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Belgium?

Antwerpen has the most chemical companies in Belgium (89), ahead of Gent (64), Bruxelles (39), Ixelles (31) and Roeselare (24). Together the five hold one in seven of them.

Cities by number of firms

413 Belgian cities have at least one chemical firm; 32 have ten or more; 142 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

How many chemical companies are there in Belgium?

Chemical companies and chemical firms in Belgium

1,826

22 October 2026

There are 1,826 chemical companies and chemical firms in Belgium in our data (22 October 2026). That is one in every 1,308 Belgian companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (77 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 890 49%
Head offices: 428
Branch offices: 508

Classification

NACE-BEL 2008 code 20, identical to NACE Rev. 2 20. Our platform filter is NACE-BEL 2008 20.

815 of the 1,826 are BV/SRL and NV/SA (45%); 326 are sole traders. They come from Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO/BCE) and our Belgian register data, through the KBO API.

How reachable are they?

Chemical firms are easier to reach than the average Belgian company: 57% list a phone number and 52% a website.

Email773 42%
Phone1,035 57%
Website946 52%

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 chemical firms work as sole traders, against 32% of all Belgian companies. Two in five are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak / entreprise individuelle)32618%
Partnerships (VOF/SNC and CommV/SComm)352%
BV/SRL and NV/SA81545%
No form on record or other65036%

Single-site: 49%
Head offices: 428
Branches: 508

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

The oldest firms in Belgium

Our data holds 3 Belgian chemical firms from before 1900, 52 from before 1950 and 394 from before 1990.

1863
1. Bruxelles
1896
1. Bruxelles
1898
1. Waterloo
1900
1. Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
1904
1. Vilvoorde
1904
1. Machelen

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394

Belgian chemical firms date from before 1990

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Newcomers in Belgium in 2026

77 chemical firms were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 79 in 2025. Belgium as a whole saw 108,068 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

682022
662023
702024
792025
772026 so far

14 of this year's 77 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.

1Tessenderlo15 staff
2Tessenderlo15 staff
3Sint-Truiden12 staff
4Anderlecht12 staff
5Ixelles3 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 51 manufacturing companies for every chemical firm in Belgium.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Manufacturing Companies	93,257	40%	78%
Furniture Companies	4,031	42%	83%
Energy Companies	3,053	24%	76%
Chemical Companies	1,826	52%	59%
Electronics Companies	1,386	47%	66%
Paper Companies	544	54%	56%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Italy	11,246	1.6
The UK	9,751	1.1
Spain	9,305	1.7
The Czech Republic	3,313	0.9
The Netherlands	2,135	0.6
Belgium	1,826	0.8

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Frequently asked questions

How many chemical companies are there in Belgium?

There are 1,826 chemical companies and chemical firms in Belgium in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. That is one in every 1,308 Belgian companies.

Which is the largest chemical firm in Belgium?

BASF Antwerpen in Antwerpen, with 3,594 staff.

Which Belgian city has the most chemical companies?

Antwerpen, with 89, ahead of Gent (64), Bruxelles (39), Ixelles (31) and Roeselare (24).

How many chemical firms are there in Antwerpen?

89, which is <0.1% of all 108,393 Antwerpen companies and 7% above the national share.

How big is a typical chemical firm?

Small. 70% of the 1,534 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 145 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Belgian chemical companies sole traders or companies?

One in six (326) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 45% (815) are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

How many chemical firms started in 2026?

77 were entered in the Belgian register so far in 2026, after 79 in 2025. 14 of them are BV/SRL and NV/SA.

What is the oldest chemical firm in Belgium?

Solvay in Bruxelles, 1863, followed by Recticel in Bruxelles (1896) and Floridienne in Waterloo (1898). 3 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers chemical companies?

Belgian chemical companies are classified under NACE-BEL 2008 code 20, identical to NACE Rev. 2 code 20. Our platform filters them on NACE-BEL 2008 20.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,826 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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