Companies in Ghent

Q: How many companies are in Ghent?

Our Ghent business directory currently lists every registered legal entity with a Ghent address in the official Belgium business register. The exact count is shown live at the top of this page.

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Ghent records are sourced directly from the official Belgium business register and enriched with 50+ data points: revenue, employees, industry codes, contact details, and ownership.

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Behind every street in Ghent sits a business. 58,366 of them, to be exact, all registered in the Belgium business register. The biggest single industry is management consulting with 2,997 companies, roughly 5% of everything that does business in the city.

58,366 businesses indexed

Volvo Car Belgium NVVolvo Car Belgium NV

	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	Volvo Car Belgium NV	Belgium	Gent	John Kennedylaan 25	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	volvocargent.*****	1980	$7,245,335,179	5,390	Corporation	677	BE0420383548
2	Volvo Group Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Smalleheerweg 31	Oost Vlaanderen	9041	volvotrucks.*****	1980	$4,829,155,111	3,844	Corporation	935	BE0420383647
3	Argenx	Belgium	Gent	Industriepark-zwijnaarde 7	Oost Vlaanderen	9052	argenx.*****	2009	$3,795,543,211	582	Corporation	18	BE0818292196
4	Vandemoortele Europe	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 816	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	vandemoortele.*****	2019	$2,229,256,237	692	Corporation	17	BE0721494116
5	Varo Energy Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Wiedauwkaai 75	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	oilinmotion.*****	2010	$1,638,345,483	22	Corporation	1598	BE0832275836
6	Chevron Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Gaston Crommenlaan 4	Oost Vlaanderen	9050	chevron.*****	1961	$1,175,542,282	475	Corporation	1615	BE0403093396
7	Vamix	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 816	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	vandemoortele.*****	1978	$1,108,117,348	300	Corporation	64	BE0418123646
8	Vandemoortele Lipids	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 816	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	vandemoortele.*****	1974	$710,842,987	250	Corporation	64	BE0414062415
9	Farys	Belgium	Gent	Stropstraat 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	farys.*****	1923	$668,732,822	987	Partnership of unknown type	103	BE0200068636
10	Castrol Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Langerbruggekaai 18	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	castrol.*****	2020	$640,442,086	174	Corporation	5194	BE0757677886
11	Taminco	Belgium	Gent	Pantserschipstraat 207	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	eastman.*****	2003	$611,115,486	398	Corporation	311	BE0859910443
12	Honda Motor Europe Logistics	Belgium	Gent	Langerbruggestraat 104	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	hondamotoreuropelogistics.*****	1978	$592,324,797	547	Corporation	1608	BE0418250835
13	Denys	Belgium	Gent	Industrieweg 124	Oost Vlaanderen	9032	denys.*****	1976	$586,834,933	960	Corporation	16	BE0416585801
14	Molymet Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Langerbruggekaai 13	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	molymetbelgium.*****	1981	$584,083,684	140	Corporation	N/A	BE0422096983
15	Bp Iraq	Belgium	Gent	Langerbruggekaai 18	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	bp.*****	2009	$559,367,629	15	Corporation	5194	BE0818837376
16	Solutia Europe	Belgium	Gent	Ottergemsesteenweg-zuid 707	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	eastman.*****	1997	$514,892,365	338	Corporation	311	BE0460474440
17	Evara	Belgium	Gent	Stropkaai 38e	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	broedersvanliefde.*****	1955	$513,689,176	7,737	Non profit organization	273	BE0406633304
18	Empwr	Belgium	Gent	Sluisweg 2, Internal Postal Box 11	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	empwrnutrition.*****	2020	$415,589,089	40	Corporation	19	BE0741604887
19	Maria Middelares	Belgium	Gent	Buitenring-sint-denijs 30	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	mariamiddelares.*****	1970	$355,575,484	1,549	Non profit organization	5	BE0410214186
20	Az Sint-Lucas & Volkskliniek	Belgium	Gent	Groene Briel 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	azstlucas.*****	1996	$336,880,548	1,995	Non profit organization	8	BE0459265997
21	Legend Biotech Belgium	Belgium	Gent	Technologiepark-zwijnaarde 122	Oost Vlaanderen	9052	N/A	2021	$331,419,278	976	Corporation	14	BE0769992730
22	Willemen Infra	Belgium	Gent	Booiebos 4	Oost Vlaanderen	9031	willemeninfra.*****	2015	$329,345,307	861	Corporation	63	BE0405092190
23	Fuji Oil Europe	Belgium	Gent	Kuhlmannlaan 36	Oost Vlaanderen	9042	fujioileurope.*****	1992	$329,015,919	158	Corporation	69	BE0446555237
24	Alco Energy Ghent	Belgium	Gent	Pleitstraat 1	Oost Vlaanderen	9042	alcobiofuel.*****	2005	$321,118,583	49	Corporation	24	BE0871765328
25	Stora Enso Langerbrugge	Belgium	Gent	Wondelgemkaai 200	Oost Vlaanderen	9000	storaenso-langerbrugge.*****	1977	$312,935,372	354	Corporation	221	BE0417331909

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Largest companies in Ghent

Which company is the largest in Ghent depends on how you measure. You can look at valuation, at revenue or at how many people work there. Valuations are private for most companies, so here we stick to revenue and headcount.

By revenue and by headcount alike, Volvo Car Belgium NV comes first in Ghent. It is part of a group with $7.2 billion in yearly revenue and 5,390 employees between them. We only looked at the 17,040 corporations in Ghent for this; sole traders, foundations and other legal forms are left out.

The two tables below show how all 58,366 companies in Ghent are spread across revenue and headcount bands.

Yearly revenue

53.2%of companies have less than $100,000 in yearly revenue

Revenue (USD)	Count	Share
up to $100,000	31,027	53.2%
$100,000 to $500,000	9,692	16.6%
$500,000 to $1M	1,704	2.9%
$1M to $5M	1,091	1.9%
$5M to $10M	180	0.3%
$10M to $50M	282	0.5%
$50M to $100M	72	0.1%
$100M to $500M	54	0.1%
$500M to $1B	10	<0.1%
$1B or more	7	<0.1%
Unknown	14,247	24.4%

Headcount

78.8%of companies have 1 to 4 employees

Employees	Count	Share
1-4	45,977	78.8%
5-9	1,245	2.1%
10-19	661	1.1%
20-49	475	0.8%
50-99	126	0.2%
100-199	93	0.2%
200-499	59	0.1%
500-999	15	<0.1%
1,000-4,999	9	<0.1%
5,000-9,999	3	<0.1%
Unknown	9,703	16.6%

Source: business register and CompanyData. "Unknown" means no published figure.

Largest industries in Ghent

The biggest industry groups in Ghent by registered company count, with the top five companies by revenue in each.

Management consulting

2,997 companies

SIC 8742

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General business services

2,845 companies

SIC 7389

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Restaurants and eating places

2,242 companies

SIC 5812

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Real estate agents and managers

2,121 companies

SIC 6531

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Membership organizations

1,838 companies

SIC 8699

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Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Medicine

1,791 companies

SIC 8011

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Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Not Elsewhere Classified

1,422 companies

SIC 8093

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Holding firms

1,365 companies

SIC 6719

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All industries in Ghent

Together, management consulting, general business services and restaurants and eating places make up the top three industries in Ghent, accounting for 14% of the city's commercial activity. The oldest company we can find in Ghent is Vanderghote Pieter, founded in 1800, with Nikolopoulos Christos not far behind. They are still here, along with 58,364 other businesses in Ghent.

Medieval wool money built Ghent's towers, and the city now earns from its canal port, a large university and one of Europe's strongest biotech clusters. All of them are in our data. Look up a company in the table at the top of this page, get the full list delivered as an Excel file, or pull the records straight into your own systems through our API.

Nonclassifiable Establishments3,320
Management Consulting Services2,997
Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified2,845
Eating Places2,242
Real Estate Agents and Managers2,121
Membership Organizations, Not Elsewhere Classified1,838
Offices and Clinics of Doctors of Medicine1,791
Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Not Elsewhere Classified1,422
Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified1,365
Architectural Services1,303
Other industries37,122

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