Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Belgium

Explore more than 1,187,742 Belgium-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Belgium 1,187,742 (2.5%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,802,759 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,115,226

According to our database, a total of more than 1,187,742 businesses are registered in Belgium . That represents 2.52% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Belgium-based companies have a share of 1.57% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.33% of all EU employees.

Belgium: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (475,873 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (176,148) and Unknown industry (173,202).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Belgium: TOP Industries 1,187,742 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 475,873 40.1% 475,873
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 176,148 14.8% 176,148
Unknown industry 173,202 14.6% 173,202
Retail Trade 112,768 9.5% 112,768
Construction 103,696 8.7% 103,696
Wholesale Trade 52,129 4.4% 52,129
Manufacturing 33,649 2.8% 33,649
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 28,670 2.4% 28,670
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 26,005 2.2% 26,005
Public Sector 4,843 0.4% 4,843
Mining 759 0.1% 759

Belgium: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Belgium are Non classified establishment (14.58%), Real estate agent/manager (7.81%) and Management consulting services (5.66%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Belgium: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 1,187,742 registered companies

Belgium: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Belgium generated € 1,332,432,279,221 in sales, which represents 1.57% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Belgium was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Belgium: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 1,187,742 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Toyota Motor Europe € 41.5B 3.11% € 41.5B
2. Pfizer Service Company € 33.27B 2.5% € 33.27B
3. ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical € 23.71B 1.78% € 23.71B
4. Janssen Pharmaceutica € 22.21B 1.67% € 22.21B
5. TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining € 18.73B 1.41% € 18.73B
6. Cargill NV € 12.22B 0.92% € 12.22B
7. Electrabel € 11.02B 0.83% € 11.02B
8. Ageas € 9.068B 0.68% € 9.068B
9. Glaxosmithkline Biologicals € 8.863B 0.67% € 8.863B
10. Mastercard Europe € 8.286B 0.62% € 8.286B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 188.9B

Belgium: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 5,070,914 people, which represents 1.33% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Ageas (59,284), followed by Bpost (24,019) and Proximus (17,833).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Belgium: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 1,187,742 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Ageas 59,284 1.17% 59,284
2. Bpost 24,019 0.47% 24,019
3. Proximus 17,833 0.35% 17,833
4. BESIX Group 17,690 0.35% 17,690
5. Colruyt Food Retail 16,773 0.33% 16,773
6. Randstad Belgium 12,172 0.24% 12,172
7. U C B 12,102 0.24% 12,102
8. Colruyt Group 11,960 0.24% 11,960
9. BNP Paribas Fortis 11,016 0.22% 11,016
10. Societe Des Transports Intercommunaux De Bruxelles 10,205 0.2% 10,205
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 193,054

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