Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Belgium
Explore more than 1,140,982 Belgium-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.
According to our database, a total of more than 1,140,982 businesses are registered in Belgium . That represents 2.51% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Belgium-based companies have a share of 1.6% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.31% of all EU employees.
Belgium: TOP Industries
According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (464,315 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (174,400) and Unknown industry (133,864).
Belgium: TOP Industries 1,140,982 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services 464,315 40.7% | 464,315 | 40.7% | ||
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 174,400 15.3% | 174,400 | 15.3% | ||
| Unknown industry 133,864 11.7% | 133,864 | 11.7% | ||
| Retail Trade 116,747 10.2% | 116,747 | 10.2% | ||
| Construction 103,220 9.0% | 103,220 | 9.0% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 54,100 4.7% | 54,100 | 4.7% | ||
| Manufacturing 34,940 3.1% | 34,940 | 3.1% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 28,619 2.5% | 28,619 | 2.5% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 25,022 2.2% | 25,022 | 2.2% | ||
| Public Sector 4,970 0.4% | 4,970 | 0.4% | ||
| Mining 785 0.1% | 785 | 0.1% |
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 (11.73%), Real estate agent/manager (8.07%) and Membership organization (6.33%).
Belgium: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 1,140,982 registered companies
Belgium: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the Belgium generated € 1,390,091,344,305 in sales, which represents 1.6% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
Belgium: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 1,140,982 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pfizer Service Company € 42.4B 3.05% | € 42.4B | 3.05% | |
| 2. | Toyota Motor Europe € 41.5B 2.99% | € 41.5B | 2.99% | |
| 3. | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical € 23.71B 1.71% | € 23.71B | 1.71% | |
| 4. | Janssen Pharmaceutica € 22.21B 1.6% | € 22.21B | 1.6% | |
| 5. | TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining € 20.35B 1.46% | € 20.35B | 1.46% | |
| 6. | Electrabel € 15.11B 1.09% | € 15.11B | 1.09% | |
| 7. | Cargill NV € 12.22B 0.88% | € 12.22B | 0.88% | |
| 8. | Ageas € 9.974B 0.72% | € 9.974B | 0.72% | |
| 9. | Volvo Car Belgium NV € 7.886B 0.57% | € 7.886B | 0.57% | |
| 10. | Totalenergies Marketing Belgium € 7.524B 0.54% | € 7.524B | 0.54% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 202.9B | 14.59% |
Belgium: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 5,073,994 people, which represents 1.31% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is International Business Machines of Belgium (64,118), followed by Ageas (59,284) and Bpost (24,532).
Belgium: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 1,140,982 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | International Business Machines of Belgium 64,118 1.26% | 64,118 | 1.26% | |
| 2. | Ageas 59,284 1.17% | 59,284 | 1.17% | |
| 3. | Bpost 24,532 0.48% | 24,532 | 0.48% | |
| 4. | Proximus 17,833 0.35% | 17,833 | 0.35% | |
| 5. | BESIX Group 17,690 0.35% | 17,690 | 0.35% | |
| 6. | Colruyt Food Retail 16,773 0.33% | 16,773 | 0.33% | |
| 7. | Randstad Belgium 12,172 0.24% | 12,172 | 0.24% | |
| 8. | U C B 12,102 0.24% | 12,102 | 0.24% | |
| 9. | Colruyt Group 11,960 0.24% | 11,960 | 0.24% | |
| 10. | BNP Paribas Fortis 11,289 0.22% | 11,289 | 0.22% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 247,753 | 4.88% |
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