Livestock & animal breeding in Belgium
As of 4 November 2026, 1,546 livestock & animal breeding companies are based in Belgium; 3 are hiring right now and Geel has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,546
- Hiring now
- 3 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Dog breeders · 573
- Top city
- Geel · 10
- Parent market
- Agriculture & forestry · 2,513
Livestock & animal breeding in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dog breeders | 573 | 37% |
| Horse breeding studs | 379 | 25% |
| Direct sale livestock farms | 181 | 12% |
| Other livestock & animal breeding | 145 | 9% |
| Cat breeders | 134 | 9% |
| General livestock farms | 115 | 7% |
| Racehorse training & syndication | 113 | 7% |
| Poultry & egg farms | 75 | 5% |
| Beekeepers & honey | 67 | 4% |
| Pedigree livestock studs | 43 | 3% |
| Dairy farms | 28 | 2% |
| Alpaca farms | 26 | 2% |
| Mixed farm direct sales | 8 | 1% |
| Insect protein producers | 3 | 0% |
| Livestock agents & auctioneers | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 18 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,507 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 16 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Geel | 10 | 1% |
| Bocholt | 8 | 1% |
| Ciney | 8 | 1% |
| Peer | 6 | 0% |
| Sint-Niklaas | 6 | 0% |
| Beerse | 5 | 0% |
| Brecht | 5 | 0% |
| Kasterlee | 5 | 0% |
| Knokke-Heist | 5 | 0% |
| Schuiferskapelle | 5 | 0% |
| Affligem | 4 | 0% |
| Balen | 4 | 0% |
The biggest livestock & animal breeding companies in Belgium
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The stack of livestock & animal breeding in Belgium
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Other segments of agriculture & forestry in Belgium
Agriculture & forestry in Belgium, the whole market →
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Horticulture & plant nurseries · 447 →
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1,546 livestock & animal breeding companies are based in Belgium; 3 are hiring right now and Geel has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/agriculture_forestry/belgium/livestock_and_animal_breeding)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Livestock & animal breeding in Belgium: questions
How many livestock & animal breeding companies are there in Belgium?
1,546 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Agriculture & forestry → Livestock & animal breeding → leaf niches such as dog breeders, horse breeding studs, direct sale livestock farms. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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