Food production, wholesale & retail in Belgium
As of 4 November 2026, 7,218 food production, wholesale & retail are based in Belgium; 28 are hiring right now and Antwerpen has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 7,218
- Hiring now
- 28 · 9 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Cake bakeries · 986
- Top city
- Antwerpen · 122
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 30,263
Food production, wholesale & retail in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cake bakeries | 986 | 14% |
| Bakeries | 943 | 13% |
| Wine & spirits shops | 873 | 12% |
| Butcher shops | 589 | 8% |
| Online wine shops | 587 | 8% |
| Beverage wholesalers | 453 | 6% |
| Prepared meal snack webshops | 440 | 6% |
| Gourmet food webshops | 438 | 6% |
| Candy & snack shops | 408 | 6% |
| Foodservice wholesalers | 396 | 5% |
| Chocolatiers & confectioners | 378 | 5% |
| Online grocery webshops | 372 | 5% |
| Independent supermarkets | 336 | 5% |
| Online liquor shops | 303 | 4% |
| Wine importers & distributors | 269 | 4% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 89 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 6,445 · 7 |
| 11-50 employees | 532 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 97 · 10 |
| 201-500 employees | 32 · 5 |
| 501-1000 employees | 15 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerpen | 122 | 2% |
| Gent | 98 | 1% |
| Bruxelles | 95 | 1% |
| Rumbeke | 68 | 1% |
| Brussels | 65 | 1% |
| Brugge | 56 | 1% |
| Anderlecht | 45 | 1% |
| Oostende | 45 | 1% |
| Walem | 43 | 1% |
| Sint-Lambrechts-Herk | 36 | 0% |
| Genk | 32 | 0% |
| Mol | 28 | 0% |
The biggest food production, wholesale & retail in Belgium
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The stack of food production, wholesale & retail in Belgium
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Belgium
Commerce & trade in Belgium, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 12,053 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 4,744 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 2,681 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 2,320 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 1,596 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 1,596 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 1,234 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 1,042 →
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7,218 food production, wholesale & retail are based in Belgium; 28 are hiring right now and Antwerpen has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/belgium/food_production_wholesale_and_retail)
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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.
Food production, wholesale & retail in Belgium: questions
How many food production, wholesale & retail are there in Belgium?
7,218 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Food production, wholesale & retail → leaf niches such as cake bakeries, bakeries, wine & spirits shops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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