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As of 4 November 2026, 925 general & specialty stores are based in Belgium; 4 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
- 925
- Hiring now
- 4 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 191
- Top city
- Antwerpen · 12
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 30,263
General & specialty stores in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 191 | 21% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 77 | 8% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 54 | 6% |
| Independent supermarkets | 48 | 5% |
| Home decor webshops | 42 | 5% |
| Antique & vintage dealers | 35 | 4% |
| Construction materials distribution | 34 | 4% |
| General merchandise webshops | 31 | 3% |
| Consumer electronics appliance webshops | 27 | 3% |
| Garden outdoor furniture webshops | 25 | 3% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 25 | 3% |
| Hvac & plumbing webshops | 24 | 3% |
| Gift & giftware webshops | 22 | 2% |
| Garden plant webshops | 20 | 2% |
| Kitchenware household goods webshops | 20 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 17 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 801 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 82 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 14 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 9 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerpen | 12 | 1% |
| Bruxelles | 9 | 1% |
| Essen | 7 | 1% |
| Genk | 7 | 1% |
| Eeklo | 6 | 1% |
| Geel | 6 | 1% |
| Schaerbeek | 6 | 1% |
| Aartselaar | 5 | 1% |
| Anderlecht | 5 | 1% |
| Bree | 5 | 1% |
| Etterbeek | 5 | 1% |
| Gent | 5 | 1% |
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The stack of general & specialty stores 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 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 7,218 →
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 →
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925 general & specialty stores are based in Belgium; 4 are hiring right now and Antwerpen has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/belgium/general_and_specialty_stores)
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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.
General & specialty stores in Belgium: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in Belgium?
925 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, convenience stores & kiosks, tile & flooring webshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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