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As of 4 November 2026, 1,596 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Belgium; 25 are hiring right now and Brussels has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,596
- Hiring now
- 25 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Construction materials distribution · 275
- Top city
- Brussels · 21
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 30,263
Industrial & chemical distribution in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction materials distribution | 275 | 17% |
| Fuel & lubricant distribution | 168 | 11% |
| Other industrial & chemical distribution | 133 | 8% |
| Industrial parts distribution | 132 | 8% |
| General trading houses | 118 | 7% |
| Cleaning & hygiene distribution | 95 | 6% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 88 | 6% |
| Pipes valves & fittings distribution | 75 | 5% |
| Packaging & plastics distribution | 74 | 5% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 70 | 4% |
| Chemical raw materials distribution | 46 | 3% |
| Foodservice wholesalers | 45 | 3% |
| Food ingredients distribution | 43 | 3% |
| Hvac & plumbing webshops | 40 | 3% |
| Building materials webshops | 38 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 59 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,186 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 271 · 15 |
| 51-200 employees | 63 · 6 |
| 201-500 employees | 14 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 21 | 1% |
| Genk | 17 | 1% |
| Lokeren | 16 | 1% |
| Walem | 15 | 1% |
| Sint-Lambrechts-Herk | 14 | 1% |
| Antwerpen | 13 | 1% |
| Aartselaar | 11 | 1% |
| Anderlecht | 11 | 1% |
| Gent | 11 | 1% |
| Zele | 11 | 1% |
| Bruxelles | 10 | 1% |
| Rumbeke | 10 | 1% |
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The stack of industrial & chemical distribution 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 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 1,596 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 1,234 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 1,042 →
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1,596 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Belgium; 25 are hiring right now and Brussels has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/belgium/industrial_and_chemical_distribution)
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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.
Industrial & chemical distribution in Belgium: questions
How many industrial & chemical distribution companies are there in Belgium?
1,596 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Industrial & chemical distribution → leaf niches such as construction materials distribution, fuel & lubricant distribution, other industrial & chemical distribution. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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