Membership associations & unions in Belgium_
As of 4 November 2026, 3,406 membership associations & unions companies are based in Belgium; 42 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
- 3,406
- Hiring now
- 42 · 13 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Industry & employer associations · 1,324
- Top city
- Brussels · 384
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 23,391
Membership associations & unions in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Industry & employer associations | 1,324 | 39% |
| Professional bodies | 873 | 26% |
| Healthcare professional societies | 624 | 18% |
| Other membership associations & unions | 454 | 13% |
| Trade unions | 225 | 7% |
| Networking communities | 132 | 4% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 130 | 4% |
| Chambers of commerce | 125 | 4% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 119 | 3% |
| Local trade & craft associations | 119 | 3% |
| Collector hobby clubs | 65 | 2% |
| Sports federations | 50 | 1% |
| School support associations | 40 | 1% |
| General purpose associations | 39 | 1% |
| Service & social clubs | 38 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 18 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,313 · 21 |
| 11-50 employees | 706 · 13 |
| 51-200 employees | 260 · 6 |
| 201-500 employees | 58 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 23 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 16 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 9 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 384 | 11% |
| Bruxelles | 199 | 6% |
| Gent | 71 | 2% |
| Antwerpen | 59 | 2% |
| Leuven | 53 | 2% |
| Beez | 36 | 1% |
| Rocourt | 32 | 1% |
| Ixelles | 29 | 1% |
| Sint-Lambrechts-Herk | 25 | 1% |
| Etterbeek | 23 | 1% |
| Schaerbeek | 19 | 1% |
| Vilvoorde | 19 | 1% |
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Belgium
Public, community & associations in Belgium, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 10,790 →
Amateur sports clubs · 6,493 →
Charitable foundations · 3,669 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,439 →
Churches congregations · 1,173 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 899 →
Municipal government · 260 →
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3,406 membership associations & unions companies are based in Belgium; 42 are hiring right now and Brussels has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/belgium/membership_associations_and_unions)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Membership associations & unions in Belgium: questions
How many membership associations & unions companies are there in Belgium?
3,406 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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