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As of 4 November 2026, 899 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Belgium; 12 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
- 899
- Hiring now
- 12 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Biomedical research groups · 154
- Top city
- Brussels · 107
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 23,391
Research institutes & think tanks in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research groups | 154 | 17% |
| Humanities social research projects | 150 | 17% |
| University research labs | 132 | 15% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 112 | 12% |
| Health services research groups | 76 | 8% |
| Policy think tanks | 72 | 8% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 70 | 8% |
| Environmental & agri research | 68 | 8% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 48 | 5% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 44 | 5% |
| Sustainability energy research | 42 | 5% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 37 | 4% |
| Local history societies | 36 | 4% |
| Education research projects | 35 | 4% |
| Cultural heritage research projects | 31 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 618 · 4 |
| 11-50 employees | 215 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 50 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 107 | 12% |
| Gent | 85 | 9% |
| Bruxelles | 50 | 6% |
| Leuven | 41 | 5% |
| Rocourt | 25 | 3% |
| Ixelles | 24 | 3% |
| Zwijnaarde | 22 | 2% |
| Antwerpen | 18 | 2% |
| Heverlee | 16 | 2% |
| Mons | 12 | 1% |
| Louvain-La-Neuve | 11 | 1% |
| Walem | 10 | 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 →
Membership associations & unions · 3,406 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,439 →
Churches congregations · 1,173 →
Municipal government · 260 →
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899 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Belgium; 12 are hiring right now and Brussels has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/belgium/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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