Professional sports clubs & academies in Belgium
As of 5 November 2026, 459 professional sports clubs & academies companies are based in Belgium; 1 are hiring right now and Gent has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 459
- Hiring now
- 1 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Sports coaching academies camps · 193
- Top city
- Gent · 7
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 53,752
Professional sports clubs & academies in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Sports coaching academies camps | 193 | 42% |
| Football academies | 139 | 30% |
| Personal training services | 28 | 6% |
| Tennis & padel coaching | 25 | 5% |
| Endurance & triathlon coaching | 24 | 5% |
| Summer camps | 19 | 4% |
| Other life & career coaching | 8 | 2% |
| Sports coaching & sports science training | 8 | 2% |
| Swimming schools | 8 | 2% |
| Combat sport gyms | 7 | 2% |
| Other fitness dance & martial arts studios | 7 | 2% |
| Secondary schools | 5 | 1% |
| Coach certification programmes | 4 | 1% |
| Golf coaching & teaching pros | 4 | 1% |
| Other sports events museums & clubs | 4 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 62 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 378 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 15 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Gent | 7 | 2% |
| Aalst | 5 | 1% |
| Antwerpen | 5 | 1% |
| Anderlecht | 4 | 1% |
| Kapellen | 4 | 1% |
| Kessel Lo | 4 | 1% |
| Sint-Lambrechts-Herk | 4 | 1% |
| Sint-Niklaas | 4 | 1% |
| Turnhout | 4 | 1% |
| Willebroek | 4 | 1% |
| Brussels | 3 | 1% |
| Ninove | 3 | 1% |
The biggest professional sports clubs & academies companies in Belgium
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The stack of professional sports clubs & academies in Belgium
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Other segments of consumer services & leisure in Belgium
Consumer services & leisure in Belgium, the whole market →
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Life & career coaching · 3,807 →
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459 professional sports clubs & academies companies are based in Belgium; 1 are hiring right now and Gent has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/belgium/professional_sports_clubs_and_academies)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Professional sports clubs & academies in Belgium: questions
How many professional sports clubs & academies companies are there in Belgium?
459 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Professional sports clubs & academies → leaf niches such as sports coaching academies camps, football academies, personal training services. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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