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As of 4 November 2026, 273 boating & watersports companies are based in Belgium; Gent has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 273
- Hiring now
- 0 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Leisure boat rental · 99
- Top city
- Gent · 15
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 26,382
Boating & watersports in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure boat rental | 99 | 36% |
| Sightseeing & passenger cruises | 86 | 32% |
| Yacht charter | 70 | 26% |
| Kayak rafting operators | 28 | 10% |
| Watersports centres general | 15 | 5% |
| Watersports schools | 15 | 5% |
| Cruise travel specialists | 11 | 4% |
| Adventure & outdoor travel operators | 9 | 3% |
| Other boating & watersports | 9 | 3% |
| Bed & breakfast & guesthouses | 7 | 3% |
| Dive centres | 7 | 3% |
| Campsites & holiday parks | 4 | 1% |
| Guided day tour operators | 4 | 1% |
| Angling fisheries & sport fishing | 3 | 1% |
| Holiday house & cottage rentals | 3 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 23 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 241 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 8 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Gent | 15 | 5% |
| Nieuwpoort | 12 | 4% |
| Antwerpen | 9 | 3% |
| Brugge | 7 | 3% |
| Oostende | 7 | 3% |
| Brussels | 5 | 2% |
| Beez | 4 | 1% |
| Herentals | 3 | 1% |
| Kinrooi | 3 | 1% |
| Mol | 3 | 1% |
| Afsnee | 2 | 1% |
| Berchem | 2 | 1% |
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The stack of boating & watersports in Belgium
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Other segments of hospitality & travel in Belgium
Hospitality & travel in Belgium, the whole market →
Restaurants pubs cafes · 16,032 →
Holiday rentals & guesthouses · 6,017 →
Hotels inns & holiday accommodation · 3,481 →
Travel agencies booking · 1,713 →
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273 boating & watersports companies are based in Belgium; Gent has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/belgium/boating_and_watersports)
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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.
Boating & watersports in Belgium: questions
How many boating & watersports companies are there in Belgium?
273 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Boating & watersports → leaf niches such as leisure boat rental, sightseeing & passenger cruises, yacht charter. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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