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As of 4 November 2026, 16,032 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in Belgium; 26 are hiring right now and Bruxelles has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 16,032
- Hiring now
- 26 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Full service restaurants · 4,786
- Top city
- Bruxelles · 830
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 26,382
Restaurants pubs cafes in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Full service restaurants | 4,786 | 30% |
| Brasseries bistros | 2,821 | 18% |
| Pizzerias | 1,928 | 12% |
| Burger restaurants | 1,504 | 9% |
| Cafes coffee shops | 1,440 | 9% |
| Italian restaurants | 1,368 | 9% |
| Other restaurants pubs cafes | 873 | 5% |
| Fine dining restaurants | 852 | 5% |
| Middle eastern restaurants | 754 | 5% |
| Kebab doner shops | 722 | 5% |
| Sushi restaurants | 722 | 5% |
| Pan asian restaurants | 596 | 4% |
| Food trucks & street food | 588 | 4% |
| Bars cocktail lounges | 545 | 3% |
| Chinese restaurants | 509 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 33 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 15,459 · 12 |
| 11-50 employees | 496 · 9 |
| 51-200 employees | 31 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 9 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles | 830 | 5% |
| Gent | 489 | 3% |
| Antwerpen | 483 | 3% |
| Brugge | 280 | 2% |
| Rocourt | 245 | 2% |
| Leuven | 219 | 1% |
| Ixelles | 191 | 1% |
| Oostende | 183 | 1% |
| Sint-Lambrechts-Herk | 150 | 1% |
| Walem | 134 | 1% |
| Brussels | 133 | 1% |
| Kortrijk | 128 | 1% |
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The stack of restaurants pubs cafes in Belgium
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16,032 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in Belgium; 26 are hiring right now and Bruxelles has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/belgium/restaurants_pubs_cafes)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Restaurants pubs cafes in Belgium: questions
How many restaurants pubs cafes companies are there in Belgium?
16,032 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Restaurants pubs cafes → leaf niches such as full service restaurants, brasseries bistros, pizzerias. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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