Books publishing & retail in Belgium
As of 4 November 2026, 937 books publishing & retail are based in Belgium; Bruxelles has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 937
- Hiring now
- 0 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 399
- Top city
- Bruxelles · 27
- Parent market
- Media & content · 19,392
Books publishing & retail in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 399 | 43% |
| Childrens book publishers | 212 | 23% |
| Online bookshops | 206 | 22% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 96 | 10% |
| Teaching resource shops | 42 | 4% |
| Single book promo sites | 34 | 4% |
| Novelist author sites | 33 | 4% |
| Self publishing services | 32 | 3% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 23 | 2% |
| General interest magazines | 14 | 1% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 13 | 1% |
| Self help book publishing | 13 | 1% |
| Arts & culture media | 10 | 1% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 9 | 1% |
| Business book authors | 8 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 230 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 673 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 26 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 8 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles | 27 | 3% |
| Gent | 23 | 2% |
| Brussels | 22 | 2% |
| Antwerpen | 20 | 2% |
| Walem | 8 | 1% |
| Braine-L'Alleud | 7 | 1% |
| Brugge | 7 | 1% |
| Etterbeek | 7 | 1% |
| Leuven | 7 | 1% |
| Marcinelle | 7 | 1% |
| Rocourt | 7 | 1% |
| Heverlee | 6 | 1% |
The biggest books publishing & retail in Belgium
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Belgium
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Other segments of media & content in Belgium
Media & content in Belgium, the whole market →
News & content portals · 8,338 →
User content aggregator platforms · 4,498 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 1,882 →
Travel blogs guides · 1,474 →
Writers & independent publishing · 1,400 →
Music & radio · 1,201 →
Creator channels & influencers · 1,054 →
Food recipe blogs · 598 →
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937 books publishing & retail are based in Belgium; Bruxelles has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/belgium/books_publishing_and_retail)
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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.
Books publishing & retail in Belgium: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Belgium?
937 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Books publishing & retail → leaf niches such as book publishers, childrens book publishers, online bookshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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