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Fleetora · first roles in DEWaste management & recycling in Belgium_
As of 4 November 2026, 424 waste management & recycling companies are based in Belgium; 16 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
- 424
- Hiring now
- 16 · 5 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Recycling & sorting facilities · 153
- Top city
- Bruxelles · 6
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 658
Waste management & recycling in Belgium, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Recycling & sorting facilities | 153 | 36% |
| Scrap metal trading | 108 | 25% |
| Construction & demolition waste recycling | 81 | 19% |
| Municipal & commercial waste collection | 79 | 19% |
| Skip hire & waste container rental | 79 | 19% |
| Other waste management & recycling | 76 | 18% |
| Hazardous waste management | 34 | 8% |
| E waste recycling | 25 | 6% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 22 | 5% |
| Plastic recycling | 19 | 4% |
| Organic waste composting & digestion | 15 | 4% |
| Household recycling collection | 2 | 0% |
| Textile collection & recycling | 2 | 0% |
| Bioenergy plant operators | 1 | 0% |
| Energy service companies & contracting | 1 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 283 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 83 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 35 · 4 |
| 201-500 employees | 12 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles | 6 | 1% |
| Gent | 6 | 1% |
| Lokeren | 6 | 1% |
| Oostende | 6 | 1% |
| Oudegem | 6 | 1% |
| Brussels | 5 | 1% |
| Genk | 5 | 1% |
| Ieper | 5 | 1% |
| Tienen | 5 | 1% |
| Vladslo | 5 | 1% |
| Fernelmont | 4 | 1% |
| Hamme | 4 | 1% |
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The stack of waste management & recycling in Belgium
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Other segments of utilities & infrastructure in Belgium
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424 waste management & recycling companies are based in Belgium; 16 are hiring right now and Bruxelles has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/belgium/waste_management_and_recycling)
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- 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.
Waste management & recycling in Belgium: questions
How many waste management & recycling companies are there in Belgium?
424 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
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