List of largest companies in Belgium

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This article lists the largest

total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes
.

2023 Fortune list

This list displays all Belgian companies in the

US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2022.[1]
Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank Fortune 500
rank
Name Industry Revenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Employees Headquarters
1 241
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Beverages
57,786 5,969 166,632 Leuven

2019 Forbes list

This list is based on the

total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2018. All 10 companies from Belgium are listed.[2]

Rank Forbes
2000 rank
Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
1 69
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Leuven 54.6 4.3 233.8 175.7 Beverages
2 254
KBC Bank
Brussels 15.0 2.9 324.4 31.3 Finance
3 605 Ageas Brussels 12.3 1.0 115.5 10.2 Insurance
4 708 Solvay S.A. Brussels 13.3 1.0 25.1 12.8 Chemicals
5 1074 Dexia Brussels 11.0 −0.6 196.5 9.0
Banking
6 1182 UCB Brussels 5.5 0.9 12.0 14.9 Pharmaceuticals
7 1274 Umicore Brussels 16.2 0.4 7.0 11.8 Mining
8 1364 Colruyt Group Halle 10.9 0.5 4.8 9.6 Retail
9 1465 Proximus Group Brussels 6.8 0.6 9.9 9.6
Telecommunication
10 1812 Sofina Brussels 0.1 1.0 7.6 6.8 Finance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.