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Largest employers in Brussels

NBB annual accounts · KBO

Which companies in Brussels employ the most staff, according to their latest annual accounts. Every figure with its financial year, every company with its dossier.

Top 25

2,598 companies with a plausible staff figure

Financial year 2025 · 89.2%

Staff (FTE) · Average staff in full-time equivalents from the social balance of the latest annual accounts. What this ranking rests on

  1. 1 bpost BrusselsPostal and courier 23,730 FTE financial year 2025
  2. 2 MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR HET INTERCOMMUNAAL VERVOER TE BRUSSEL BrusselsLand transport 10,278 FTE financial year 2025
  3. 3 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM BrusselsBasic metals 5,839 FTE financial year 2025
  4. 4 ISS FACILITY SERVICES BrusselsBuilding services and landscaping 5,283 FTE financial year 2025
  5. 5 ELECTRABEL BrusselsElectricity, gas and steam 4,261 FTE financial year 2025
  6. 6 UMICORE BrusselsChemicals 3,209 FTE financial year 2025
  7. 7 G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS BrusselsSecurity and investigation 3,160 FTE financial year 2025
  8. 8 Fonds voor wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen BrusselsResearch and development 2,773 FTE financial year 2025
  9. 9 Sodexo Belgium SA BrusselsFood and beverage service 2,600 FTE financial year 2025
  10. 10 FONDS DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-FNRS BrusselsResearch and development 2,181 FTE financial year 2025
  11. 11 SWECO BrusselsAdvertising and market research 1,952 FTE financial year 2025
  12. 12 INDITEX BELGIE-INDITEX BELGIQUE BrusselsRetail trade 1,791 FTE financial year 2026
  13. 13 G4S AVIATION SECURITY BrusselsSecurity and investigation 1,665 FTE financial year 2025
  14. 14 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING BrusselsArchitecture and engineering 1,326 FTE financial year 2025
  15. 15 H & M HENNES & MAURITZ BrusselsWholesale trade 1,318 FTE financial year 2025
  16. 16 KOSE CLEANING BrusselsBuilding services and landscaping 1,266 FTE financial year 2025
  17. 17 VIVAQUA BrusselsWater collection and supply 1,260 FTE financial year 2025
  18. 18 Kliniek Sint-Jan BrusselsHuman health 1,211 FTE financial year 2025
  19. 19 BRUSSELS NETWORK OPERATIONS BrusselsElectricity, gas and steam 1,202 FTE financial year 2025
  20. 20 ACCENTURE BrusselsHead offices and management consultancy 1,081 FTE financial year 2025
  21. 21 ELIA ASSET BrusselsElectricity, gas and steam 1,000 FTE financial year 2025
  22. 22 Skeyes BrusselsWarehousing and transport support 966 FTE financial year 2025
  23. 23 MAXICLEAN TITRES-SERVICES BrusselsHouseholds as employers 778 FTE financial year 2025
  24. 24 ARCADIS BELGIUM BrusselsArchitecture and engineering 775 FTE financial year 2025
  25. 25 ISS CATERING BrusselsFood and beverage service 746 FTE financial year 2025

The CSV holds the rows shown with place, sector, measure and financial year. The analysis workbench opens the same place and sector, sorted by this figure, with every registered company: also those without recent accounts, which this ranking leaves out.

2,573 more companies with this figure are not in the top. Every company has its own dossier with all its figures.