Largest employers in Belgium, Basic metals sector
This ranking lists the companies in Belgium, Basic metals sector with the most staff, according to their latest annual accounts.
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Municipalities with the most companies with a balance sheet
- Antwerp 26,573
- Ghent 13,497
- Brussels 13,106
- Ixelles 9,094
- Uccle 6,864
- Liège 6,202
- Hasselt 5,900
- Bruges 5,556
- Leuven 5,027
- Anderlecht 4,701
- Kortrijk 4,649
- Namur 4,422
Rankings by province
Belgium
all of BelgiumLargest employers
- 1HR RAIL27,811 FTE
- 2bpost23,730 FTE
- 3Randstad Belgium20,826 FTE
- 1BNP Paribas Fortis€283bn
- 2KBC Bank€236bn
- 3ING BELGIE€149bn
- 1Anheuser-Busch InBev€81bn
- 2ATLAS SERVICES BELGIUM€23bn
- 3UCB PHARMA€16bn
- 1Legend Biotech Belgium+182% a year
- 2Okay City+172% a year
- 3FERM DIENSTENCHEQUES+162% a year
- 1AXA HOLDINGS BELGIUM1853
- 2IMMOBEL1863
- 3SOLVAY1863
- 1VERSALIS INTERNATIONAL€527,900
- 2NVIDIA Technologies Belgium€517,800
- 3IDEAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL€478,800
- 1Water transport€95,900
- 2Pharmaceuticals€94,200
- 3Research and development€94,000
Largest employers in Belgium, Basic metals sector, over the years
today's top 10 and LIBERTY LIEGE - DUDELANGE (BE), annual accounts filed 2019 to 2026Positions in 2019
- 1 LIBERTY LIEGE - DUDELANGE (BE) dissolved 13-04-2022 759 FTE
Positions in 2020
- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM 5,641 FTE
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUM 1,977 FTE
- 3 INDUSTEEL Belgium 952 FTE
- 4 Aluminium Duffel 923 FTE
- 5 AURUBIS OLEN 640 FTE
- 6 NLMK LA LOUVIERE 576 FTE
- 7 NYRSTAR BELGIUM 573 FTE
- 8 PROFERRO 557 FTE
- 9 AURUBIS BEERSE 437 FTE
Positions in 2021
- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM 5,557 FTE
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUM 1,980 FTE
- 3 Aluminium Duffel 912 FTE
- 4 INDUSTEEL Belgium 908 FTE
- 5 LIBERTY LIEGE - DUDELANGE (BE) dissolved 13-04-2022 715 FTE
- 6 AURUBIS OLEN 622 FTE
- 7 NYRSTAR BELGIUM 594 FTE
- 8 NLMK LA LOUVIERE 581 FTE
- 9 voestalpine SADEF 577 FTE
- 10 PROFERRO 554 FTE
- 11 AURUBIS BEERSE 433 FTE
Positions in 2022
- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM 5,718 FTE
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUM 2,064 FTE
- 3 Aluminium Duffel 941 FTE
- 4 INDUSTEEL Belgium 912 FTE
- 5 LIBERTY LIEGE - DUDELANGE (BE) dissolved 13-04-2022 631 FTE
- 6 NYRSTAR BELGIUM 630 FTE
- 7 AURUBIS OLEN 627 FTE
- 8 NLMK LA LOUVIERE 592 FTE
- 9 voestalpine SADEF 586 FTE
- 10 PROFERRO 572 FTE
- 11 AURUBIS BEERSE 432 FTE
Positions in 2023
- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM 5,796 FTE
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUM 2,055 FTE
- 3 Aluminium Duffel 923 FTE
- 4 INDUSTEEL Belgium 916 FTE
- 5 AURUBIS OLEN 665 FTE
- 6 NYRSTAR BELGIUM 627 FTE
- 7 voestalpine SADEF 613 FTE
- 8 NLMK LA LOUVIERE 578 FTE
- 9 PROFERRO 574 FTE
- 10 AURUBIS BEERSE 445 FTE
Positions in 2024
- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM 5,879 FTE
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUM 2,050 FTE
- 3 INDUSTEEL Belgium 948 FTE
- 4 Aluminium Duffel 884 FTE
- 5 AURUBIS OLEN 692 FTE
- 6 NYRSTAR BELGIUM 630 FTE
- 7 voestalpine SADEF 600 FTE
- 8 NLMK LA LOUVIERE 582 FTE
- 9 PROFERRO 540 FTE
- 10 AURUBIS BEERSE 463 FTE
Positions in 2025
- 1 ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM 5,839 FTE
- 2 APERAM STAINLESS BELGIUM 2,082 FTE
- 3 INDUSTEEL Belgium 920 FTE
- 4 Aluminium Duffel 893 FTE
- 5 AURUBIS OLEN 704 FTE
- 6 NYRSTAR BELGIUM 646 FTE
- 7 NLMK LA LOUVIERE 602 FTE
- 8 voestalpine SADEF 577 FTE
- 9 PROFERRO 516 FTE
- 10 AURUBIS BEERSE 485 FTE
Positions in 2026
- 1 voestalpine SADEF 560 FTE
LIBERTY LIEGE - DUDELANGE (BE) still had 631 FTE in financial year 2022 and was dissolved on 13-04-2022.
The full list
Belgium, Basic metalsTop 50
Largest employers in Belgium, Basic metals sector
Staff (FTE) · 173 companies with a plausible staff figure
Average staff in full-time equivalents from the social balance of the latest annual accounts. Method and sources
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Method and sources
Average staff in full-time equivalents from the social balance of the latest annual accounts. Only figures where staff costs fall between 10,000 and 400,000 euro per FTE; an implausible figure is left out.
- Source
- Annual accounts at the National Bank, KBO
- Financial year
- The latest per company. For 93.6% of the companies that is 2025.
- Companies
- 173 companies with a plausible staff figure
- Not included
- Sole traders, companies in bankruptcy, liquidation or another abnormal situation in the register, and companies without accounts for 2024 or later.
- Over the years
- The lines show the figure of every filed standalone account of today's top 10, up to 9 years back. A company that stopped in those years is shown when it once filed at least today's tenth figure. The year is that of the financial year end.
- Updated
- 13-11-2026