Largest employers in Dessel
This ranking lists the companies in Dessel with the most staff, according to their latest annual accounts.
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Municipalities with the most companies with a balance sheet
- Antwerp 26,583
- Ghent 13,498
- Brussels 13,106
- Ixelles 9,096
- Uccle 6,860
- Liège 6,202
- Hasselt 5,902
- Bruges 5,557
- Leuven 5,024
- Anderlecht 4,704
- Kortrijk 4,652
- Namur 4,423
Rankings by province
Dessel
municipality in the province of Antwerp, 9,892 inhabitants- 1BELGOPROCESS348 FTE
- 2SMET-F & C199 FTE
- 3SMET GWT EUROPE152 FTE
- 1N.Z.M.€826m
- 2DOCKX HOLDING€105m
- 3DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN€82m
- 1N.Z.M.€822m
- 2DOCKX HOLDING€82m
- 3U.S.G. Invest€49m
- 1Afval Alternatief+18.1% a year
- 2ECOFUSION+13.1% a year
- 3UNIDOOR+11.7% a year
- 1De Kempenvrienden1943
- 2K.F.C. Dessel Sport1968
- 3SMET - TUNNELLING1968
- 1Palo Alto Networks Belgium€401,500
- 2VMware Belgium€387,100
- 3Nutanix Belgium€371,100
- 1Water transport€105,600
- 2Chemicals€95,900
- 3Computer and electronic products€94,100
Largest employers in Dessel, over the years
today's top 10, annual accounts filed 2020 to 2025Positions in 2020
- 1 BELGOPROCESS 329 FTE
- 2 SMET-F & C 192 FTE
- 3 DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN 140 FTE
- 4 SMET GWT EUROPE 133 FTE
- 5 SMET - BORING 97.1 FTE
- 6 SMET - TUNNELLING 89.5 FTE
- 7 J.T. Transport 77.3 FTE
- 8 DECKX ELEKTRO MECHANICA 69.1 FTE
- 9 Artem 67.4 FTE
- 10 Afval Alternatief 46.7 FTE
Positions in 2021
- 1 BELGOPROCESS 347 FTE
- 2 SMET-F & C 200 FTE
- 3 DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN 143 FTE
- 4 SMET GWT EUROPE 138 FTE
- 5 SMET - BORING 98.7 FTE
- 6 SMET - TUNNELLING 87.3 FTE
- 7 J.T. Transport 79.3 FTE
- 8 DECKX ELEKTRO MECHANICA 70.2 FTE
- 9 Artem 69.8 FTE
- 10 Afval Alternatief 53.3 FTE
Positions in 2022
- 1 BELGOPROCESS 351 FTE
- 2 SMET-F & C 198 FTE
- 3 DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN 137 FTE
- 4 SMET GWT EUROPE 136 FTE
- 5 SMET - BORING 97.5 FTE
- 6 SMET - TUNNELLING 81.5 FTE
- 7 J.T. Transport 80.6 FTE
- 8 DECKX ELEKTRO MECHANICA 74.3 FTE
- 9 Artem 69.5 FTE
- 10 Afval Alternatief 67.0 FTE
Positions in 2023
- 1 BELGOPROCESS 362 FTE
- 2 SMET-F & C 191 FTE
- 3 DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN 142 FTE
- 4 SMET GWT EUROPE 139 FTE
- 5 SMET - BORING 99.0 FTE
- 6 Afval Alternatief 77.8 FTE
- 7 SMET - TUNNELLING 76.4 FTE
- 8 Artem 71.7 FTE
- 9 DECKX ELEKTRO MECHANICA 71.6 FTE
- 10 J.T. Transport 65.9 FTE
Positions in 2024
- 1 BELGOPROCESS 347 FTE
- 2 SMET-F & C 187 FTE
- 3 SMET GWT EUROPE 143 FTE
- 4 DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN 139 FTE
- 5 Afval Alternatief 102 FTE
- 6 SMET - BORING 102 FTE
- 7 DECKX ELEKTRO MECHANICA 88.1 FTE
- 8 SMET - TUNNELLING 71.9 FTE
- 9 Artem 69.9 FTE
- 10 J.T. Transport 55.9 FTE
Positions in 2025
- 1 BELGOPROCESS 348 FTE
- 2 SMET-F & C 199 FTE
- 3 SMET GWT EUROPE 152 FTE
- 4 DECKX ALGEMENE ONDERNEMINGEN 143 FTE
- 5 Afval Alternatief 110 FTE
- 6 SMET - BORING 101 FTE
- 7 DECKX ELEKTRO MECHANICA 99.1 FTE
- 8 SMET - TUNNELLING 72.7 FTE
- 9 Artem 69.6 FTE
- 10 J.T. Transport 56.4 FTE
The full list
DesselTop 25
Largest employers in Dessel
Staff (FTE) · 81 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 97.5% of the companies that is 2025.
- Companies
- 81 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
- 15-11-2026