List of the largest companies in Belgium
The list of the largest companies in Belgium includes the largest publicly traded companies in Belgium published by Forbes Magazine in the Forbes Global 2000 list .
The ranking of the annual list of the 2000 largest publicly traded companies in the world is calculated from a combination of sales , net profit , assets and market value . The placements of the companies in the equally weighted categories were added together to form a rank. The table also shows the headquarters , the industry and the number of employees. Figures are in billions of dollars and relate to fiscal 2015.
| rank |
Forbes 2000 |
Surname |
Headquarters |
Revenue ($ billion) |
Profit ($ billion) |
Assets ($ billion) |
Market Value ($ billion) |
Employee |
Branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 57. | Anheuser-Busch InBev | Lions | 47.1 | 9.2 | 144.9 | 204.6 | 120,000 | brewery |
| 2. | 260. | KBC Group | Antwerp | 14.6 | 2.3 | 317.8 | 27.0 | 50,000 | Banks , insurance companies |
| 3. | 946. | Solvay Group | Brussels | 14.3 | 0.11 | 21.7 | 12.6 | 28,000 | Chemical industry |
| 4th | 961 | Proximus | Brussels | 7.9 | 0.87 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 18,135 | telecommunications |
| 5. | 977. | Banque Nat de Belgique | Brussels | 2.2 | 1.3 | 107.3 | 1.5 | Central banks | |
| 6th | 1027. | Delhaize Group | Brussels | 28.7 | 0.12 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 137,800 | Grocery retail |
| 7th | 1313. | Colruyt | Hall | 12.0 | 0.48 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 20,300 | retail trade |
| 8th. | 1489. | Dexia | Brussels | ?? | −0.80 | 299.0 | 2.4 | 36,500 | Banks |
| 9. | 1641. | UCB | Brussels | 3.9 | 0.28 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 12,000 | Pharmaceutical industry |
| 10. | 1970. | Umicore | Brussels | 11.7 | 0.23 | 4.7 | 4.62 | 14,800 | Material technology |
| 10. | 1671. | D'Ieteren | Brussels | 8.71 | 0.18 | 7.91 | 0.69 | 26,000 | automobile |