Official Belgian data, explained
Establishment units — Establishments by municipality in Belgium (2023)
This page maps Establishment units — Establishments for one nationally comparable 2023 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Economy
What this indicator measures
Number of establishment units.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2023
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2025
- Measure
- Establishments
- Unit
- count
- Comparable areas
- 564
- Coverage
- 99.8%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 2,612count
- Unweighted area mean
- 4,369count
- Minimum
- 142count
- Maximum
- 119,958count
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 2,612 count. Values extend from 142 to 119,958 count. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 119,958circle area
- 2,612circle area
- 1,543circle area
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 142–5,134 | 449 |
| 5,134–10,127 | 79 |
| 10,127–15,119 | 15 |
| 15,119–20,111 | 8 |
| 20,111–25,104 | 2 |
| 25,104–30,096 | 4 |
| 30,096–35,088 | 2 |
| 35,088–40,081 | 1 |
| 40,081–45,073 | 1 |
| 45,073–50,065 | 0 |
| 50,065–55,058 | 0 |
| 55,058–60,050 | 0 |
| 60,050–65,042 | 1 |
| 65,042–70,035 | 0 |
| 70,035–75,027 | 0 |
| 75,027–80,019 | 1 |
| 80,019–85,012 | 0 |
| 85,012–90,004 | 0 |
| 90,004–94,996 | 0 |
| 94,996–99,989 | 0 |
| 99,989–104,981 | 0 |
| 104,981–109,973 | 0 |
| 109,973–114,966 | 0 |
| 114,966–119,958 | 1 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 564 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Antwerpen | 11002 | 119,958 count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 76,066 count |
| Highest | 3 | Gent | 44021 | 64,138 count |
| Highest | 4 | Liège | 62063 | 41,290 count |
| Highest | 5 | Ixelles | 21009 | 38,617 count |
| Highest | 6 | Charleroi | 52011 | 32,034 count |
| Highest | 7 | Uccle | 21016 | 30,470 count |
| Highest | 8 | Brugge | 31005 | 29,267 count |
| Highest | 9 | Schaerbeek | 21015 | 27,857 count |
| Highest | 10 | Namur | 92094 | 25,374 count |
| Lowest | 564 | Mesen | 33016 | 142 count |
| Lowest | 563 | Martelange | 81013 | 317 count |
| Lowest | 562 | Rouvroy | 85047 | 385 count |
| Lowest | 561 | Daverdisse | 84016 | 404 count |
| Lowest | 560 | Herbeumont | 84029 | 435 count |
| Lowest | 559 | Spiere-Helkijn | 34043 | 439 count |
| Lowest | 558 | Saint-Léger | 85034 | 475 count |
| Lowest | 557 | Horebeke | 45062 | 496 count |
| Lowest | 555 | Lincent | 64047 | 497 count |
| Lowest | 555 | Bever | 23009 | 497 count |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Parent-area counts are sums of the fixed-domain municipality observations; jobs per establishment is recomputed from additive totals.
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