Official Belgian data, explained
VAT-registered enterprises by employment class by province in Belgium (2024)
This page maps VAT-registered enterprises by employment class for one nationally comparable 2024 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Business
What this indicator measures
Enterprises still subject to VAT on 31 December, by head-office geography. Filters are applied before aggregation.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2024
- Geography
- provinces
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2025
- Measure
- VAT-registered enterprises by employment class
- Unit
- enterprises
- Comparable areas
- 11
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 94,292enterprises
- Unweighted area mean
- 106,365enterprises
- Minimum
- 23,440enterprises
- Maximum
- 202,193enterprises
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 94,292 enterprises. Values extend from 23,440 to 202,193 enterprises. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 202,193circle area
- 94,292circle area
- 69,896circle area
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 23,440–83,024 | 3 |
| 83,024–142,609 | 5 |
| 142,609–202,193 | 3 |
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provinces
Highest and lowest values
From 11 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Provincie Antwerpen | 10000 | 202,193 enterprises |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | 40000 | 171,424 enterprises |
| Highest | 3 | Provincie West-Vlaanderen | 30000 | 148,653 enterprises |
| Highest | 4 | Provincie Vlaams-Brabant | 20001 | 130,833 enterprises |
| Highest | 5 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale | 04000 | 122,725 enterprises |
| Highest | 6 | Provincie Limburg | 70000 | 94,292 enterprises |
| Highest | 7 | Province du Hainaut | 50000 | 90,576 enterprises |
| Highest | 8 | Province de Liège | 60000 | 89,330 enterprises |
| Highest | 9 | Province du Brabant wallon | 20002 | 50,462 enterprises |
| Highest | 10 | Province de Namur | 90000 | 46,082 enterprises |
| Lowest | 11 | Province du Luxembourg | 80000 | 23,440 enterprises |
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.
Counts are additive over employment-size class and NACE section; the employment class is based consistently on fourth-quarter employment after Statbel's 2018 revision.
MS_NUM_VAT is the stock still subject to VAT on 31 December. Starts/stops are transitions between the previous and current 31 December snapshots, not sums of monthly events.
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