Official Belgian data, explained
VAT-registered enterprises by legal form by municipality in Belgium (2024)
This page maps VAT-registered enterprises by legal form 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
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2025
- Measure
- VAT-registered enterprises by legal form
- Unit
- enterprises
- Comparable areas
- 565
- Coverage
- 100%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 1,324enterprises
- Unweighted area mean
- 2,071enterprises
- Minimum
- 21enterprises
- Maximum
- 56,840enterprises
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 1,324 enterprises. Values extend from 21 to 56,840 enterprises. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 56,840circle area
- 1,324circle area
- 767circle area
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 21–2,388 | 434 |
| 2,388–4,756 | 96 |
| 4,756–7,123 | 16 |
| 7,123–9,491 | 7 |
| 9,491–11,858 | 5 |
| 11,858–14,226 | 3 |
| 14,226–16,593 | 1 |
| 16,593–18,961 | 0 |
| 18,961–21,328 | 0 |
| 21,328–23,696 | 1 |
| 23,696–26,063 | 0 |
| 26,063–28,431 | 0 |
| 28,431–30,798 | 0 |
| 30,798–33,165 | 1 |
| 33,165–35,533 | 0 |
| 35,533–37,900 | 0 |
| 37,900–40,268 | 0 |
| 40,268–42,635 | 0 |
| 42,635–45,003 | 0 |
| 45,003–47,370 | 0 |
| 47,370–49,738 | 0 |
| 49,738–52,105 | 0 |
| 52,105–54,473 | 0 |
| 54,473–56,840 | 1 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Antwerpen | 11002 | 56,840 enterprises |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Gent | 44021 | 32,141 enterprises |
| Highest | 3 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 22,638 enterprises |
| Highest | 4 | Ixelles | 21009 | 15,255 enterprises |
| Highest | 5 | Brugge | 31005 | 13,751 enterprises |
| Highest | 6 | Liège | 62063 | 13,707 enterprises |
| Highest | 7 | Hasselt | 71072 | 11,905 enterprises |
| Highest | 8 | Uccle | 21016 | 11,636 enterprises |
| Highest | 9 | Leuven | 24062 | 10,734 enterprises |
| Highest | 10 | Charleroi | 52011 | 10,474 enterprises |
| Lowest | 565 | Herstappe | 73028 | 21 enterprises |
| Lowest | 564 | Mesen | 33016 | 72 enterprises |
| Lowest | 563 | Martelange | 81013 | 108 enterprises |
| Lowest | 562 | Daverdisse | 84016 | 135 enterprises |
| Lowest | 561 | Rouvroy | 85047 | 137 enterprises |
| Lowest | 560 | Herbeumont | 84029 | 149 enterprises |
| Lowest | 559 | Saint-Léger | 85034 | 194 enterprises |
| Lowest | 558 | Meix-devant-Virton | 85024 | 203 enterprises |
| Lowest | 557 | Musson | 85026 | 206 enterprises |
| Lowest | 556 | Fauvillers | 82009 | 222 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 legal form and NACE section; net balance and rates are derived only after the selected filters and geography are aggregated.
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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