Belgium: wholesale & retail trade enterprises 2020

In 2020, the number of enterprises in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Belgium increased by 16,301 enterprises (+12.7 percent) since 2019. In total, the number of enterprises amounted to 144,610 enterprises in 2020. Over the observed period, the number of enterprises has been subject to fluctuation.
In accordance with EU REGULATION (EC) No 250/2009 only companies are included here which were active during at least a part of the reference period. It also includes local units (branches) which do not constitute a separate legal entity and which are dependent on foreign enterprises.

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Number of enterprises in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in Belgium from 2009 to 2020

Characteristic	Number of enterprises
2020	144,610
2019	128,309
2018b	141,124
2017	129,262
2016	127,781
2015	136,451
2014	135,675
2013	132,962
2012	148,298
2011	142,954
2010	143,235
2009	136,398

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2009 to 2020

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors).
Number of enterprises: a count of the number of enterprises active during at least a part of the reference period.
Data coverage is for the code G of the NACE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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