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52 - WAREHOUSING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION Companies in Belgium

Approximately 29,213 real businesses classified under 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation in Belgium, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.

NACEBEL 2008 52
Sector Overview — Belgium

Approximately 29,213 real businesses classified under 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation operate in Belgium. Covers companies officially classified under NACEBEL 2008 code 52 (Warehousing and support activities for transportation), part of Belgium's NACEBEL 2008 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Transportation and Storage sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Transportation and Storage in Belgium.

38 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.

Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Transportation and Storage companies in Belgium follow the same national framework as every other sector there.

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Top 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation Companies in Belgium

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Data Coverage

Record counts for SIC Code H in Belgium, as of the last reconciliation.

115,021
Total Companies
87,782
Currently Active
76%

Section H is 3% of the Belgium register by entity count and its 14th largest sector — see all sectors.

Analysis

What this data actually tells you

Transportation and Storage in Belgium is licensed activity administered by FOD Mobiliteit en Transport (the Federal Public Service for Mobility and Transport). Any natural person or company transporting goods for third parties using a vehicle with a payload over 500kg needs a vervoervergunning (transport licence), an original document that must be kept at the company’s headquarters. Obtaining it requires passing a professional-qualification exam — practically organised by the ITLB — and providing a financial guarantee of €9,000 for the first vehicle plus €5,000 for each additional one.

The licence also carries a trustworthiness condition: the company itself, the people responsible for daily management, and the named transport manager must not have committed serious violations of transport legislation, a condition that can disqualify an applicant regardless of its financial standing. For verification, a Belgian haulier’s company registration says nothing about its actual authority to transport goods — that depends on holding a current vervoervergunning, and confirming the licence’s existence at the company’s registered headquarters is a real, checkable step.

Belgium Transportation and Storage, by the register

Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.

Entities by sub-sector

49 Land transport and transport via pipelines
57,015
50 Water transport
15,485
51 Air transport
4,620
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation
29,213
53 Postal and courier activities
25,300

SIC division level, live from official registries.

Active vs. inactive

76% active

Section H entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.

Company size, by disclosed headcount

0
26,722
1-9
81,384
10-49
5,712
50+
1,148

By number of employees on file, Section H, Belgium. 55 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.

Who uses Belgium transportation and storage ownership data

The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.

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Vervoervergunning (transport licence) verification

Any person or company professionally transporting goods for third parties with a vehicle payload over 500kg needs a vervoervergunning, kept as an original document at the company’s headquarters — a distinct authorisation from company registration issued by FOD Mobiliteit en Transport.

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Professional qualification and financial-guarantee check

Obtaining the licence requires passing a professional-qualification exam (practically organised by ITLB) and providing a financial guarantee of €9,000 for the first vehicle plus €5,000 for each additional one — real, checkable prerequisites beyond ordinary company registration.

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Trustworthiness condition check

The company itself, its daily-management personnel and its transport manager must not have committed serious violations of transport legislation — a trustworthiness condition that can disqualify an otherwise financially and technically qualified applicant.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many companies are classified under 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation in Belgium?

Approximately 29,213 businesses are classified under 52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation in Belgium.

What does NACEBEL 2008 code 52 cover?

52 - Warehousing and support activities for transportation is the official name for this activity under Belgium's NACEBEL 2008 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Transportation and Storage sector.

How is this different from the broader Transportation and Storage category?

Transportation and Storage is the top-level sector; NACEBEL 2008 code 52 identifies one specific activity within it, letting you narrow a search to exactly this business type rather than the whole sector.

What ownership information is available for these companies?

The same beneficial-ownership, shareholder and officer disclosure framework applies as for any other company in Belgium, regardless of its specific activity classification. See the individual company profile for the full ownership picture, or the Transportation and Storage sector overview for the general national framework.

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