36 - WATER COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND SUPPLY Companies in Belgium
Approximately 461 real businesses classified under 36 - Water collection, treatment and supply in Belgium, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 461 real businesses classified under 36 - Water collection, treatment and supply operate in Belgium. Covers companies officially classified under NACEBEL 2008 code 36 (Water collection, treatment and supply), part of Belgium's NACEBEL 2008 classification of economic activities. This division is one of the sub-sectors making up the broader Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation sector. Ownership, beneficial-ownership disclosure and company-registration rules for businesses under this specific activity code follow the same general framework that applies across Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation in Belgium.
8 companies under this specific code are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation companies in Belgium follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Belgium beneficial ownership overviewTop 36 - Water collection, treatment and supply Companies in Belgium
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code E in Belgium, as of the last reconciliation.
Section E is 0% of the Belgium register by entity count and its 16th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation in Belgium runs on three separate regional environmental-permitting systems rather than one national framework. Flanders merged its environmental permit, building permit and subdivision permit into a single omgevingsvergunning on 23 February 2017 — and unlike the previous environmental permit, it’s now valid indefinitely, with no renewal application required. Wallonia runs its own permis d’environnement, similarly combined with the building permit into one application filed with the relevant municipality, while Brussels operates its own separate permitting regime through Leefmilieu Brussel.
Waste management is explicitly one of the activity categories requiring these permits, alongside agriculture, automotive, leisure and general industry. For verification, a Belgian water or waste operator’s actual environmental authorisation depends on checking the specific regional system it falls under — Flanders, Wallonia or Brussels — and, for Flemish operators specifically, confirming the omgevingsvergunning’s indefinite validity means an older-looking permit date isn’t itself a red flag the way an expired renewal might be elsewhere.
Belgium Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation, by the register
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Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section E entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section E, Belgium.
Who uses Belgium water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Regional environmental-permit system check
Belgium has three separate environmental-permit systems, one per region: Flanders’ omgevingsvergunning (merging environmental, building and subdivision permits since February 2017), Wallonia’s permis d’environnement (combined with the building permit into one application), and Brussels’ own regime — confirming a waste or water operator’s permit means checking the right regional system.
Flemish permit indefinite-validity check
Since the 2017 merger, Flanders’ omgevingsvergunning is valid indefinitely, with no renewal application required — a structural difference from jurisdictions requiring periodic permit renewal, worth knowing when assessing a Flemish operator’s compliance history.
Single-application efficiency vs. scope verification
Wallonia’s combined environmental-and-building permit means a single application covers both aspects — but confirming a waste operator’s actual authorised activity still requires checking what that single permit specifically covers, not just that a permit exists.
Sub-sectors within Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Belgium company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many companies are classified under 36 - Water collection, treatment and supply in Belgium?
Approximately 461 businesses are classified under 36 - Water collection, treatment and supply in Belgium.
What does NACEBEL 2008 code 36 cover?
36 - Water collection, treatment and supply is the official name for this activity under Belgium's NACEBEL 2008 classification of economic activities. It is a sub-category within the broader Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation sector.
How is this different from the broader Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation category?
Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation is the top-level sector; NACEBEL 2008 code 36 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 Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation sector overview for the general national framework.
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