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Architects, engineering consultancies and engineers in Belgium

Architectural practices, structural and building services consultancies, surveyors and inspection bodies: for building materials manufacturers, software vendors and publishers who want to reach specifiers per province with documentation or an invitation.

Our Belgian database holds 779,149 records (as of 5 November 2026); they are not yet assigned to industries. The quote states the size available for this industry.

Export of the whole industry: €429 (excluding VAT). Selections by province, municipality or your own filters are quoted on request.

Official statistics: 33,059 businesses in Belgium according to Eurostat, Structural Business Statistics (sbs_ovw_act), number of enterprises (reference year 2024, Eurostat update of 30 September 2026, retrieved on 4 November 2026). Division 71 architectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis. This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.

What counts as Architects and engineering firms

The industry is division 71 of NACE-BEL 2008: architects (71.11), engineers and technical consultants (71.12) and technical testing and analysis (71.2). Contractors and installers who build themselves are under Construction and installation.

For manufacturers, architects and engineering consultancies are specifiers: they choose materials and techniques before a contractor is appointed. That makes the industry small in numbers but important for product information and training.

NACE-BEL 2008Official titleNote
71.11Architectural activitiesarchitectural practices and architects in their own name
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancystructural and building services consultancies, surveyors, project management
71.2Technical testing and analysisinspection bodies, laboratories and testing

Professional registers for architects and surveyors

In Belgium architects and surveyors (landmeters-experten) have their own professional body with a list of registered practitioners. These lists are meant for checking one person.

Order of Architects
Practising architects are registered on the roll of the Order of Architects (Orde van Architecten / Ordre des Architectes). We do not use that list as a source.
Surveyors
Surveyors are registered with their federal council. We do not use that list as a source either.
CBE (KBO)
Every practice has an enterprise number, including an architect in their own name. The KBO Public Search shows one business at a time. We do not use the CBE as a source, because downloading KBO Open Data requires registration.

Not in the export

  • registration with the Order and the roll number
  • reference projects and current commissions
  • specialism (housing, non-residential, renovation)
  • number of staff and turnover
  • names of the architects or engineers

These 14 columns are included.

Architect in own name or practice

A large share of architects work alone or with a few staff, often in their own name or through a small architectural company. For an architect in their own name the details are personal data: a letter with documentation is possible, with the information under Article 14 GDPR and the right to object.

An email without consent may only go to an impersonal address of a legal entity, with an offer intended for legal entities (Royal Decree of 4 April 2003). In small practices the general address often still belongs to one person. For email, choose only “algemeen” (general) in the e_mail_type column, check whether the name of a small practice contains a company form (BV, NV …) and expect fewer addresses than records.

Engineering consultancies (71.12) are larger on average and more often have a general address. For technical product information they are a target group of their own: ask for architects and engineering consultancies separately.

Example request

We manufacture façade cladding and are looking for architectural practices (71.11) and engineering consultancies (71.12) in East Flanders, West Flanders and Hainaut with a website, for a letter with our new sample book. How many records is that?

Use cases

Who uses lists like this

Building materials manufacturers

Sample books and technical documentation by letter to specifiers in a province.

Design and calculation software

Invite engineering consultancies and architects per region to a demo.

Training and study days

Invitations to continuing education, with a French version for Brussels and Wallonia.

Inspection and certification

Know the inspection bodies per province for a partnership.

Questions

Architects and engineering firms: frequently asked questions

Yes, on request, based on the category and the name in the source (in the statistics, class 71.11). Our records do not yet carry a NACE-BEL code; before quoting we tell you how reliable this selection is.

No. The roll is for checking whether someone is registered as an architect. We do not use it and the export contains no registration number.

Without consent only to a general address of an architectural company, with an unsubscribe option in every message (Royal Decree of 4 April 2003). An architect in their own name requires consent. More in the guide B2B email marketing in Belgium.

33,059 businesses in Belgium according to Eurostat, Structural Business Statistics (sbs_ovw_act), number of enterprises (reference year 2024, Eurostat update of 30 September 2026, retrieved on 4 November 2026). Division 71 architectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis. This is a figure from official statistics, not the size of our dataset.

Format, sources, price and the rules for email and phone marketing in Belgium: questions about all industries.

Which specifiers in which province?