G 46
Wholesalers of food, building materials, machinery, ICT and consumer goods, importers and exporters and independent commercial agents: for logistics providers, software vendors, packaging companies and manufacturers looking for a distributor.
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: 43,658 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 46 wholesale trade (except motor vehicles), including agents involved in the sale of goods (46.1). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
The industry corresponds to NACE-BEL division 46: wholesale trade and trade intermediation, except trade in motor vehicles. The difference from retail lies in the customer: a wholesaler sells to businesses, not to consumers.
Group 46.1 covers commercial agents and intermediaries. They are often sole traders or small companies selling on behalf of a manufacturer, without a warehouse of their own.
| NACE-BEL 2008 | Official title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 46.1 | Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | commercial agents and intermediaries; often self-employed |
| 46.3 | Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco | food, drinks, fruit and vegetables, catering wholesale |
| 46.4 | Wholesale of household goods | textiles, household appliances, pharmaceutical goods |
| 46.5 | Wholesale of information and communication equipment | computers, electronics and telecoms |
| 46.6 | Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies | agricultural, construction and industrial machinery, office furniture |
| 46.73 | Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment | builders’ merchants and sanitary wholesalers |
There is no professional register for wholesale. What matters is the difference between the registered office of the business and its establishments.
These 14 columns are included.
Division 46 is broad: a fruit and vegetable wholesaler has nothing in common with a distributor of industrial bearings. Select by group or class (46.3, 46.6 …) rather than the whole division, unless you sell a service every wholesaler needs, such as transport or packaging.
Many distribution centres are located around the ports of Antwerp and Ghent and along the main transport corridors. A selection by province or postcode shows where the warehouses are, regardless of the registered office.
Wholesalers are mostly companies. Under the Royal Decree of 4 April 2003, an email without consent to an impersonal address such as sales@ or info@ of a legal entity is allowed if the offer is intended for legal entities, with an unsubscribe option. Commercial agents working as sole traders are not covered by that exception.
We offer warehousing and distribution from a site near Ghent and are looking for food and household goods wholesalers (46.3 and 46.4) in East and West Flanders with a website, for a letter followed by a phone call. Please exclude agents without a warehouse.
Use cases
Select wholesalers in one province for an offer of warehouse space.
Write to wholesalers of one product group with a product proposal.
Load medium-sized wholesalers with a website into the CRM.
Find distribution centres by postcode for field sales.
Questions
Yes, on request, based on the category and the name in the source (in the statistics, group 46.1). Our records do not yet carry a NACE-BEL code; before quoting we tell you how reliable this selection is. Many agents are sole traders, so their data are personal data. For them a letter, or a telephone campaign after checking the Do Not Call Me list, are the suitable channels, not email without consent.
That depends on the category and the name in the source; our records do not yet carry a NACE-BEL code or a main activity. Tell us in your request which product groups you are looking for; before quoting we tell you how reliable this selection is.
The export shows addresses as they appear in the source, usually the establishment where the business operates. If you only want registered offices, say so before we quote and we will check what the source allows.
43,658 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 46 wholesale trade (except motor vehicles), including agents involved in the sale of goods (46.1). This is a figure from official statistics, not the size of our dataset.
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