The status of the database is shown on the database status page. Venues the source marks as permanently closed are left out on request; takeovers without a change of name remain hard to detect.
I 55 · I 56 · N 79
Restaurants, brasseries, cafés, chip shops (frituren), hotels and B&Bs, campsites, caterers and travel agencies: for breweries, wholesalers, till system vendors, ordering platforms and insurers who want to visit or write to venues per municipality.
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: 59,331 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). Divisions 55 accommodation (6,418), 56 food and beverage service (50,738) and 79 travel agencies and tour operators (2,175) combined. This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
Hospitality is section I of NACE-BEL 2008: division 55 for accommodation and division 56 for food and beverage service. Travel agencies and tour operators (79) belong to support services in the statistics; they are included here because the same suppliers approach them.
No other industry changes operators as quickly. Our source marks venues that have closed permanently; for a hospitality list, choose active records only and do not leave the list unused for months before your campaign.
| NACE-BEL 2008 | Official title | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 55.1 | Hotels and similar accommodation | hotels and aparthotels |
| 55.2 | Holiday and other short-stay accommodation | B&Bs, holiday homes, youth hostels |
| 55.3 | Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks | campsites and holiday parks with pitches |
| 56.1 | Restaurants and mobile food service activities | restaurants, brasseries, chip shops, snack bars and food trucks |
| 56.2 | Event catering and other food service activities | caterers and staff restaurants |
| 56.3 | Beverage serving activities | cafés, bars and tearooms |
| 79 | Travel agency, tour operator and reservation services | travel agencies and tour operators |
Hospitality businesses are registered with several authorities. These registrations serve inspection purposes and are not a source for prospecting.
These 14 columns are included.
On the coast and in the Ardennes some venues only open in season. A letter sent in winter reaches them less well; plan campaigns aimed at tourist municipalities in spring.
Many cafés and chip shops are run by a self-employed person in their own name. Their details are personal data: email then requires consent, even to a general address. Without consent, email may only go to impersonal addresses of legal entities, with an offer intended for legal entities (Royal Decree of 4 April 2003).
Calling hospitality businesses is allowed if you check the numbers against the Do Not Call Me list beforehand. Avoid peak hours; in this industry a letter or a visit often works better.
We distribute craft beers and are looking for cafés and brasseries (56.3 and 56.1) in Ghent, Bruges and the coastal municipalities, active venues with a website only, for a visit by our sales representative. How many records is that?
Use cases
Visit planning per municipality for sales representatives, active venues only.
Letters to restaurants and chip shops in a region with a demo offer.
Estimate the market per province for a new depot.
Write to hotels and B&Bs in tourist municipalities with an offer for their guests.
Questions
The status of the database is shown on the database status page. Venues the source marks as permanently closed are left out on request; takeovers without a change of name remain hard to detect.
Yes, on request, based on the category and the name in the source (in the statistics, division 55). Our records do not yet carry a NACE-BEL code; before quoting we tell you how reliable this selection is. Combine it with the province or a list of municipalities, for example the coastal municipalities or the province of Luxembourg.
Yes. The database covers the whole of Belgium; in Brussels and Wallonia most venues work in French. Split the list by region if you write in two languages.
59,331 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). Divisions 55 accommodation (6,418), 56 food and beverage service (50,738) and 79 travel agencies and tour operators (2,175) combined. 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.