Publishing of books: largest employers
116 Belgian companies in the sector (NACE 5811) report employees in recent accounts; here are the top 20. Wolters Kluwer Belgium leads with 545.6 FTE (financial year 2025).
Top 20
Ranked by average headcount (FTE) reported in the latest filed accounts (accounts less than 3 years old).
| # | Company | Total assets | Revenue | Equity | FTE | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolters Kluwer Belgium 2800 Mechelen | €153.6m | €169.8m | €27.7m | 545.6 | 2025 |
| 2 | Lefebvre Belgium 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve | €53.0m | €48.8m | €20.2m | 191.1 | 2025 |
| 3 | Uitgeverij van in 2160 Wommelgem | €30.9m | €60.2m | €13.0m | 167.0 | 2025 |
| 4 | Uitgeverij Lannoo 8700 Tielt | €36.1m | €47.1m | €17.0m | 115.2 | 2025 |
| 5 | Pelckmans Uitgevers 2920 Kalmthout | €22.1m | €42.0m | €9.97m | 93.5 | 2025 |
| 6 | VOKA - Kamer van Koophandel West-Vlaanderen 8500 Kortrijk | €12.8m | €7.11m | €9.99m | 53.9 | 2025 |
| 7 | Dargaud - Lombard 1060 Saint-Gilles | €84.2m | €50.4m | €56.5m | 50.8 | 2025 |
| 8 | Editions Dupuis 6001 Charleroi | €79.4m | €37.1m | −€6.67m | 50.7 | 2025 |
| 9 | Standaard Uitgeverij 2060 Antwerp | €19.0m | €32.5m | €6.20m | 48.4 | 2025 |
| 10 | Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij 2630 Aartselaar | €59.5m | €14.8m | €51.4m | 44.9 | 2025 |
| 11 | Brepols Publishers 2300 Turnhout | €7.61m | €10.1m | €1.95m | 38.7 | 2026 |
| 12 | Lexisnexis 9810 Nazareth-De Pinte | €2.58m | — | €1.49m | 37.1 | 2025 |
| 13 | Clavis 3511 Hasselt | €8.44m | — | €2.34m | 34.3 | 2025 |
| 14 | International Merchandising, Promotion and Services 1332 Rixensart | €39.2m | €19.6m | €15.6m | 34.3 | 2025 |
| 15 | Musee de la Photographie - Centre d'Art Contemporain de la Communaute Francaise. 6032 Charleroi | €1.07m | 361,267 € | 563,421 € | 34.0 | 2025 |
| 16 | Editions Casterman 1000 Brussels | €31.9m | €30.0m | €18.6m | 33.0 | 2025 |
| 17 | Transkript 1731 Asse | €3.00m | — | €2.57m | 29.1 | 2025 |
| 18 | Pantarein Publishing 3150 Haacht | €2.11m | — | 870,565 € | 26.9 | 2025 |
| 19 | Borgerhoff & Lamberigts 9000 Ghent | €8.42m | — | 506,254 € | 25.0 | 2025 |
| 20 | PFR Formations 4960 Malmedy | €1.67m | — | 941,915 € | 23.4 | 2025 |
Headcount reported by the company for all its sites: the jobs may be located elsewhere.
“—”: not published. Small companies (micro and abridged accounts) do not have to publish their revenue.
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Who is the largest employer in Publishing of books?
Wolters Kluwer Belgium, with 545.6 full-time equivalents reported (financial year 2025).
How many Publishing of books companies report employees?
116 out of 396, in accounts less than 3 years old.
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Open the full file →Active companies (legal entities) that have filed at least one set of annual accounts, based on the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and the National Bank of Belgium. The sector is the main activity in the register; the municipality is that of the registered office. Data updated on 13 Nov 2026.