Sports and recreation education: largest employers
123 Belgian companies in the sector (NACE 8551) report employees in recent accounts; here are the top 20. Sportwerk Vlaanderen leads with 113.1 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 | Sportwerk Vlaanderen 9000 Ghent | €8.08m | €4.25m | €6.44m | 113.1 | 2025 |
| 2 | Association Wallonie-Bruxelles de Basket-Ball 1060 Saint-Gilles | €2.64m | — | 657,637 € | 35.2 | 2025 |
| 3 | Centre de Formation sportive 1301 Wavre | €1.60m | — | €1.37m | 33.6 | 2025 |
| 4 | Action Sport 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | €1.20m | — | 818,935 € | 32.5 | 2025 |
| 5 | etterbeek sport 1040 Etterbeek | €1.14m | €1.44m | 561,457 € | 31.9 | 2025 |
| 6 | Basketbal Vlaanderen 9000 Ghent | €6.04m | — | €3.06m | 26.8 | 2025 |
| 7 | Pave Gym 1180 Uccle | 906,331 € | — | 222,822 € | 20.2 | 2025 |
| 8 | Ecole de Sports de l'Université libre de Bruxelles 1050 Brussels | €1.56m | — | 845,032 € | 19.7 | 2025 |
| 9 | Ecole d'escalade Top Rock 4020 Liège | €2.10m | — | 471,322 € | 17.5 | 2025 |
| 10 | Dimension Sport 4651 Herve | 703,669 € | — | 560,578 € | 14.8 | 2024 |
| 11 | Ter Eiken Boechout 2530 Boechout | €5.62m | — | €4.48m | 14.0 | 2025 |
| 12 | Aquastar 9280 Lebbeke | 126,541 € | — | 5,031 € | 13.0 | 2025 |
| 13 | Castors D1 1420 Braine-l'Alleud | 555,204 € | — | −338,681 € | 12.0 | 2025 |
| 14 | Ecole d'Escalade de la Woluwe 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | 334,720 € | — | 8,013 € | 9.0 | 2025 |
| 15 | Vihgo 2000 Antwerp | 194,489 € | — | 8,263 € | 8.0 | 2024 |
| 16 | Coach 1190 Forest | 558,196 € | — | 406,968 € | 6.9 | 2025 |
| 17 | Functional Performance Training 2560 Nijlen | 430,379 € | — | 157,856 € | 6.4 | 2025 |
| 18 | Saint-Gilles Sport 1060 Saint-Gilles | 394,709 € | 253,178 € | 286,597 € | 6.2 | 2025 |
| 19 | MaNiak 1401 Nivelles | 528,713 € | — | 117,460 € | 5.1 | 2025 |
| 20 | GM5 Gym 1040 Etterbeek | 385,831 € | — | 96,885 € | 5.1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
Who is the largest employer in Sports and recreation education?
Sportwerk Vlaanderen, with 113.1 full-time equivalents reported (financial year 2025).
How many Sports and recreation education companies report employees?
123 out of 926, 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.