Business succession index · 🇧🇪 Belgium · West Flanders
Fuel, metals and building materials wholesalers in West Flanders: business succession
Fuel, metals and building materials wholesalers in West Flanders: of 764 active companies, 34.2% have been registered for 30 years or more (Belgium: 30.2%). That ranks 3 of 9 regions for this trade.
Fuel, metals and building materials wholesalers across Belgium
| Region | Companies | 30 yrs+ | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Flanders | 789 | 290 | 36.8% |
| Antwerp | 1,861 | 646 | 34.7% |
| West Flanders | 764 | 261 | 34.2% |
| Flemish Brabant | 606 | 191 | 31.5% |
| Brussels | 469 | 141 | 30.1% |
| Limburg | 477 | 135 | 28.3% |
| Liège | 614 | 157 | 25.6% |
| Hainaut | 502 | 122 | 24.3% |
| Namur | 329 | 58 | 17.6% |
Methodology
Share of ACTIVE companies with a recorded industry code that have been registered for 30 years or more. A long unchanged registration is an indicator of an approaching handover, not a statement that any company is for sale. Divisions with fewer than 50 companies are omitted, as are divisions where fewer than 5 companies carry the signal.
A trade is a group of official industry classes (NACE); a company counts under the class it registered. Only region and trade combinations with at least 250 companies are published. Source: The KBO licence (Art (snapshot 2026-09-19), licensed under KBO/BCE open data.
Aggregates only — no individual company is ever shown publicly with a succession indicator.