Business succession index · 🇧🇪 Belgium · West Flanders
Opticians, galleries and other specialist shops in West Flanders: business succession
Opticians, galleries and other specialist shops in West Flanders: of 402 active companies, 19.9% have been registered for 30 years or more (Belgium: 20.5%). That ranks 5 of 7 regions for this trade.
Opticians, galleries and other specialist shops across Belgium
| Region | Companies | 30 yrs+ | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Flanders | 380 | 96 | 25.3% |
| Brussels | 612 | 137 | 22.4% |
| Antwerp | 573 | 122 | 21.3% |
| Liège | 326 | 68 | 20.9% |
| West Flanders | 402 | 80 | 19.9% |
| Hainaut | 331 | 60 | 18.1% |
| Flemish Brabant | 293 | 44 | 15% |
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.