72 NACE 2025
Scientific research and development
6,284 companies and associations have this main activity in Belgium (NACE code 72).
Detailed activities
Municipalities where this activity is most common
- Gent (9000) 361
- Bruxelles (1000) 301
- Antwerpen (2000) 248
- Leuven (3000) 215
- Ixelles (1050) 176
- Liège (4000) 173
- Uccle (1180) 113
- Charleroi (6000) 109
- Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (1348) 107
- Hasselt (3500) 85
- Etterbeek (1040) 73
- Namur (5000) 64
- Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (1200) 62
- Gembloux (5030) 61
- Waterloo (1410) 61
- Mons (7000) 59
- Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (1150) 58
- Anderlecht (1070) 57
- Mechelen (2800) 53
- Kortrijk (8500) 50
- Aalst (9300) 49
- Auderghem (1160) 49
- Wavre (1300) 47
- Schaerbeek (1030) 46
- Brugge (8000) 43
- Nivelles (1400) 43
- Zaventem (1930) 43
- Deinze (9800) 42
- Merelbeke-Melle (9820) 41
- Roeselare (8800) 39
Source: BCE (Crossroads Bank for Enterprises), open data of the FPS Economy.