THE IMPORTANCE OF US COMPANIES IN BELGIUM

  1. 900 majority-owned US groups active in Belgium directly employ 140 000 employees which represents 4.3% of the total private sector employment in the country.
  2. The US Top 50- the largest US companies in Belgium directly employ 85 000 people
  3. US companies based in Belgium generate over € 100 billion in annual sales
  4. US companies based in Belgium invest € 2 billion annually in Research & Development . US companies contribute significantly to the success of Belgium’s innovation-driven economy. They account for approximately one-third of total private sector R&D investment and directly employ more than 5,000 people in R&D in Belgium
  5. Total investment stock in Belgium: € 48 billion (2014). The US is the largest source of foreign direct investment in Belgium
  6. US exports to Belgium amount to over € 40 billion. The US is Belgium’s 4th largest source of imports and the most important outside of the EU

US TOP 50 COMPANIES IN BELGIUM

Based on Number of Employees

  1. Manpower Group
  2. Johnson & Johnson (Jansen Pharmaceutical)
  3. Ford
  4. Caterpillar
  5. Mc Donald’s
  6. Coca Cola
  7. Robert Half
  8. Mondelez International
  9. Baxter
  10. Temco (Euroclean)
  11. ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical
  12. Hewlett Packard
  13. Procter & Gamble
  14. Mohawk (Unilin)
  15. Pfizer
  16. Paccar (DAF Trucks)
  17. Nike
  18. IBM
  19. TE Connectivity
  20. Tenneco
  21. UPS
  22. Cargill
  23. Johnson Controls
  24. Merck & Co
  25. PepsiCo
  26. Aleris
  27. Accenture
  28. Estée Lauder
  29. DuPont
  30. General Electric
  31. Fedex
  32. Carlson (Radisson, Carlson Wagonlit Travel)
  33. VF Europe
  34. Monsanto
  35. Eastman (Solutia-Taminco)
  36. McKesson
  37. Bershire Hathaway (Chemtool, Heinz, Lubrizol, Roxell)
  38. Kellogg’s (Pringles)
  39. ON Semiconductor
  40. CEVA
  41. The Bank of New York Mellon
  42. Cisco Systems
  43. WhiteWave (Alpro)
  44. 3M
  45. Honeywell
  46. Dow Corning
  47. UTC (Carrier, Otis, Pratt & Whitney)
  48. Becton Dickinson
  49. Aramark
  50. CSC

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