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