Foreign affiliates of Belgian companies [BELMOFI]

The Federal Planning Bureau (FPB) developed the “BELMOFI” database using information on the foreign branches of Belgian companies.  Currently, the database contains three observation periods:  1995, 2001 and 2005.  All information about the development and the main results of this database is available in Working Paper 23-08.

The most important data presented in table form in the database are:

• Belgian enterprise groups and their affiliates abroad, in 1995, 2001 and 2005 (Table 22 of the publication);
• Number of foreign affiliates of Belgian companies in different countries in 1995, 2001 and 2005 (table in Annex 1 of the publication);
• Top 10 enterprise groups in 1995, 2001 and 2005 (Table 24 of the publication);
• Overview of the activities of the Belgian affiliates abroad in 2005 (Table 9 of the publication);
• Top 30 Belgian groups according to the number of employees in their foreign affiliates in 2005 (Table 19 of the publication);
• Countries where Belgium is among the top 20 foreign investors with a share of more than 0.3% of foreign investment, 2005 or latest available year (Table 31 of the publication).