The most attractive employers in Belgium

GSK is the most attractive employer among the 30 largest and most visible companies Caliber tracks in Belgium, at 43% for 2026, ahead of Port of Antwerp-Bruges at 37%.

13,359

responses in the Belgium

companies tracked

Jan–Jul

data collection period

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Three takeaways from the Belgium Top 30 employer attractiveness scores in 2026

GSK is Belgium’s most attractive employer in 2026 at 43%, up 8 points year on year.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges enters the ranking as Belgium’s second most attractive employer, at 37%.

Among companies with low familiarity, Syensqo scores highest at 46% (+5), with UCB next at 37%.

Belgium's Top 30 — 2026 Employer Attractiveness Ranking

Employer Attractiveness is determined by observing the percentage of the informed public (i.e. those familiar with the rated company) that say they are very likely to consider the rated company as a possible place to work. The percentage includes only those answering 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale.

Nr.↕	Company↕	2025↕	2026↕	Change↕	Familiarity↕
1	GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)	35%	43%	+8	17%
2	Port of Antwerp-Bruges	New	37%	—	15%
3	Solvay	33%	33%	—	18%
4	Colruyt Group	32%	32%	—	66%
5	Ahold Delhaize	28%	32%	+4	18%
6	BASF	30%	32%	+2	15%
7	Brussels Airport	32%	31%	-1	58%
8	J&J	31%	30%	-1	28%
9	AG Insurance	26%	28%	+2	44%
10	Lotus Bakeries	27%	27%	—	63%
11	KBC	29%	27%	-2	50%
12	bpost	25%	26%	+1	84%
13	ENGIE	26%	26%	—	63%
14	Ethias	27%	25%	-2	47%
15	BNP Paribas Fortis	24%	25%	+1	62%
16	Belfius	27%	25%	-2	58%
17	D'Ieteren	24%	24%	—	22%
18	NMBS/SNCB	22%	23%	+1	69%
19	Proximus	28%	23%	-5	75%
20	AXA	30%	23%	-7	49%
21	Luminus	21%	22%	+1	55%
22	Orange	32%	22%	-10	67%
23	Carrefour	20%	21%	+1	73%
24	AB InBev	22%	21%	-1	31%
25	ING	30%	21%	-9	56%
26	TotalEnergies	18%	21%	+3	53%
27	Telenet	20%	17%	-3	82%

Ranked separately: companies below 15% familiarity

These companies are known to fewer than 15% of the public. With so few people familiar with them, their scores come from a small and unusually informed group rather than the general public, so they are not directly comparable to the main ranking and are listed separately here.

Nr.↕	Company↕	2025↕	2026↕	Change↕	Familiarity↕
1	Syensqo	41%	46%	+5	4%
2	Spadel	36%	39%	+3	8%
3	UCB	32%	37%	+5	12%

METHODOLOGY

How the ranking is built

Employer Attractiveness is the percentage of the informed public, who say they would consider that company as a place to work.

Respondents rate the statement “If I were looking for a job, I would consider [company] as a place to work” on a 7-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.The score is the share who answer 6 or 7, the two highest levels of agreement.

The 2026 results are based on 13,359 responses representative of the Belgian population, collected daily between January and July 2026 through Caliber’s real-time tracking study. Results can be broken down by age, sex, geography, and occupation.

Why familiarity matters

Familiarity shapes how an Employer Attractiveness score should be read, because the score only counts people who already know the company.

Companies that serve niche audiences, operate in less visible industries, or provide B2B services tend to be less widely known. The people who do know them are more likely to be potential employees, which can lift Employer Attractiveness under this methodology.

Highly familiar companies reach a much broader audience through marketing, media presence, and consumer appeal. A smaller share of that audience are potential employees, which can pull scores in the other direction.

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