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Belgium

Capital: Brussels | Area: 30 500 km² | 
Population (2024): 11.817 mio | GDP (2024): € 614.39 bn

Brand times five
DIY InternationalBrico in Belgium
Brand times five

The Belgian DIY market leader Brico uses five size concepts, from city stores to DIY project stores, but operates as a homogeneous brand. How does that work?

Distribution24. April 2025
It’s complicated
DIY InternationalBelgium
It’s complicated

Three languages, three regions, high regulatory density: the Belgian market is considered challenging. Foreigners find it difficult here. Nevertheless, the Germans…

Distribution24. April 2025
Now a Benelux player
All Fields
Now a Benelux player

Belgian service provider All Fields works for manufacturers and retailers in the DIY sector. Two acquisitions have also opened up the Dutch market for the …

Suppliers24. April 2025
All Fields Benelux takes over brand specialist
Belgian service provider
All Fields Benelux takes over brand specialist

The Belgian service provider All Fields Benelux has taken over the marketing agency SMS Solutions in Brussels. This is the third …

Suppliers14. April 2025
Katoen Natie sees returns as an opportunity
DIY InternationalKatoen Natie
Katoen Natie sees returns as an opportunity

The fact that customers return products can be a challenge, especially for home improvement stores – or a win, says Geraldine Maton of …

Distribution30. December 2024
DIY, Pro & Garden maintains visitor numbers
Trade fair in Kortrijk
DIY, Pro & Garden maintains visitor numbers

The DIY, Pro & Garden trade fair in Kortrijk, Belgium, attracted almost 3 000 trade visitors this year. After more than ten years in…

Events26. March 2024
Competence knows no gender
DIY InternationalSoudal
Competence knows no gender

At Soudal, a family-owned company with a global presence, diversity is not just a goal, but a reality.

Distribution25. March 2024
Katoen Natie has new order-picking system for Intergamma
Auto-Store in Kallo
Katoen Natie has new order-picking system for Intergamma

Belgian logistics service provider Katoen Natie has commissioned a new storage system for Dutch DIY group Intergamma at its…

Suppliers13. October 2023
A new storage and picking system with round-the-clock robots
DIY InternationalPartnership between Katoen Natie and Intergamma
A new storage and picking system with round-the-clock robots

At its multi-customer logistics platform in Kallo, Belgian logistics provider Katoen Natie has implemented the new …

Suppliers13. October 2023
Aveve launches new online shop for garden and pets in Belgium
From January 2023
Aveve launches new online shop for garden and pets in Belgium

Belgian retailer Aveve launched a new online shop with items from the garden, pets and food sectors in early January …

Distribution24. January 2023
DIY, Pro & Garden draws a positive balance
Trade fair in Kortrijk
DIY, Pro & Garden draws a positive balance

Almost 3,000 visitors came to Kortrijk for the 35th edition of the Belgian trade fair DIY, Pro & Garden. According to the organisers…

Events23. September 2022
DIY, Pro & Garden with focus on sustainability
With lecture by Jim Inglis
DIY, Pro & Garden with focus on sustainability

The 35th edition of the Belgian trade fair DIY, Pro & Garden will take place again this year after a three-year break. After …

Events17. June 2022
Fewer stores in Belgium
DIY InternationalBenelux - Belgium
Fewer stores in Belgium

The number of home improvement stores has declined slightly compared to the survey two years ago. Even in the capital city of Brussels with its low location…

Distribution11. August 2020
Hubo boss Erwin Van Osta is now chairman of Comeos
Belgian retail federation
Hubo boss Erwin Van Osta is now chairman of Comeos

Erwin Van Osta, owner and CEO of the Belgian DIY store chain Hubo, is new chairman of the Belgian retail federation Comeos for …

News9. July 2020
Young wolves in Belgium
DIY InternationalBenelux - Belgium
Young wolves in Belgium

Industry expert Thierry Coeman delivers an update of the Belgian home improvement universe and, as part of his enquiries, speaks to representatives of a …

Distribution26. June 2020
DIY, Pro & Garden moved forward to January
Belgium
DIY, Pro & Garden moved forward to January

The Belgian trade show DIY, Pro & Garden will take place much earlier than previously next year on 25 and 26 January 2021 at its …

News2. June 2020
Belgian DIY stores and garden centres now open again
Saturday reopening
Belgian DIY stores and garden centres now open again

In Belgium, DIY stores and garden centres reopened on Saturday 18 April. As reported on numerous media channels, long queues …

News20. April 2020
Aveve gives its 250 garden centres a completely new concept
Belgium
Aveve gives its 250 garden centres a completely new concept

The Aveve garden centres in Belgium are getting a total makeover. The garden centre in Mechelen, which is among the …

News25. April 2019
Aveve is now called Arvesta but the stores are keeping their name
Belgian Group
Aveve is now called Arvesta but the stores are keeping their name

The Belgian Aveve group has changed its name and is now called Arvesta. The around 250 retail locations in the …

News30. November 2018
Belgium is the partner country of IPM Essen 2019
Plant fair
Belgium is the partner country of IPM Essen 2019

From January 22 to 25, 2019, the role as partner country of the international plant fair IPM Essen (Germany) will be bestowed on …

News17. October 2018
DIY stores for Brussels!
DIY InternationalBelgium - Brussels
DIY stores for Brussels!

Belgium is divided into the two regions of Flanders and Wallonia, which both have a very different density of DIY stores. But clearly under-represented is …

Distribution20. July 2018
Oh’Green the new kid on the block in Belgium with twelve garden centres
Garden Center Holding
Oh’Green the new kid on the block in Belgium with twelve garden centres

A new player has appeared in the Belgian garden market under the brand Oh'Green. The five garden centres of …

News12. February 2018
Hubo is the fastest to move up the Belgian e-commerce ranking
BeShopping 100
Hubo is the fastest to move up the Belgian e-commerce ranking

The DIY store operator Hubo is amongst the companies with the highest growth rates in Belgian online trade. In the …

News27. November 2017
International perspective has never been so easy!
Report
Home Improvement Report Retail Worldwide 2024

The statistics report for the international DIY industry in collaboration with EDRA /ghin und HIMA.

It shows sales trends, location figures and floor space turnover of more than 600 distribution lines worldwide.

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Sustainability is multifaceted. This is all the more true at the Storch-Ciret Group when you …

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French DIY stores recently saw a 4.3 percent drop in sales – and thus proved to be quite resilient…

Distribution2. September 2025
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Distribution2. September 2025