Leading DIY retailers in Belgium 2022, by number of stores

In 2022, Belgium’s leading DIY retailer was Hubo, with 159 stores countrywide. Brico was however closely followed by a second Belgian chain Brico, which had 138 branches. Gamma, also one of the leading DIY retailer in neighboring country the Netherlands, was the third largest player on the Belgian DIY market.

DIY retail floor space 

When looking at the retail floor space, Brico also ranks first in Belgium in 2022. Hubo had a slightly smaller retail space, amounting to roughly 382,000 square meters. By comparison, Brico’s retail floor space in Belgium reached 386,000 square meters that year.  

DIY chain store density

Despite the presence of a number of large national and international DIY chains in the country, the majority of the DIY stores in Belgium did not belong to a chain. On the contrary: over three quarters of Belgian DIY retailers were independent stores. However, as the distribution of the shop floor area shows, these were often small stores.