Capacity of hotels in Brussels region (Belgium) 2012-2019

The capacity of hotels (number of beds) in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium amounted to a total of approximately 38,600 in 2019. This is an increase compared to the previous year, when hotels offered roughly 37,300 bed spaces in the city of Brussels and its surrounding villages (together making up the Capital region) and the highest volume of beds in the period between 2012 and 2019. Note that Belgium does not report numbers on the city of Brussels itself. Observing the number of hotels in the Region, there were nearly 190 hotels in 2018. The highest volume was registered in 2014, when the Brussels-Capital Region had 201 hotel accommodations.

Increase in beds in Bruges in 2018

Bruges, the capital city of the Western Flanders province of Belgium and the seventh largest city of the country, offered approximately 8,440 hotel beds, a capacity increase of 750 beds compared to the previous year. Regarding the number of hotels, it steadily decreased between 2012 and 2016 from 99 to 90 hotels, before increasing again to 93 hotels in 2017 and 2018.

Majority of the hotel industry revenue generated in Flanders region

In 2017, the revenue of the hotel industry in Belgium amounted to roughly two billion euros in 2018, of which nearly 985 million euros originated from the Flemish region. Furthermore, approximately 655 million euros came from the Brussels-Capital Region, whereas just under 380 million euros of the total revenue of the hotel industry was generated in the Walloon region.