Belgium proxies by city

What sets each documented city in Belgium apart?

• Antwerp, Antwerp Province (Flanders) · 560,824 residents (2025). Port of Antwerp-Bruges reports a total throughput of 267 million tonnes per year.
• Ghent, East Flanders (Flanders) · 272,184 residents (2025). North Sea Port describes Ghent as a seaport 30 km inland on the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal.
• Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region · 197,129 residents (2025). The City of Brussels counted 229,546 salaried jobs located in the municipality in 2024.

Each city page adds its population source, postal codes, local networks and the nearby towns that geolocation databases may show.

What is the city parameter for each city in Belgium?

• Antwerp: -country-be-city-antwerp · 560,824 residents (2025)
• Ghent: -country-be-city-ghent · 272,184 residents (2025)
• Brussels: -country-be-city-brussels · 197,129 residents (2025)

Write the English name in lower case, without accents, with _ for spaces. The country code be comes first; residential proxy with city targeting explains the rules, and every tier on the pricing page includes it.

Which operators run home broadband in Belgium?

• Proximus: Former incumbent; per BIPT, Proximus, Telenet and Orange (with secondary brands) held 98% of 5.25 million fixed broadband lines in 2025 (source)
• Telenet: Cable operator, mainly in Flanders; one of the three ISPs with 98% of lines in 2025, per BIPT (source)
• Orange Belgium (incl. VOO): Owns cable operator VOO in Wallonia and Brussels; one of the three ISPs with 98% of lines in 2025, per BIPT (source)
• Digi: Newer entrant offering fixed internet (source)

VHCN coverage reached 96.2% of households in 2025, but FTTP coverage was 35.5%, per the EC Digital Decade 2026 report. (source)

This describes the national market, not the networks our pool uses at a given moment. Read the ASN of your exit with an IP lookup, or add -asn-<number> to stay on one network (proxy ASN targeting).

Which local platforms are worth checking from Belgium?

• 2dehands / 2ememain (classifieds): www.2dehands.be
• Immoweb (real estate): www.immoweb.be
• beslist.be (price comparison): www.beslist.be
• Kieskeurig.be (price comparison): www.kieskeurig.be

Prices, listings and delivery terms on these sites can depend on the visitor's location. Check them by hand, in Dutch where relevant, and follow each site's terms and robots.txt. Methods: price monitoring proxy and real estate proxy.

Which data and tax rules apply in Belgium?

Data protection is supervised by the Data Protection Authority (APD-GBA), under GDPR + Law of 30 July 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data. Shops include VAT in consumer prices: the standard rate is 21%, and reduced rates apply to some goods (6% / 12%).

Hotel and camping accommodation moved from 6% to 12% VAT on 1 March 2026. Search is Dutch-led (Flanders), with French in Wallonia and Brussels.

This is not legal advice. Our GDPR checklist covers data collection through proxies.