About a week ago I shared a map of Belgian startups in this sub. The main criticism was fair: coverage was incomplete, especially outside Flanders.
I took that seriously and spent the last days expanding and correcting the dataset.
Since then, I’ve expanded coverage in Wallonia and Brussels using the most notable startups I could find. Also added +100 university spin-offs and less visible early-stage companies bringing the total number up to +250.
The feedback actually confirmed the real problem I’m trying to solve: people want more challenging, meaningful, high-impact & rewarding work, especially early in their careers, but the companies that offer it are hard to discover unless you already know where to look.
This is still not exhaustive. Early-stage, stealth, and non-English-speaking startups are the hardest to surface.
If you notice missing startups or incorrect metadata, corrections are again, super welcome. Especially from people closer to the local ecosystems.
Map here: startupmap.one
https://i.redd.it/sgp3v4532kcg1.png
Posted by Jebgaz
6 Comments
This is really cool, great job!
This deserves way more upvotes
Nice work! What’s the criteria for a start-up though? A lot of already established tech companies are in there, yet I can’t seem to locate Odoo or Teamleader on the map. Just wondering what the cut-off is.
Loads of them are still missing, like Zwijnaarde should have 20+ of them easily.
I tried the search field but it doesn’t work. Firefox 146.0.1 on Android 15.
You are exposing API secrets on your app. You’re better of to handle these requests from a backend server for a myriad of reasons.
[https://www.gitguardian.com/remediation/mapbox-token-api](https://www.gitguardian.com/remediation/mapbox-token-api)
[https://github.com/visgl/react-map-gl/issues/1032#issuecomment-599190539](https://github.com/visgl/react-map-gl/issues/1032#issuecomment-599190539)