Banque Alimentaire Bruxelles-Brabant

Name

Banque Alimentaire Bruxelles-Brabant

Legal name

Banque Alimentaire Bruxelles-Brabant ASBL

Website

http://www.foodbank-brabant.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Neder-over-heembeek

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a non-profit food bank, the organization is funded entirely through donations from individuals, companies, service clubs, and government support. No commercial revenue is generated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Banque Alimentaire Bruxelles-Brabant is a non-profit food bank that collects surplus food from the food industry, large retailers (Delhaize, Colruyt, Carrefour), and the EU FEAD program, then stores, sorts, and redistributes it free of charge to 116 carefully selected charitable associations serving food-insecure people across Brussels, Flemish Brabant, and Walloon Brabant. The organization operates an ultra-rapid same-day distribution system for fresh products (bread, fruit, vegetables, dairy, and surplus meals) to social restaurants and member associations. All operations are delivered free of charge and run primarily by volunteers.

Product overview

Banque Alimentaire Bruxelles-Brabant operates as a food bank nonprofit organization, not a technology company. Its core service offering is food recovery and redistribution to people in need through a network of charitable associations across Brussels, Flemish Brabant, and Walloon Brabant provinces. The organization collects surplus food from production industry, large retail distribution (Delhaize, Colruyt, Carrefour), and EU food aid programs (FEAD), then stores, sorts, and redistributes these products free of charge. Services include ultra-fast same-day distribution of fresh products (bread, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and surplus meals from corporate kitchens, restaurants, schools, and hospitals). The organization operates with a logistics-focused structure including administration, procurement, logistics, distribution, and public relations departments, all managed primarily by volunteers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surplus food collection and redistribution Core free-of-charge service collecting production surpluses, retailer overstocks nearing best-before dates, and EU FEAD allocations, then storing, sorting, and redistributing them to 116 member charitable associations serving food-insecure people in Brussels, Flemish Brabant, and Walloon Brabant.
• Ultra-rapid same-day fresh product distribution Specialized service delivering fresh and perishable products (fresh bread, fresh fruit and vegetables from wholesale markets, other fresh products, and surplus meals from corporate kitchens, restaurants, caterers, schools, and hospitals) to social restaurants and member associations on the same day they are collected.
• EU FEAD food aid allocation service Service receiving and distributing food products sourced via the European Union's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), managed by a dedicated FEAD department within the food bank.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,116 tonnes of food distributed annually to 25,581 people through 116 associations

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• FBBA – Fédération Belge des Banques Alimentaires (Belgian Food Banks Federation)coreOthersThe organization is a member of the Belgian Food Banks Federation, which is itself affiliated with the European Food Banks Federation. This provides national coordination and support.
• FEBA – Fédération Européenne des Banques Alimentaires (European Food Banks Federation)coreOthersThe Belgian Federation is affiliated with the European Food Banks Federation, providing international coordination and best practice sharing.
• Delhaize, Colruyt, Carrefour (Supermarkets)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupermarkets participate in regular food collections and donate surplus products nearing their best-before dates. Key sources of food supply alongside food industry producers.
• AFSCA/FAVV (Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety)supportingOthersOperates under regulatory oversight of the Belgian Federal Agency for Food Chain Safety, ensuring compliance with food safety standards.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fédération Belge des Banques Alimentaires / Federatie van Belgische Voedselbanken (FBBA): National umbrella federation for Belgian food banks including the subject organization. Directly comparable as the coordinating body for the same food bank model across Belgium, providing governance, FEAD coordination, and shared best practices.
• European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA): Continental umbrella organization coordinating food banks across Europe, of which the subject organization is a downstream member through FBBA. Directly comparable as the higher-tier governance and EU funding coordination body for the same model.
• Feeding America: The largest US hunger-relief organization, operating a network of regional food banks that collect surplus food and redistribute through partner agencies. Highly comparable mission and operating model, though at far greater scale and with more developed digital infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Banque Alimentaire de Liège: Regional Belgian food bank serving the Liège province as part of the FBBA network. Operates with the same surplus collection, warehousing, and association-based redistribution model as the subject company, making it a direct structural peer.
• Voedselbank Antwerpen: Regional Flemish food bank serving the Antwerp province under FBBA. Uses the same model of collecting industry/retail surplus and redistributing to vetted charitable associations, with structurally similar volunteer-driven operations.
• Banque Alimentaire du Hainaut: Regional food bank covering Hainaut province in Wallonia. Directly comparable as another Belgian ASBL performing surplus food collection and redistribution through a charitable association network.
• Voedselbank Oost-Vlaanderen: Regional food bank serving East Flanders under FBBA. Same surplus food collection and association-based redistribution model; useful peer for benchmarking tonnage, association count, and volunteer efficiency.

Regional players

• Voedselbanken Nederland: National network of Dutch food banks operating with the same surplus collection and association-based redistribution model. Operates in a neighboring geography, serving as a structurally comparable peer for operational and scale benchmarking.
• Tafel Deutschland: Germany's national food bank network using the same model of collecting surplus food from retailers and industry and redistributing to people in need through local partner organizations. Operates in a different geography but with a directly comparable operational model and scale.
• The Trussell Trust: UK network of food banks providing emergency food parcels via partner organizations. Compares as another national food bank federation using a charitable partner-based distribution model, though with a more parcel-driven approach versus the subject's warehousing model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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