Charging hub specialist Lumo Energy is opening a location in Antwerp, marking its entry into the Belgian market. The company already manages 220 charging hubs on Dutch business parks and is now bringing that same approach to Belgium. The new location starts with a local team and grows toward 50 Belgian charging hubs by the end of 2027.
Belgian companies are electrifying their vehicle fleets at a fast pace, driven largely by tax regulation around lease cars. Figures on the electrification of lease vehicles in Belgium show a clear acceleration, while the supply of charging infrastructure on business parks is not keeping up with that growth. Lumo Energy has spent several years installing smart charging hubs for business parks in the Netherlands and sees the same demand emerging in Belgium: vehicle fleets switching to electric without the charging capacity at the workplace growing along with them. Antwerp was chosen as the first Belgian location because of the concentration of business parks around the port and the ring road.
In the Netherlands, Lumo Energy now manages 220 charging hubs spread across business parks nationwide. "We started in the Netherlands with individual business parks and built a national network from there," says Bram Otten, CEO of Lumo Energy. "We are now applying that same approach, charging infrastructure close to where vehicle fleets are parked, in Belgium."
"Belgium has its own rhythm: different lease contracts, different business parks, and a different network of installers than the Netherlands," says the new Belgium country manager of Lumo Energy. "We are building a local team here that knows the Belgian market inside out, rather than a Dutch team crossing the border." Lumo Energy is creating 10 new jobs in Belgium in the first year, led by the country manager, and is working toward 50 Belgian charging hubs by the end of 2027.