The local business fabric
West Flanders is at once the most entrepreneurial and the most varied province in Flanders. Around Kortrijk and the Leie valley sits the textile legacy, now recast as technical textiles, floor coverings and interior design, with a strong design instinct. In the Roeselare-Izegem-Waregem triangle lies one of Europe's strongest food clusters: frozen vegetables, potato processing, meat, bakery ingredients — companies shipping worldwide from a village. Along the coast the economy runs on tourism, hospitality and holiday rentals, with a year's revenue earned in a few months. And in Ostend and Zeebrugge, offshore wind has become an industry in its own right, with installation, maintenance and supply firms clustered around the ports. Four economies, four digital needs: an export site, a B2B portal, a booking system, a technical client platform.