Comparison · Updated August 2026
Trends Top vs Companyweb: research or credit data?
Two of Belgium's most-established B2B data platforms, built for very different jobs. An honest look at where each wins.
Trends Top
Research & rankings
Best for: sector Klassementen, historical NBB analyses, market research, PR-worthy rankings, business journalism.
Not for: credit risk decisions, real-time payment behaviour tracking, KYC / AML compliance.
Companyweb
Credit & compliance
Best for: credit checks, KYC compliance, payment behaviour scoring, accounts receivable monitoring, insolvency alerts.
Not for: market research, sector analyses, or Belgian company rankings for PR/marketing.
For sales prospecting specifically
Neither Trends Top nor Companyweb is built for outbound sales
If your job is finding your next Belgian customer, not doing market research or credit checks. Prospexi is the tool designed for that workflow. ICP scoring across 1.18M Belgian companies, company events from the Belgisch Staatsblad, Flemish subsidies, procurement wins, and a daily ranked shortlist with peer comparison by sector. Companies in bankruptcy, dissolution or judicial reorganisation drop off the Prospexi list automatically, because the Belgian Official Gazette is read every working day. Prospexi does not hand you another database to search: it ranks all 1.18 million Belgian companies against your mandate and says per company why it sits where it does, weighing acquisition signals a credit score never shows, such as capital increases, board changes and a profit sliding at an otherwise healthy company.
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From 1,179,575 Belgian companies, Prospexi surfaces the ones that match your mandate, with the reasoning attached.
Frequently asked
Trends Top or Companyweb for Belgian companies?
They solve different problems. Trends Top is research-and-rankings, deep NBB financial analyses, sector Klassementen, historical data. Companyweb is credit-and-KYC, payment behaviour, insolvency alerts, compliance data. Choose based on your job: research and market analysis → Trends Top; credit risk and accounts receivable → Companyweb.
Do both have the same NBB data?
Both ingest NBB annual accounts. Trends Top presents this data for analysis and ranking purposes. Companyweb layers credit scores, DBT trends, and event alerts on top for risk decisions. The raw data is the same; the interpretation is completely different.
Which is better for sales prospecting?
Neither, really. Trends Top is built for research; Companyweb is built for credit. For daily B2B sales prospecting. ICP scoring, ranked prospect lists, peer comparison by sector, outreach drafts. Prospexi is purpose-built for that workflow.