Belgium (+32 / 0032): 9 digits
Locals write 0470 12 34 56. An API wants +32470123456. Paste any Belgium number below to see it normalised, validated, and identified.
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How Belgium numbers are written
- Country calling code
- +32
- Dialled from abroad
- 0032 (011 32 from the US and Canada)
- ISO country code
- BE
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Trunk prefix
- 0 (dropped in E.164)
- Written locally
- 0470 12 34 56
- E.164 format
- +32470123456
What +32 means
+32 is the country calling code for Belgium. The same code is written 0032 when you dial out from most of Europe, Africa and Asia, and 011 32 from the US and Canada. All three reach the same place: only the exit code in front of it changes. Whichever one you use, the national trunk 0 is dropped once the country code is in front.
Mobile numbers
Mobiles start with 46 to 49 (written 04xx nationally).
Converting to E.164
Take the number as written locally (0470 12 34 56), drop the leading 0, then prefix +32. The result is +32470123456: no spaces, no dashes, no parentheses. Store that, and format for display only when you show it to a human.
Why not do it with a regex
A pattern that matches Belgium numbers today breaks the moment a new mobile range is allocated, and it cannot tell you whether the number is actually assigned. The tool above runs the same numbering-plan engine as our phone validation API, so it also reports line type and region rather than just shape.
Belgium mobile prefixes
- 046x
- Mobile
- 047x
- Mobile
- 048x
- Mobile
- 049x
- Mobile
A prefix tells you the range a number was issued from, not which network holds it today — numbers move between operators. For the current carrier you need a live lookup, which is what our phone API returns.
Belgium area codes by city
- Brussels
- 02
- Antwerp
- 03
- Liège
- 04
- Ghent
- 09
- Bruges
- 050
- Leuven
- 016
Belgian area codes are not all the same length
Brussels is 02 and Bruges is 050 — a one-digit code and a two-digit code, both correct. The national number compensates by varying between 8 and 9 digits, so the total stays consistent. Splitting a Belgian number at a fixed offset to extract the area code produces nonsense for half the country.
Belgium phone numbers, answered
What country is +32?
+32 is Belgium. A number written 0470 12 34 56 by a Belgian becomes +32470123456 internationally: drop the leading 0, add +32.
What is 0032 or 00324?
0032 is the same thing as +32 — 00 is the international dialling prefix used across most of Europe, so 0032 is how a Belgian number is written when + is not available. 00324 is not a separate code: it is 0032 followed by the 4 that starts a Belgian mobile range, so the number is a Belgian mobile.
What are the area codes in Belgium?
Brussels 02, Antwerp 03, Liège 04, Ghent 09, and longer codes for smaller places such as Bruges 050 and Leuven 016. Mobiles are not geographic: they sit in 046x to 049x. In international form every one of these loses its leading 0.
How many digits is a Belgian phone number?
Eight or nine after the +32 code, depending on whether the area code is short or long. Mobiles are always nine. That is why a fixed-length check fails on Belgian numbers.
That is how a Belgium number is written. Whether a whole list is worth dialling is the free call list cleaner, or check one number on the spam phone checker.