Private company

Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium

The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB. STIB/MIVB is responsible for the Brussels Metro, Brussels trams and Brussels buses, linking with the De Lijn network in Flanders and the TEC network in Wallonia.2 Its chief executive is Brieuc de Meeûs d'Argenteuil.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Dec 23, 1990Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersBrussels1
  • Founded inBrussels-Capital Region1
  • Websitewww.stib-mivb.be
  • Legal formPublic limited company (Belgium)1
  • Kind of organizationAssociation1
  • LEI549300KM1P8AUZSKLS343
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressRUE ROYALE 76, 1000 Brussels, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0247.499.9533

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Solaris electric bus operated by STIB on line 33 in Brussels (DSCF6911)
Photo: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB.2

Corporate structure

Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company is part of a group headed by Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Région de Bruxelles-Capitale Bruxelles, Belgium
    • Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company Brussels, Belgium
      • Citeo Subsidiary · Belgium
      • Floya Subsidiary
      • Brussels Metro Owned · Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
      • Liedts Station Owned · Belgium
      • Linden Station Owned · Evere, Belgium
      • Peace Station Owned · Evere, Belgium
      • Riga Station Owned · Evere, Belgium
    • Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Brussels, Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Brussels Metro
  • Liedts Station
  • Linden Station
  • Peace Station
  • Riga Station

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded in 1954, STIB/MIVB operates 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines and 55 bus lines, along with 11 "Noctis" bus lines (as of April 2023). It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year. Ridership has increased sharply in recent years to 370 million trips in 2015. Peak ridership was attained in 2019 with 427.5 million journeys. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, ridership dropped below 250 million in 2020. Ridership is recovering, with 273.8 million journeys in 2021 (64% of ridership recorded in 2019) and 401.9 million journeys in 2024.

In 1991, STIB/MIVB had a farebox recovery ratio of 28%. In 2009, following annual increases of 1.56% in passenger journeys and 2.4% in direct revenue, fares covered 54.8% of operating costs.

Transamo

STIB/MIVB is a shareholder of Transamo, a transport engineering and consultancy firm in Europe that specialises in the project management of public transport projects in France. Transdev is the other major shareholder of Transamo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Brussels-Capital Region

Subsidiaries

  • Citeo
  • Floya

Also owns

  • Brussels Metro
  • Liedts Station
  • Linden Station
  • Peace Station
  • Riga Station

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles1

Timeline

  1. Sep 8, 2020Parent Directly consolidated by Région de Bruxelles-Capitale3
  2. Dec 23, 1990Founded Founded in Brussels-Capital Region1

Sources

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