NRB aims for nearly 40% growth to reach over €900 million in revenue by 2029

In 2025, the NRB Group reaffirms the strength of its role as a key industry player and the relevance of its strategy amid accelerated digital transformation.

3,670 employees, €645 million in revenue—up 29% since 2021—and an EBITDA of €71 million…

“NRB holds a unique position in the Belgian market,” summarizes Laurence Mathieu, CEO of NRB. The group is establishing itself as a key player in the Belgian digital ecosystem. ”

This uniqueness is based on the diversity of its client portfolio—ranging from large enterprises to public institutions and SMEs—the expertise of its continuously trained teams, and the complementary nature of its subsidiaries. Together, they enable the mobilization of a wide range of skills within a single group: cloud, cybersecurity, AI, mainframe, sovereign infrastructure, and connectivity. “This strength is also reflected in NRB’s ability to support organizations throughout the entire lifecycle of their projects… ”

Strengthening synergies between subsidiaries, creating cross-functional centers of expertise

The approach is changing. Cybersecurity is shifting in scale; it goes far beyond the purely technical dimension to become a strategic issue of business continuity, economic resilience, and

digital sovereignty.

NRB’s approach is based on this conviction: end-to-end cybersecurity, capable of supporting organizations at every stage of their digital value chain.

The NRB Group has continued to strengthen synergies among its subsidiaries and created cross-functional centers of expertise to enhance capabilities. The capabilities of the Security Operations Center (SecOps), for example, have been expanded to support a growing number of organizations in monitoring their infrastructure and managing their vulnerabilities. By 2025, the number of SecOps experts had increased by 25%. No fewer than 14,000 operational tickets were processed, representing 1.6 TB of data analyzed every day!

Digital resilience and sovereignty are becoming strategic

The resilience of nations, of which digital sovereignty is a cornerstone, is now structured around three complementary dimensions: data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and technological sovereignty.

It is at the intersection of these three dimensions that true strategic autonomy is built. “We can cover the entire spectrum,” explains Laurence Mathieu. “And offer pathways tailored to the level of sovereignty sought by each organization. This ambition has notably taken shape through the development of a comprehensive track in sovereign AI.”

In 2025, NRB was rated at the SEAL-3 level in the European Commission’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework, attesting to a high level of digital resilience and advanced control over data, operations, and infrastructure.

A bridge between innovation and operational reality

Major challenges abound, from sovereignty to the industrialization of generative AI; they also stem from issues related to the sustainability of IT infrastructure as well as the emergence of new threats and opportunities linked to quantum technology.

On each of these topics, NRB continues to invest, accelerates the development of its expertise, builds ecosystems, and supports organizations in this work of anticipation. And it does so without neglecting operational realities, such as mainframe modernization.

“The challenge today is not to replace these systems, but to evolve them,” insists Laurence Mathieu. NRB is thus developing solutions to modernize these environments using generative AI, in order to improve their accessibility, operation, and integration with new digital architectures. ”

On the other hand, anticipating quantum technology. NRB actively participates in several think tanks, such as Quantum Circle and Quantum4Belgium, aimed at structuring the quantum ecosystem in Belgium and accelerating the transition to post-quantum technologies.

Beyond economic performance

As NRB notes in its activity report, performance only makes sense if it is accompanied by a positive impact beyond the core business.

In environmental matters, NRB has continued on its path toward carbon neutrality by 2050 and strengthened its responsible waste management. On the social front, NRB has continued to invest in its greatest asset: its employees. Receiving the Top Employer certification for the sixth consecutive year recognizes this commitment.

It also involves building strong bridges with the academic world to bring schools, universities, and businesses closer together and encourage career aspirations. “We need a generation that is committed, critical, and open to the world,” notes Laurence Mathieu. “It is these talents who will drive the major transformations of tomorrow!” This has led to a partnership with the TUMO learning center, the continuation of the partnership with BeCode, the partnership with the Institute for Sustainable IT Belgium, and another with the Arsène Burny Cancer Institute.

The Power of the Collective

The compass is the 2026–2029 Business Plan. It will serve as this shared benchmark to guide decisions and support sustainable, consistent, and controlled growth.

“Across the NRB Group, we are targeting growth of nearly 40% to reach over €900 million in revenue by 2029. “This ambition will be built step by step,” assures Laurence Mathieu. “We will continue to capitalize on our long-standing expertise while making significant investments in our infrastructure, AI, and innovation. Everything we have built over the past 40 years, and everything we will build in the years to come, is based on what I call the power of the collective!”