Public First conducted consumer and business polling, and economic modelling, to determine Google’s Economic Impact in Belgium in 2023.

You can find the polling and modelling claims here. Among our findings, we found:

• In total, Google products have been supporting at least €2.8 billion in economic activity in Belgium.
• In total, Google products supported over 37,000 jobs in Belgium during the last year.
• Google’s products Google Search, Google Maps, Android, and YouTube were named among the ten most helpful innovations of the last thirty years, as judged by the general public in Belgium.
• Every year, the digital skills people have learned through Google Search boosts the economy in Belgium by €4.3 billion.

Polling Tables

Public First conducted anonymous surveys of 1,011 Consumers in Belgium from 6th June – 1st July 2023, and of 512 senior business decision makers from 6th June – 30th June 2023. The consumer survey was weighted by interlocking age and gender, region, and education level to nationally representative proportions; the business survey was weighted by employee size (business count) and region to nationally representative proportions.

Public First is a member of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abides by its rules. For more information please contact the Public First polling team: polling@publicfirst.co.uk.

Consumer Tables
Business Tables