Editing Ardooie (section)

==Industry==
Although the village is quite small, many companies have their head-office here. It is best known for its frozen vegetables factories, seven in total, the highest number for a single municipality in Europe.

The major companies in Ardooie are:

* [[Afschrift]], industrial electricity and [[automation]]
* Ardicor, inhouse (de)construction
* [[Ardo (Belgian company)|Ardo]] (formerly Ardovries), frozen foods
* Ardovlam, protection against [[fire protection|fire]] and burglary in buildings
* [[d'Arta]], [[frozen vegetables]]
* Danis, in Koolskamp, producer of animal foods and specialising in construction of [[sty|pig-sties]]
* Devriese, [[road construction]]
* [[DeZetel]], furniture
* Dicogel-Begro, frozen vegetables
* Haco (earlier: Kimac), manufacturer of [[woodworking machine]]s
* Homifreez, frozen vegetables
* Louage & Wisselinck, construction of doors and furniture
* Metafox, furniture
* [[OVA (Belgian company)|OVA]], manufacturer of industrial vehicles
* Polaris Creative Solutions, creative agency and marketing company
* Planquette, veal
* [[Sioen Industries]], textile manufacturer (mainly coated textiles, [[sails]], fine chemicals and professional [[protective clothing]]).
* Trans Novero, truck company
* Unifrost, frozen vegetables
* Vitalo, [[packaging]]
* Voeders Callewaert, [[animal nutrition]]

In 2001 and 2005 Ardooie won the Prize for the most profit-making municipality in West Flanders, announced by the Belgian economic magazine ''Trends''. All except for Vitalo and Trans Novero have their head-office located there.