Lightning-fast sites on Astro, Shopify webshops, Google Ads and SEO. Founder-led, from Bonheiden half an hour from the Grote Markt.
ClickForest builds websites and Shopify webshops for SMEs in Leuven and Flemish Brabant, and also handles performance marketing, SEO and GEO. The home base is Bonheiden (Mechelen region), roughly half an hour from Leuven.
Frederiek Pascal handles strategy and execution personally. A Leuven business therefore works directly with the person who also builds the site or runs the campaigns, without an account manager or junior profile in between.
Web design on Astro delivers a site that loads in milliseconds and that you do not have to maintain. ClickForest builds websites for SMEs in Leuven on Astro and Cloudflare, without a plugin stack, without monthly licences for a page builder and without the security maintenance WordPress demands. The full comparison with WordPress is on the website development page.
No WordPress maintenance
No account managers
Agreed up front
Quick overview
ClickForest delivers websites, webshops, advertising, SEO, GEO and AI automation for Leuven businesses. Most engagements start with a single service and grow afterwards, because starting everything at once makes it impossible to measure what works.
Brochure sites on Astro and Cloudflare. Many businesses around Leuven serve an international audience, and on Astro multilingual is part of the build. Fixed price from €3,995, infrastructure from €39 per month.
For retailers on the Bondgenotenlaan and the Diestsestraat who want to extend their shop window online. New webshop or migration from WooCommerce or Magento. Official Shopify Partner.
Google Ads and Meta Ads steered on net margin through POAS instead of ROAS. In a student city the academic year sets the rhythm, with classes from late September to late May, which calls for a budget that moves with it.
Higher in Google for what customers in Leuven actually type. For a technical offering, specialist vocabulary matters more than volume: ten visitors searching the right term beat a thousand who mean something else.
Getting cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Precisely for complex questions, the kind the research and tech companies around Leuven deal with, the search often starts there.
A chatbot that handles specialist questions, flows that take over follow-up, agents that assemble reporting. Around the Haasrode Research Park the gain sits more often in that administrative tail than in the marketing itself. The first question remains whether a problem lends itself to automation.
ClickForest does not have a client in Leuven itself yet. The existing cases run in the Mechelen and Antwerp regions, and they are written out in full with approach and result. That way you can judge whether the way of working suits your situation.
Biotech company whose four-language site moved from WordPress to Astro while keeping its rankings. A technically complex offering and an international audience, much like many businesses around Leuven and Haasrode.
Moving company with a new site on Astro and Cloudflare Workers, plus SEO and GEO. The classic case for a local service provider that has to rank on searches from its own region.
Caterer from the Mechelen region, revenue times three through Google Ads and local SEO. Relevant if you run a physical business and want to grow online without a large media budget.
Leuven runs on three economies at once: a tech and biotech cluster around the university, a strong hospitality and student market in the centre, and the classic retail and services around it.
According to Interleuven, the Haasrode Research Park is a 155-hectare business park with more than 200 companies, focused on high-tech research. For that kind of offering, a multilingual site that loads fast and ranks on specialist terms is what counts.
Visit Leuven describes the Bondgenotenlaan and the Diestsestraat as the shopping streets leading into town from the station, and the Oude Markt as the square with more hospitality venues together than anywhere else. Businesses there want to be found locally, and the gains usually sit in local SEO and a Google Business profile that is accurate.
Offices and service providers with longer sales cycles in Leuven, Herent and Aarschot. There, lead quality and commercial follow-up count, not the number of forms submitted.
Active in Leuven and Flemish Brabant
Leuven has more than 105,000 residents, a large university and a knowledge sector with international employers. The figures below come from the city, the university and the employers themselves, with the source next to each.
students at KU Leuven in 2025-2026, across all its campuses (KU Leuven).
residents on 31 December 2025 (City of Leuven). The city itself speaks of more than 100,000 residents and some 50,000 students (City of Leuven, business).
Haasrode Research Park, with more than 200 companies focused on high-tech research (Interleuven).
employees worldwide at imec, headquartered in Leuven (imec).
staff members at UZ Leuven at the end of 2025, excluding Z.org KU Leuven (UZ Leuven).
organisations at Leuven MindGate, the collaboration platform of the Leuven Innovation Region, by its own count (Leuven MindGate).
What this means for your marketing
Anyone in Leuven looking for an agency sees business profiles from the city at the top of Google, and gets a shortlist of five agencies in ChatGPT. We measured Google with Leuven as the search location, asked ChatGPT about Leuven and left the names out.
Three business profiles from the city at the top, with 11 to 27 Google reviews. Below them ten regular results: nine agencies and one comparison site.
The regular results hold two agency pages and a review site, and otherwise mostly videos and Instagram posts on other subjects (housing, football, a workshop). There is also an ad from an agency and the question 'Wat kost het gemiddeld om een website te laten maken?' (what does a website cost on average).
Asked which agency can help an SME in Leuven with a website and online marketing, ChatGPT named five agencies. Four came with a card showing an address in or near Leuven and reviews (14 to 330). One prompt, with web search on.
What follows
“I am not going to pretend I already have ten clients in Leuven. I do not. What I do have is a way of working you can check against the cases that are there, with the numbers alongside them. That seems a fairer starting point than a wall of logos.”
No-obligation strategy call of 30-60 min. By video call or at your office.
A brochure site on Astro starts from €3,995 one-off, at a fixed price agreed up front. On top of that comes infrastructure from €39 per month for hosting and email, which ClickForest invoices a year in advance. A Shopify webshop also starts from €3,995. What drives the price is the number of pages, the complexity of the functionality and whether integrations are needed.
Yes. ClickForest builds websites and webshops for SMEs in Leuven and Flemish Brabant, from Bonheiden roughly half an hour away. The sites run on Astro and Cloudflare. That means no plugin stack to maintain and no monthly licence fees for a page builder.
Not in Leuven itself yet. The existing cases run in the Mechelen and Antwerp regions, such as caterer Bastiano, juice brand Filoes and food brand Authentic Flavours. Each one is written out in full on the projects page, with approach and result, so you can judge for yourself whether the way of working suits your situation.
Because at ClickForest you work directly with Frederiek Pascal, with no account manager in between. For an SME with one or two channels that weighs more than an office in the city. A strategy session in Leuven is roughly half an hour of driving, and day-to-day collaboration runs digitally anyway.
Websites and webshops on Astro and Shopify, performance marketing through Google Ads and Meta Ads, SEO, GEO for visibility in AI systems, and AI automation such as chatbots and marketing automation. Most engagements start with one of those services and grow afterwards, because starting everything at once makes it impossible to measure what works.
Yes. For VF Bioscience, ClickForest rebuilt a four-language website from WordPress to Astro while keeping its rankings, and delivered a three-part AI training on site. That is a biotech company, not from Leuven, but with the same profile as many businesses along the Leuven and Haasrode axis: a technically complex offering, a long sales cycle and an international audience.
Yes. SEO starts from €700 per month, a combined SEO and GEO track from €950 per month, and performance marketing from €700 per month management fee plus a one-off setup from €900 for building the campaigns. For advertising, add at least €1,000 per month in ad budget, which you pay directly to Google or Meta.
In a measurement on 05/10/2026, two searches each showed three business profiles from the city at the top of Google, with 11 to 27 reviews, and ChatGPT showed cards with address and reviews (14 to 330) for agencies in and around Leuven. That does not prove that profiles or reviews decide the ranking: it is a snapshot from one day, without a comparison with businesses that have no profile. An accurate Google business profile with reviews and a page that says who you work for are, however, the places to start.
The academic year gives Leuven a fixed rhythm. In 2025-2026, classes ran from 22 September to 23 May, with exam periods in January, June and August. If you target students, you plan ads and promotions around the start of classes, the exam periods and the holidays, and let the budget move with them.
ClickForest works from Bonheiden, between Mechelen and Leuven. From that same base, ClickForest also serves the Mechelen region and the Antwerp region.
Client reviews
Why entrepreneurs love working with ClickForest.
A real recommendation! Frederiek has broad expertise and works extremely professionally. He is genuinely committed to helping us as a client get the most out of our website and digital marketing. He takes the trouble to get to know us as a company and to translate that into our digital visibility, so that it has an impact for us. Very clear communication and a pleasant collaboration.
A really great experience with ClickForest. Right from the start, a clear explanation of how things would work and of where the digital landscape is heading. Clear expertise and very direct, personal contact. Communication went very smoothly, and the transparent quote formed the basis of our collaboration. During the project we noticed how quickly Frederiek can switch gears. Every email and question is followed up in no time, whether by WhatsApp, phone or email. Day after day we saw changes to our shop heading in the right direction. Feedback was followed up and shared with us very quickly. No waiting weeks for an answer, but personal one-to-one contact, always with the same person. That is how it should be! A satisfied client who is here to stay!
After consulting several website builders, our choice fell on "ClickForest". Not the cheapest, but they proposed a direct and personal approach. Thanks to a good collaboration with Frederiek, our new website "Servaes Services" was launched quickly and efficiently, and we highly recommend them.
Excellent service and a beautiful end result. My website was built professionally, with great attention to detail and user-friendliness. Smooth communication, fast execution and a very pleasant collaboration. Definitely recommended!!!
From the very first conversation I immediately felt a connection with Frederiek. The passion and dedication he puts into his work and projects has genuinely moved me on more than one occasion. He has a wealth of experience and knowledge, and that really comes through! He is also open to dialogue and always stays close to the ball, making every small step feel like a giant leap forward. What impresses me most is his long-term vision. From the very beginning of our collaboration you can feel that he is not just out to deliver work and send an invoice. He thinks ahead with me towards where I want my project to be in one year, three years, five years and beyond. Thank you for all your wonderful work so far, Frederiek, and I hope we can continue to work together successfully for many years to come!
Five years ago I went all-in and made a bold investment. The restaurant was a thing of the past, and the new webshop built by Clickforest became our future. What started as an emergency solution grew into a beautiful, well-running Shopify shop and a collaboration with a reliable, trusted partner I can count on completely. In hindsight, it was a bull's-eye. When corona forced all restaurants to close, I knew immediately: this is going to last longer than three weeks. I refused to give up and decided to look forward. As a chef and restaurant owner I had zero experience with online marketing or SEO, it was completely new to me. But thanks to Frederiek at Clickforest I learnt step by step how it all works. The result? Our sales grow every year. Frederiek keeps coming with new ideas and handy tools to improve the shop further, I just need to put them into practice. Today I enjoy quality of life again. More and more processes are automated, so the webshop runs in the evening while I used to be sweating in the kitchen. I now have a stable, loyal team for many years, and all of that thanks to the single decision to go all-in on the online shop and trust Frederiek blindly. Even today we are still expanding. Our delivery is now split into zones, and Frederiek built that seamlessly into our shop. My ChatGPT has meanwhile been turned into Bastiano's own content studio, yet another smart step forward thanks to him. If I had to give stars, five stars would be far too few. 10/10 mate! Without Frederiek I would never have made it. Eternal gratitude! Debby Swinnen - Owner - Bastiano Italian cuisine con tanto amore ❤️
From the very first conversation with Frederiek at Clickforest we knew we were dealing with the right person. His approach is not only well thought-out and strategic, but also surprisingly confrontational, in the most positive sense of the word. He immediately put his finger on pain points we had not even considered ourselves. Frederiek has an impressive and in-depth knowledge of marketing, Shopify, Google and Meta. What truly sets him apart is his ability to seamlessly integrate all these platforms into one powerful whole. Moreover, Frederiek is an extremely pleasant person to work with. He is clear in his communication, thinks along with you, is enthusiastic and at the same time realistic. In short: if you are looking for someone who thinks beyond standard solutions and works towards the best result in a pleasant way, Clickforest is more than the right choice.
ClickForest combines AI, online marketing and e-commerce in a way you simply won't find anywhere else. Thanks to their approach you quickly see tangible results.
ClickForest delivers top results! Professional, innovative and always focused on measurable growth. A real recommendation for anyone who wants to make an impact online.
A very pleasant collaboration with the ClickForest team. They really listen to your wishes, think proactively and deliver quality. Thanks to their expertise we have made great strides online. Absolutely recommended!
ClickForest stands for expertise and tailored advice. Not traditional marketing, but marketing with an idea that builds towards effective growth.
One-stop shop for online marketing, e-commerce and AI. Professional agency. Up to date on all the latest developments. Thinks along with the client and is results-oriented.
A marketing, e-commerce and AI advisor who really knows their stuff! Extremely proactive approach and always up to date with the latest trends. Highly recommended!
The most reliable e-commerce expertise and execution!
As a small business owner, SEO always felt like a distraction from my work, but that changed completely when I started working with Frederiek at ClickForest. I am by nature quite sceptical about digital marketing, but Frederiek treated my small business with the same care you would expect from a large corporate client. Instead of leaving me in the dark, he took the time to explain the fundamentals so I could better understand my own website. That transparency genuinely gave me more confidence and a valuable new set of tools. He handled the time difference between the US and Europe very well and was always willing to jump on a call when it suited me. He also worked directly with my web developer to complete the technical and on-page changes without any issues or downtime. Our visibility has increased enormously and I finally feel that I have our organic growth under control. If you are based in the United States and are looking for someone who knows their stuff and genuinely cares about your business, I can wholeheartedly recommend ClickForest.
Clickforest is not just a digital agency. Their advice makes a real difference. Every recommendation feels tailored, actionable and based on genuine experience. They do not simply push generic marketing tactics; they take the time to understand your goals and give you clear, structured guidance that actually delivers results. The team's knowledge and strategic thinking have saved me time, money and a great deal of trial and error. If you are looking for a partner who delivers real value instead of empty buzzwords, I wholeheartedly recommend Clickforest.
The most important part of a successful and profitable webshop is a team that understands your needs and ambitions. With ClickForest you have a dedicated team of experts that helps you refine the how and why, maps out your strategy together with you and combines this with impressive results.
ClickForest combines digital efficiency, innovation and human values: the ideal agency to accelerate the growth of your business while remaining true to your needs and goals.
Thanks to the tips from ClickForest on using the right AI tools, my productivity has increased enormously. The tips are tailored and explained in plain language. I simply cannot do without them anymore! My follow-up questions were also answered quickly and specifically. Many thanks!
These clients also rated ClickForest 5 stars on Google
