Antwerp is not where we started. It is why we exist.
Five centuries of continuous diamond trade happen inside a handful of square kilometres. We made our home there for a reason.
A handful of streets. Five centuries of memory.
Antwerp’s Diamond District fits into less than a square mile. Inside those streets sit the four diamond bourses, the cutters and polishers, the labs that grade every serious stone in the market, and the banks that finance the trade. Nothing about it is accidental. The city has refined its position for more than five hundred years.
Being present here means our account leads walk between suppliers, labs, and logistics partners in the same afternoon. A signature emerald-cut can be sourced, verified, and packed for dispatch without anyone raising their voice. That proximity is the product.
From 1447 to the next RFQ.
The trade begins
Antwerp's first recorded diamond transactions. Cutters, merchants, and brokers establish a quarter that will endure for centuries.
The Diamond Bourse
The first diamond bourse opens — the cornerstone of what will become the world's most important trading infrastructure.
Global centre
By the late 20th century, Antwerp handles the overwhelming majority of the world's rough and polished diamond trade.
B Exclusive
Founded by Anja Swarup, drawing on 29 years of vertically integrated experience across rough sourcing, manufacturing, trading, and jewellery wholesale. Two objectives: direct supply, and relationships that outlast trends.
Four bourses. One postcode.
Four active bourses, thousands of trading firms, and roughly 80% of the world's rough diamonds still pass through Antwerp each year.
29 years. One continuous thread through the trade.
B Exclusive was founded in 2026 by Anja Swarup — a diamantaire whose career spans nearly three decades of the industry, from rough sourcing through manufacturing, trading, jewellery production, wholesale, and retail.
That vertical experience is the reason our briefs land accurately. Anja has stood on every side of the counter, and knows the constraints a jewellery manufacturer or retailer faces long before they have to name them.