Boom

What did the municipal council decide?

The items the municipal council dealt with in recent months. Items about individuals (staff, permits, councillors’ questions…) are shown without details.

Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.

How does Boom handle money?

From the 2024 annual accounts of the municipality and the public social welfare centre combined. Amounts per inhabitant, so you can compare municipalities.

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 83 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Boom spend the most on?

Breakdown of spending on day-to-day running (excluding investments).

• Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 33%
• Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 24%
• Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 10%
• Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 7%
• Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 6%
• Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 6%
• Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 5%
• Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 4%
• Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 4%
• Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,537 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,850 (in euros of that year, not adjusted for inflation).

Source: Flemish Agency for Home Affairs, Gemeente- en Stadsmonitor (BBC-DR). Your municipality's budget and multi-year plan can be found in the BBC-beleidstool.

Subsidies for organisations from Boom

In 2025, 69 organisations from Boom received a total of € 30.8 million in subsidies.

The municipal administration itself often also receives subsidies from higher levels of government. Self-employed people and other individuals are not counted here.

Who received the most?

1. GEMEENTE BOOM € 10.1 million€ 10,144,363
2. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN BOOM € 8 million€ 7,960,564
3. VLOTTER MAATWERK VZW € 4.7 million€ 4,655,362
4. VLOTTER € 4.1 million€ 4,059,889
5. MEDIBOOM € 2.7 million€ 2,720,188

Work contracted out by public bodies in Boom

These are the larger public contracts of public bodies with their address in this municipality: the municipality itself, but also, for example, a hospital, a school or a ministry.

In 2026, they awarded 3 contracts, worth € 7 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

1. PZ Rupel 2 contracts
2. Woonkade Rupelstreek 1 contract

The latest contracts