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Ranst

Province of Antwerpen · 19.867 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Ranst?

Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.

Your municipality

The municipal council and the mayor and aldermen decide on matters such as streets, waste collection, sports halls, libraries and the public social welfare centre.

We do not show municipal council decisions yet: there is no open data for all municipalities yet.

Flemish Parliament

The Flemish Parliament decides on matters such as education, housing, mobility, the environment, child benefit and care.

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What did the municipal council decide?

We have not found any decisions from the last few months yet. Not every municipality publishes on Lokaal Beslist yet.

How does Ranst 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.

Revenue

€ 1,869 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

34% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 1,794 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

38% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 462 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

64% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 231 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Ranst spend the most on?

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

  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 28%
  • Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 17%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 15%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 13%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 8%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 8%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 6%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 3%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 0%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,375 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 1,794 (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 Ranst

In 2025, 146 organisations from Ranst received a total of € 12.1 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 RANST € 6,944,994
  2. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN RANST € 1,610,571
  3. LEEF € 557,993
  4. AUTONOOM PROVINCIEBEDRIJF CAMPUS VESTA € 494,379
  5. REGIONAAL LANDSCHAP DE VOORKEMPEN VZW € 353,273
See all subsidies in Ranst →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Ranst

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 2 contracts, worth € 422,607 in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Regionaal Landschap de Voorkempen 1 contract
  2. Gemeente Ranst 1 contract

The latest contracts

Services 28 September 2026

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Leveren, implementeren, onderhouden en ondersteunen van de software voor burgerzaken

€ 390,000

maximum, over several years

Who pays?
Gemeente Ranst
Who carries it out?
CENTRUM VOOR INFORMATICA
View the official notice
See all contracts in Ranst →

Companies from Ranst that won government work

In 2025, companies and organisations from Ranst won 1 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. VEDISAN 1 contract

What is not here yet?

  • The decisions of your municipal council.
  • Smaller public contracts, below the European thresholds.

See also where our tax money goes across Belgium →