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Putte

Province of Antwerpen · 19.203 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Putte?

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.

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 Putte 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

€ 1,760 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

38% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 1,931 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

33% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 1,096 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

14% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 67 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Putte 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 37%
  • Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 17%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 12%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 12%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 8%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 7%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 3%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 2%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 2%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 0%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,490 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 1,931 (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 Putte

In 2025, 110 organisations from Putte received a total of € 19 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 PUTTE € 7,708,375
  2. KINDEROPVANG IN JE BUURT € 5,705,876
  3. VZW CONSOLATA REGIO PUTTE € 3,029,950
  4. SCHOLENGROEP 5 : MECHELEN - KEERBERGEN - HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG € 1,680,346
  5. BAVET & CHARET € 446,723
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Work contracted out by public bodies in Putte

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 1 contracts, worth € 0 in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Gemeente Putte 1 contract

The latest contracts

Services 19 October 2026

Sports facilities operation services

Huur, levering, plaatsing en uitbating van een mobiel trailerzwembad - periode 01/09/27-30/06/2033

Who pays?
Gemeente Putte
Who carry it out?
Not stated
View the official notice
See all contracts in Putte →

Companies from Putte that won government work

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

  1. ETABLISSEMENTEN ARMAND OP DE BEECK BOOMKWEKERIJEN 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 →