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Mol

Province of Antwerpen · 38.793 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Mol?

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 Mol 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

€ 2,518 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

11% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,573 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

11% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 1,450 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

14% more than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 86 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Mol 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 30%
  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 28%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 10%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 8%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 6%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 5%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 4%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 4%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 3%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,037 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,573 (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 Mol

In 2025, 220 organisations from Mol received a total of € 56.7 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 MOL € 23,826,143
  2. LIDWINA VZW € 11,428,374
  3. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN MOL € 6,905,976
  4. WOONZORGCENTRUM WITTE MEREN € 4,818,629
  5. VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK € 3,058,212
See all subsidies in Mol →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Mol

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 45 contracts, worth € 74.7 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. SCK CEN 17 contracts
  2. VITO 11 contracts
  3. SCK CEN Stichting van Openbaar Nut 10 contracts
  4. Gemeente Mol 3 contracts
  5. Heilig Hartziekenhuis Mol 2 contracts

The latest contracts

Services 7 October 2026

Research and development services and related consultancy services

Inhuren van diensten van een specialist in membraanscheidingsprocessen voor vloeistofstromen

€ 413,400
Who pays?
VITO
Who carries it out?
Self-employed (name not shown)
View the official notice

Services 17 September 2026

Soil pollution advisory services

Raamovereenkomst voor het uitvoeren van bodemonderzoeken door een erkend bodemsaneringsdeskundige

€ 300,000

maximum, over several years

Who pays?
VITO
Who carries it out?
TAUW BELGIE
View the official notice
See all contracts in Mol →

Companies from Mol that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Mol won 7 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. LIDWINA VZW 4 contracts
  2. VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK 2 contracts
  3. MJC 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 →