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Brussel (Bruxelles)

Brussels-Capital Region · 198.674 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Brussel?

Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.

In Brussels, the Flemish Parliament and the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation decide on education and culture.

What did the municipal council decide?

For municipalities in Wallonia and Brussels there is no shared open source yet for municipal council decisions. You can find them on your municipality’s website.

Subsidies for organisations from Brussel

In 2025, 1.080 organisations from Brussel received a total of € 1.6 billion 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. ELECTRABEL € 223,480,629
  2. NV PR bpost € 154,843,004
  3. DBFM SCHOLEN VAN MORGEN € 108,546,863
  4. ARCELORMITTAL BELGIUM € 107,483,284
  5. FONDS SOCIALE MARIBEL € 99,199,321
See all subsidies in Brussel →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Brussel

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 526 contracts, worth € 5.1 billion in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Vlaamse Overheid 133 contracts
  2. Federale Politie 36 contracts
  3. Enabel 26 contracts
  4. FOD Binnenlandse Zaken 24 contracts
  5. Leefmilieu Brussel 20 contracts

The latest contracts

Buying supplies 21 October 2026

Gloves

Aankoop van handschoenen voor motorrijders (Mocy) ten voordele van de Geïntegreerde Politie

€ 313,945

maximum, over several years

Who pays?
Federale Politie
Who carries it out?
EKO MOTORWEAR
View the official notice
See all contracts in Brussel →

Companies from Brussel that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Brussel won 223 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. SWECO 50 contracts
  2. AXA BELGIUM 25 contracts
  3. TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING 17 contracts
  4. ISS FACILITY SERVICES 15 contracts
  5. ELECTRABEL 10 contracts

What is not here yet?

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

See also where our tax money goes across Belgium →