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Vilvoorde (Vilvorde)

Province of Vlaams-Brabant · 48.413 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Vilvoorde?

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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Federal Chamber

The Chamber decides on matters such as pensions, taxes, justice, the police, defence and health insurance.

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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.

Meeting of 28 September 2026

Meeting of 7 September 2026

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

How does Vilvoorde 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

€ 2,691 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

5% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,711 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

7% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 358 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

72% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 187 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Vilvoorde spend the most on?

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

  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 26%
  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 22%
  • Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 18%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 11%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 9%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 5%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 3%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 3%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 2%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,160 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,711 (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 Vilvoorde

In 2025, 152 organisations from Vilvoorde received a total of € 65.8 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. STAD VILVOORDE € 31,839,344
  2. ZORGBEDRIJF VILVOORDE € 7,809,493
  3. VOLLEY VLAANDEREN € 5,347,608
  4. INTER VILVOORDSE MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR HUISVESTING € 4,207,780
  5. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN VILVOORDE € 3,116,388
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Work contracted out by public bodies in Vilvoorde

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 6 contracts, worth € 13.8 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. AZ Jan Portaels vzw 3 contracts
  2. stad Vilvoorde 3 contracts

The latest contracts

Services 13 October 2026

Urban planning and landscape architectural services

Aanstellen van een externe expert ruimtelijke ordening ter ondersteuning van de dienst omgeving

Who pays?
stad Vilvoorde
Who carry it out?
Not stated
View the official notice
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Companies from Vilvoorde that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Vilvoorde won 20 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. VINCOTTE 4 contracts
  2. RICOH BELGIUM 3 contracts
  3. RIDEAUPRESS 2 contracts
  4. BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR BELGIUM 2 contracts
  5. VINÇOTTE 2 contracts

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 →