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Sint-Genesius-Rode (Rhode-Saint-Genèse)

Province of Vlaams-Brabant · 18.622 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Sint-Genesius-Rode?

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.

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

How does Sint-Genesius-Rode 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

€ 2,646 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

7% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,634 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

9% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 543 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

57% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 392 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Sint-Genesius-Rode 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 32%
  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 18%
  • 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 10%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 7%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 7%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 6%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 3%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,130 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,634 (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 Sint-Genesius-Rode

In 2025, 33 organisations from Sint-Genesius-Rode received a total of € 23.6 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. VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS € 5,567,530
  2. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN SINT-GENESIUS-RODE € 5,509,199
  3. GEMEENTE SINT-GENESIUS-RODE - HOOFDZETEL VAN : GEMEENTELIJKE BASISSCHOOL WAUTERBOS € 5,332,959
  4. ONE-NET € 3,245,327
  5. RODEA € 2,158,147
See all subsidies in Sint-Genesius-Rode →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Sint-Genesius-Rode

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 € 227,896 in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Gemeente Sint-Genesius-Rode 2 contracts

The latest contracts

Services 27 February 2026

Real estate services with own property

Makelaar en rentmeesterschap - site Vastiau Godeau te 1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode

Who pays?
Gemeente Sint-Genesius-Rode
Who carries it out?
OREON PROPERTIES
View the official notice

Services 7 January 2026

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Schoolbusvervoer gemeente Sint-Genesius-Rode

€ 227,896

maximum, over several years

Who pays?
Gemeente Sint-Genesius-Rode
Who carries it out?
EUROBUSSING BRUSSELS
View the official notice
See all contracts in Sint-Genesius-Rode →

Companies from Sint-Genesius-Rode that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Sint-Genesius-Rode won 1 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. NORDEND 1 contract

What is not here yet?

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

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