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Rotselaar

Province of Vlaams-Brabant · 17.807 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Rotselaar?

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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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 Rotselaar 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

€ 2,124 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

25% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,584 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

11% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 1,289 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

about the same as the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 40 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Rotselaar spend the most on?

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

  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 22%
  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 21%
  • Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 14%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 10%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 9%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 8%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 6%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 5%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 3%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,804 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,584 (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 Rotselaar

In 2025, 118 organisations from Rotselaar received a total of € 9.9 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 ROTSELAAR € 6,145,603
  2. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN ROTSELAAR € 1,778,940
  3. MINI-ME € 851,908
  4. BOOSTWAYS € 259,897
  5. VLAAMSE SCHERMBOND € 257,329
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Work contracted out by public bodies in Rotselaar

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 € 371,901 in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. OCMW Rotselaar 1 contract

The latest contracts

Services 14 April 2026

Architectural services for buildings

Aanstellen ontwerper nieuwbouw kinderdagverblijf 'de Hummeltjes'

€ 371,901
Who pays?
OCMW Rotselaar
Who carries it out?
ZAMPONE ARCHITECTUUR
View the official notice
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Companies from Rotselaar that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Rotselaar won 4 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. THE JAVA COFFEE COMPANY 2 contracts
  2. TÜV AUSTRIA BELGIUM 1 contract
  3. PRS PRESSURE RELIEF SYSTEMS MEDICAL 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 →