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Waterloo

Province of Waals-Brabant · 30.386 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Waterloo?

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.

Walloon Parliament

The Walloon Parliament decides on matters such as housing, mobility, the environment, the economy and child benefit.

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The Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation decides on education and culture. We do not follow it yet.

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.

How does Waterloo 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

€ 2,094 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

Debt

€ 873 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

Source: SPW Intérieur et Action sociale via WalStat (CC0). For Walloon municipalities, only revenue and debt per inhabitant are available.

Subsidies for organisations from Waterloo

In 2025, 48 organisations from Waterloo received a total of € 12.9 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. Commune de Waterloo € 2,457,632
  2. CENTRE SCOLAIRE DE BERLAYMONT € 1,527,493
  3. Institut des Sacrés - Coeurs € 1,136,331
  4. Les Petits Sapins de Waterloo € 1,069,588
  5. VALENTINA&MITICA SNC € 825,155
See all subsidies in Waterloo →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Waterloo

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 2025, they awarded 2 contracts, worth € 206,266 in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Commune de Waterloo 2 contracts

The latest contracts

Services 20 November 2025

Building-cleaning services

Nettoyage de locaux et vitres de divers bâtiments communaux pour la période comprise entre le 1er janvier et le 31 décembre 2026

Who carry it out?
Not stated
View the official notice
See all contracts in Waterloo →

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 →