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Tielt

Province of West-Vlaanderen · 31.973 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Tielt?

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?

We have not found any decisions from the last few months yet. Not every municipality publishes on Lokaal Beslist yet.

How does Tielt 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

€ 2,185 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

23% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,191 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

24% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 610 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

52% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 221 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Tielt 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 26%
  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 25%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 16%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 9%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 8%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 6%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 4%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 3%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 2%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,115 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,191 (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 Tielt

In 2025, 356 organisations from Tielt received a total of € 44 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 TIELT € 16,678,535
  2. SAMEN € 8,411,422
  3. SINT-ANDRIESZIEKENHUIS € 2,243,905
  4. KINDEROPVANG DE HARLEKIJNTJES € 2,075,374
  5. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN TIELT € 1,774,748
See all subsidies in Tielt →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Tielt

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 3 contracts, worth € 9.7 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Stad Tielt 2 contracts
  2. Sint-Andriesziekenhuis vzw 1 contract

The latest contracts

Buying supplies 28 August 2026

Infusion pumps

Raamovereenkomst voor het leveren en in dienst stellen van volumetrische infuuspompen, spuitpompen en docking stations, ICT oplossingen en leveren van bijhorende disposables

€ 280,000

maximum, over several years

Who carries it out?
INNOMEDIQ
View the official notice

Services 24 August 2026

Welfare services for children and young people

Organisatie van voor- en naschoolse opvang tijdens schoolweken, op woensdagnamiddag, tijdens schoolvrije dagen en schoolvakanties voor Stad Tielt in het kader van het BOA decreet

€ 9,112,500
Who pays?
Stad Tielt
Who carries it out?
FERM KINDEROPVANG
View the official notice
See all contracts in Tielt →

Companies from Tielt that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Tielt won 10 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. BAKKERIJ RANSON - CANNIERE 4 contracts
  2. GARAGE MARCEL VERHELST EN ZOON 2 contracts
  3. INOFEC 2 contracts
  4. WEGENBOUW IVAN VUYLSTEKE 1 contract
  5. EASYPAY 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 →