Zele

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 Zele 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.

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 206 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Zele 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 33%
• Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 21%
• Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 10%
• Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 8%
• Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 7%
• Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 7%
• Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 6%
• Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 5%
• Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 3%
• Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 0%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,912 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,961 (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 Zele

In 2025, 151 organisations from Zele received a total of € 24.9 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 ZELE € 12.1 million€ 12,117,305
2. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN ZELE € 8.1 million€ 8,062,878
3. OKO & ZO € 1.6 million€ 1,585,511
4. XEDEV € 844,246
5. QORVO BELGIUM € 317,265

Work contracted out by public bodies in Zele

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 4 contracts, worth € 2.1 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

1. Gemeente Zele 4 contracts

The latest contracts

Companies from Zele that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Zele won 7 public contracts across Belgium.

1. ANROB 3 contracts
2. W.H. BRADY 1 contract
3. ZEELSE GROND- EN KABELWERKEN 1 contract
4. VRB 1 contract
5. CLAIRE 1 contract