Charleroi

Province of Henegouwen · 206.900 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Charleroi?

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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Federal Chamber

The Chamber decides on matters such as pensions, taxes, justice, the police, defence and health insurance.

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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 Charleroi 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

€ 5,770 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

Debt

€ 6,239 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 Charleroi

In 2025, 187 organisations from Charleroi received a total of € 135.6 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?

HUmani € 23,644,968
Ville de Charleroi € 17,095,944
ZDS LA ZONE DE SECOURS HAINAUT-EST € 6,894,021
Province du Hainaut € 5,163,188
Charleroi Danse, Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles € 4,601,082

See all subsidies in Charleroi →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Charleroi

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 131 contracts, worth € 1.5 billion in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

Tibi - Société coopérative - Intercommunale - Entreprise publique de Gestion intégrée des Déchets 20 contracts
Office Wallon de la formation professionnelle et de l'emploi 15 contracts
Ville de Charleroi 14 contracts
HUmani SC 12 contracts
Igretec 9 contracts

The latest contracts

Buying supplies 22 October 2026

Structures and parts of structures

CDA 2026-012 - ACCORD-CADRE DE FOURNITURES (ACCOMPAGNÉES DE SERVICES CONNEXES) AYANT POUR OBJET LA MISE À DISPOSITION D’ÉCHAFAUDAGES, LEUR MONTAGE ET LEUR DÉMONTAGE, Y-COMPRIS L’INTERVENTION EN URGENCE

maximum, over several years

Who pays?: Tibi - Société coopérative - Intercommunale - Entreprise publique de Gestion intégrée des Déchets
Who carry it out?: ISOTHERMIC ECHAFAUDAGES SRL, MONNAIE SA

View the official notice

Services 19 October 2026

Refuse and waste related services

2026-013 - ACCORD-CADRE DE SERVICES AYANT POUR OBJET LE TRANSPORT DE DÉCHETS PAR CHARGEMENT DE 90 M³ MINIMUM

maximum, over several years

Who pays?: Tibi - Société coopérative - Intercommunale - Entreprise publique de Gestion intégrée des Déchets
Who carry it out?: BRUCO SUD SA, JUBILE INVEST SA, VAN BRUWAENE RWK SA

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Services 19 October 2026

Refuse and waste related services

2026-017 - ACCORD-CADRE DE SERVICES (ACCOMPAGNÉS DE FOURNITURES CONNEXES) AYANT POUR OBJET LA COLLECTE ET LE RECYCLAGE DES DÉCHETS DE POLYSTYRÈNE EXPANSÉ (EPS) COLLECTÉS DANS LES RECYPARCS DE TIBI AINSI QUE LA FOURNITURE...

maximum, over several years

Who pays?: Tibi - Société coopérative - Intercommunale - Entreprise publique de Gestion intégrée des Déchets
Who carries it out?: X-PACK SA

View the official notice

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Companies from Charleroi that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Charleroi won 13 public contracts across Belgium.

SA LIXON 7 contracts
ALSTOM BELGIUM 6 contracts

What is not here yet?

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