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Bree

Province of Limburg · 17.371 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Bree?

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 Bree 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

€ 2,154 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

24% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,081 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

28% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 1,792 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

41% more than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 503 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Bree spend the most on?

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

  • Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 31%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 17%
  • Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 14%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 13%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 9%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 5%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 5%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 4%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 0%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,900 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,081 (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 Bree

In 2025, 151 organisations from Bree received a total of € 21.3 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 BREE € 9,271,798
  2. N=N € 4,448,525
  3. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN BREE € 2,265,532
  4. KATHOLIEK ONDERWIJS SINT-MICHIEL BOCHOLT - BREE - PEER) € 1,988,625
  5. DCANNICK € 1,123,007
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Work contracted out by public bodies in Bree

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 € 865,573 in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Bree 1 contract

The latest contracts

Buying supplies 26 January 2026

Sports goods and equipment

Inrichting sportinfrastructuur sportcomplex De Weeg

€ 865,573
Who pays?
Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Bree
Who carry it out?
Janssen - Fritsen nv, Eurogym gymnastics, Q-LITE
View the official notice
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Companies from Bree that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Bree won 1 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. GREENYARD PREPARED BELGIUM 1 contract

What is not here yet?

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

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