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Lommel

Province of Limburg · 35.451 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Lommel?

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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Federal Chamber

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

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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 Lommel 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

€ 2,310 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

19% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,592 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

11% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 252 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

80% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 315 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Lommel 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 40%
  • 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 15%
  • Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 9%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 5%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 4%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 3%
  • Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 3%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,155 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,592 (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 Lommel

In 2025, 203 organisations from Lommel received a total of € 42.1 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 LOMMEL € 17,867,829
  2. ZORGGROEP LOMMEL € 7,720,688
  3. HULPVERLENINGSZONE NOORD-LIMBURG € 2,888,866
  4. ONTHAAL-, ORIËNTATIE- EN OBSERVATIECENTRUM ELKEEN € 2,764,533
  5. KINDEROPVANG TER DUINEN € 2,364,002
See all subsidies in Lommel →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Lommel

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 13 contracts, worth € 7.5 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Flanders Make vzw 8 contracts
  2. De Zeshoek vzw 1 contract
  3. ZorgGroep Lommel 1 contract
  4. Stad Lommel 1 contract
  5. Kinderopvang Ter Duinen VZW 1 contract

The latest contracts

Services 18 August 2026

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Aanstellen van een dienstverlener voor het leveren van managementdiensten: Sectormanager

€ 688,000
Who pays?
Flanders Make vzw
Who carries it out?
ThreeCrest
View the official notice

Services 18 August 2026

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Programmamanager Defensie & Veiligheid

Who pays?
Flanders Make vzw
Who carry it out?
Not stated
View the official notice

Services 17 August 2026

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Raamovereenkomst voor het ter beschikking stellen van een strategieconsultant aan Flanders Make

€ 500,000

maximum, over several years

Who pays?
Flanders Make vzw
Who carries it out?
ROLAND BERGER
View the official notice
See all contracts in Lommel →

Companies from Lommel that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Lommel won 23 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. RENEWI 19 contracts
  2. RENEWI BELGIUM 4 contracts

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 →