Peer

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 Peer 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, € 229 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Peer 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 29%
• Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 24%
• Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 12%
• Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 12%
• 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 4%
• Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 4%
• 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 0%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,557 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,507 (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 Peer

In 2025, 115 organisations from Peer received a total of € 52.7 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. VITAS € 17.9 million€ 17,851,154
2. BEGELEIDINGSCENTRUM SINT - ELISABETH € 15.3 million€ 15,262,869
3. STAD PEER € 10.6 million€ 10,598,606
4. KINDEROPVANG GEZINSBOND € 4.2 million€ 4,210,006
5. BUSELOC € 1.4 million€ 1,362,360

Work contracted out by public bodies in Peer

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 € 7.7 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

1. vzw Katholiek Onderwijs Peer en Eksel 1 contract

The latest contracts

Companies from Peer that won government work

In 2025, companies and organisations from Peer won 1 public contracts across Belgium.

1. PEKA GROUP 1 contract