Hamont-Achel

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 Hamont-Achel 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, € 304 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Hamont-Achel 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 37%
• Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 20%
• Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 15%
• Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 10%
• Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 7%
• Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 5%
• Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 2%
• Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 1%
• Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 1%
• Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 0%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,074 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 1,852 (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 Hamont-Achel

In 2025, 79 organisations from Hamont-Achel received a total of € 9.4 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 HAMONT-ACHEL € 7.4 million€ 7,354,796
2. KERKFABRIEK SINT-MONULPHUS EN GONDULPHUS ACHEL TE HAMONT-ACHEL € 844,946
3. MIEP & LIES € 455,511
4. OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN HAMONT-ACHEL € 164,553
5. INTERLOKALE VERENIGING WONEN IN HAMONT-ACHEL EN PELT € 83,181

Work contracted out by public bodies in Hamont-Achel

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.

We have not found any large public contracts from public bodies in this municipality yet.

Companies from Hamont-Achel that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Hamont-Achel won 6 public contracts across Belgium.

1. BELURBA 2 contracts
2. VANDERVELDEN 1 contract
3. PEBS GROUP 1 contract
4. COVET 1 contract
5. APOTHEEK HULSBOSCH 1 contract