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Pelt

Province of Limburg · 34.698 inhabitants

Who makes decisions about Pelt?

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.

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 Pelt 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

€ 2,180 per inhabitant

taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…

23% less than the Flemish average

Spending

€ 2,089 per inhabitant

day-to-day running and investments

28% less than the Flemish average

Debt

€ 841 per inhabitant

what the municipality still has to repay on its loans

34% less than the Flemish average

Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 317 per inhabitant was left to invest.

What did Pelt 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 25%
  • Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 21%
  • Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 19%
  • 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 9%
  • Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 7%
  • Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 5%
  • Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
  • Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%
  • Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 1%

In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,198 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,089 (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 Pelt

In 2025, 218 organisations from Pelt received a total of € 25.4 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. GEMEENTE PELT € 17,752,562
  2. NOORDERHART € 3,091,974
  3. KDV 'T SPEELHUIS € 1,008,713
  4. MUSICA € 915,191
  5. DUIMELOT € 641,246
See all subsidies in Pelt →

Work contracted out by public bodies in Pelt

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 16 contracts, worth € 27.8 million in total.

Which public bodies awarded the most contracts?

  1. Noorderhart VZW 9 contracts
  2. Pelt 5 contracts
  3. Katholiek Secundair Onderwijs Sint-Willibrord 1 contract
  4. Kinderdagverblijf Karbonkeltje vzw 1 contract

The latest contracts

Buying supplies 29 September 2026

Signs and related items

Raamovereenkomst voor het leveren van bewegwijzering voor het Noorderhart ziekenhuis te Pelt

€ 450,000

maximum, over several years

Who pays?
Noorderhart VZW
Who carries it out?
SIGN & DISPLAY
View the official notice

Buying supplies 18 September 2026

Software package and information systems

Software voor zaalreservatie, kassabeheer en activiteitenbeheer

€ 111,215
Who pays?
Pelt
Who carries it out?
I-Active
View the official notice

Construction works 16 September 2026

Construction work for buildings relating to health

vzw Noorderhart: uitbreiding Noorderhart met een Revalidatie en MS-centrum en een Chirurgisch Dagcentrum perceel afwerking (incl. vast meubilair en omgevingswerken)

€ 13,378,166
Who pays?
Noorderhart VZW
Who carries it out?
WYCOR
View the official notice
See all contracts in Pelt →

Companies from Pelt that won government work

In 2026, companies and organisations from Pelt won 11 public contracts across Belgium.

  1. PAMI 7 contracts
  2. ALGEMENE ONDERNEMING DRIESEN 2 contracts
  3. L.T.C. 1 contract
  4. RESOL 1 contract

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 →