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Flemish government · Wallonia-Brussels Federation · federal government · European Union

Who received subsidies and aid from the Flemish, Wallonia-Brussels, federal and European governments, by register, year and programme.

FPS BOSA, financial transfers of the federal government · Invoiced transfers: subsidies and transfers to institutions

Amount as published
41.80bn
currency not stated by the source
Recipients
1,933
legal entities with an enterprise number
Entries
6,274
of which 3 without an amount

The figures cover 2023, the year of the transfer. Shown are 6,274 of the register's 7,950 entries, those of legal entities with an enterprise number.

Largest recipients

You see the 5 largest of 1,933 legal entities, ranked by amount as published.

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  1. Federale Pensioendienst Public body · Brussels · Public administration and defence · 2023Largest of 14 programmes: Pensioenen overheidssector
    14.91bn14 entries
  2. Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid Public body · Brussels · Public administration and defence · 2023Largest of 10 programmes: Evenwichtsdotatie - sociale zekerheid voor werknemers
    8.38bn10 entries
  3. NATIONALE MAATSCHAPPIJ DER BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN Other legal form · Brussels · Land transport · 2023Largest of 7 programmes: Bijdrage voor het binnenlands vervoer van reizigers met treinen van de gewone dienst ten gunste van de NMBS
    1.99bn7 entries
  4. COMMISSION DE REGULATION DE L'ELECTRICITE-COMMISSIE VOOR DE REGULERING VAN DE ELEKTRICITEIT Other legal form · Brussels · Public administration and defence · 2023Largest of 2 programmes: Subsidie aan de Commissie voor de Regulering van de Elektriciteit en het Gas (CREG) in het kader van het basispakket (verwarmingspremie)
    1.78bn2 entries
  5. INFRABEL Other legal form · Brussels · Warehousing and transport support · 2023Largest of 12 programmes: Deelname van de Staat in het kapitaal van Infrabel met het oog op de financiering van de investeringen ten gunste van Infrabel
    1.74bn12 entries

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Per year

The year is the year of the transfer. Click a year to filter.

  1. 41.80bn 2023 2023, Amount as published 41,804,947,777, 1,933 recipients
  2. 48.09bn 2024 2024, Amount as published 48,085,738,879, 2,012 recipients
  3. 43.69bn 2025 2025, Amount as published 43,694,634,744, 2,079 recipients

Budget allocations

511 in view
  1. Pensioenen overheidssector 13.36bn 1 recipient
  2. Evenwichtsdotatie - sociale zekerheid voor werknemers 5.60bn 1 recipient
  3. Globale rijkstoelage - sociale zekerheid voor werknemers 2.49bn 1 recipient
  4. Toelagen OCMW's recht op maatschappelijke integratie 1.53bn 555 recipients
  5. Gemeenschappelijke Gemeenschapscommissie 1.52bn 2 recipients
  6. Subsidie aan de Commissie voor de Regulering van de Elektriciteit en het Gas (CREG) in het kader van het basispakket (verwarmingspremie) 1.44bn 1 recipient
  7. Pensioenen HR-Rail 1.27bn 1 recipient
  8. Deelname van de Staat in het kapitaal van Infrabel met het oog op de financiering van de investeringen ten gunste van Infrabel 953.4m 1 recipient
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  1. Federale dotatie aan de meergemeentepolitiezones en aan de gemeenten tot dekking van de meerkosten voortvloeiend uit de politiehervorming 904.6m 170 recipients
  2. Dotatie aan het Federaal Agentschap voor de opvang van Asielzoekers 838.1m 1 recipient
  3. Evenwichtsdotatie - sociale zekerheid voor zelfstandigen 748.2m 1 recipient
  4. Bijdrage voor het binnenlands vervoer van reizigers met treinen van de gewone dienst ten gunste van de NMBS 737.7m 1 recipient

You see the 12 largest of 511. Search a word of the name, or download the full list: CSV

Conditions and calls are not in the register. The register itself: FPS BOSA, financial transfers of the federal government (opens the source's website)

Funders · department

top 10 of 16
  1. FPS Social Security 25.06bn 27 recipients
  2. FPS Mobility and Transport 3.97bn 155 recipients
  3. FPS Finance 2.62bn 26 recipients
  4. FPS Economy 2.26bn 116 recipients
  5. PPS Social Integration 2.09bn 612 recipients
  6. FPS Home Affairs 1.77bn 495 recipients
  7. Federal Police 1.16bn 179 recipients
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  1. FPS Policy and Support 981.3m 86 recipients
  2. FPS Public Health 706.7m 182 recipients
  3. FPS Foreign Affairs 492.5m 164 recipients

Kind of transfer

  1. Overdrachten aan de socialezekerheidsinstellingen 25.58bn 11 recipients
  2. Overdrachten aan autonome instellingen 6.69bn 98 recipients
  3. Overdrachten aan lokale overheden 3.72bn 1,065 recipients
  4. Overdrachten aan gewesten en gemeenschappen 2.72bn 104 recipients
  5. Overdrachten aan bedrijven 2.61bn 181 recipients
  6. Overdrachten aan het buitenland 306.0m 136 recipients
  7. Overdrachten aan gezinnen en vzw 173.1m 463 recipients

By sector

  1. PPublic administration 36.24bn 1,094 recipients
  2. HTransport and storage 4.13bn 13 recipients
  3. NProfessional and technical services 359.5m 137 recipients
  4. TOther services 174.2m 152 recipients
  5. OAdministrative and support services 155.2m 35 recipients
  6. SArts, sports and recreation 135.9m 48 recipients
  7. Activity unknown 98.2m 107 recipients
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  1. KTelecoms and IT 86.6m 25 recipients
  2. QEducation 86.5m 56 recipients
  3. RHealth and social work 78.7m 137 recipients
  4. EWater and waste 77.9m 7 recipients
  5. VExtraterritorial organisations 43.2m 6 recipients
  6. CManufacturing 36.9m 25 recipients
  7. FConstruction 36.0m 26 recipients
  8. LFinance and insurance 23.7m 16 recipients
  9. DEnergy 15.9m 5 recipients
  10. GWholesale and retail trade 12.4m 24 recipients
  11. AAgriculture, forestry and fishing 3.1m 4 recipients
  12. MReal estate 2.8m 1 recipient
  13. IAccommodation and food service 1.0m 10 recipients
  14. JPublishing and media 77,958 5 recipients

The sector is the main activity in NACE-BEL 2025 per the KBO.

By region

  1. Brussels 38.52bn 545 recipients
  2. Wallonia 1.71bn 619 recipients
  3. Flanders 1.57bn 767 recipients
  4. Outside Belgium or unknown 778,267 2 recipients

The region is that of the registered office.

Kind of organisation

  1. Public bodies 31.75bn 1,083 recipients
  2. Other legal forms 9.32bn 117 recipients
  3. Non-profits and foundations 558.6m 512 recipients
  4. Companies 177.9m 221 recipients

The kind follows from the legal form in the KBO.

Method and sources

The register (2023 to 2025) holds 7,950 entries. 6,274 of them are shown. These are the recipients with an enterprise number that are legal entities. Not shown: 1,402 without an enterprise number, 274 with a number no longer (or never) in the open KBO data.

BOSA states no currency with its amounts; they are shown as published. Most transfers are filed under an establishment unit and linked to its enterprise.

The register at its source: FPS BOSA, financial transfers of the federal government (opens the source's website)

The figures come from five public registers, updated every night: the Flemish subsidy register, the subsidy cadastre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the federal government's financial transfers (FPS BOSA), the European Commission's Financial Transparency System and the CORDIS research database. The figures are as the register publishes them. Checked adds them up per recipient, year and programme, within one register.

The registers do not count the same money. They hold awarded and paid subsidies, payments, invoiced transfers, attributed shares of EU commitments and contributions to research projects. So one register is shown at a time, never a total across registers.

Only legal entities with an enterprise number appear in the lists. Natural persons and sole traders are not shown, even where the register states their number. They do count in the register's coverage.

Last updated on 5 November 2026.

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