Gemeente Moerbeke

What Gemeente Moerbeke does

Stad Lokeren is the municipal government of Lokeren, a city of approximately 42,000 residents located in the Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders) province of Belgium. Operating under Belgian municipal law and identified by enterprise number BE 0207 463 402, the entity delivers statutory public services to local residents, businesses, and visitors. Its official seat is the Stadhuis at Groentemarkt 1, 9160 Lokeren, and it functions alongside OCMW Lokeren (Public Social Welfare Centre, BE 0212 194 131), a separate legal entity handling social welfare services within the same municipal structure.

The service portfolio spans a broad set of municipal functions accessible through departmental portals on lokeren.be, including civic administration, social welfare (welzijn), entrepreneurship support (ondernemen), cultural programming via Cultuurcentrum and the Kunstacademie Ter Beuken, education, housing (wonen), mobility infrastructure, sports, library services (lokeren.bibliotheek.be), youth services (jeugd), city archive (stadsarchief), museum operations (stadsmuseum), and urban development projects (stadsprojecten). No proprietary technology platforms or AI capabilities are disclosed in the source material; digital delivery is limited to a public-facing website, online information sessions, and the Hoplr neighborhood community platform (hoplr.com/stad/lokeren). Citizen communication is supported through multiple channels: printed infokranten, the UiT in Lokeren events magazine, press releases (persberichten), stadstelevisie (local television), and the denkmee.lokeren.be civic participation platform.

The entity is a publicly governed municipal administration, not a commercial enterprise. Revenue is derived from local taxation, intergovernmental transfers, and municipal fees rather than commercial sales, and no pricing model, revenue figures, or app products are disclosed. The named partnership with Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen (Red Cross Flanders), formalized in a 2026 cooperation to recruit crisisvrijwilligers, illustrates the city's role in coordinating emergency volunteer capacity with external specialist organizations. Routine operations are scaled to a population base of 42,000+ residents within a single domestic geography.

Name

Gemeente Moerbeke

Legal name

Stad Lokeren

Website

https://moerbeke.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stad Lokeren is the municipal government of Lokeren, Belgium, serving approximately 42,000 residents in East Flanders. It delivers civic administration, welfare, education, culture, mobility, and urban planning services, funded via local taxation and accessed through city hall plus online channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Executive Offices (921110), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration
• Civic services
• Welfare services
• Urban planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Lokeren

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stad Lokeren (referenced as Gemeente Moerbeke in the task) is a Belgian municipal government entity providing a comprehensive range of public services to approximately 42,000 residents in Lokeren, East Flanders. Core offerings include civic administration, social welfare (Welzijn), entrepreneurship support, housing, mobility, education, childcare, sports, cultural programming, tourism, library and archive services, youth programs, urban projects, and museum services. The entity is publicly funded through municipal taxation and grants, operating from the city hall at Groentemarkt 1, 9160 Lokeren.

Product overview

Stad Lokeren is a municipal government website providing civic services to residents. The portal offers various municipal departments and services including producten en diensten (products and services), welzijn (wellbeing), ondernemen (entrepreneurship), cultuurcentrum (culture center), stad en bestuur (city governance), wonen (housing), mobiliteit (mobility), sporten (sports), onderwijs (education), kind en opvang (children and childcare), bibliotheek (library), stadsarchief (city archive), jeugd (youth), stadsprojecten (city projects), and museum services. Note: The source data pertains to Stad Lokeren, not Gemeente Moerbeke as specified in the task.

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Products and services

• Public Administration (Stad en bestuur) Core municipal governance and administrative services for residents, including city council (college), city services, and civic administration.
• Welfare Services (Welzijn) Social welfare and well-being services for residents of Lokeren, operated via the OCMW (Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn).
• Entrepreneurship Support (Ondernemen) Support and information services for local entrepreneurs and businesses operating in Lokeren, including licensing and economic development resources.
• Cultural Center (Cultuurcentrum) Cultural programming and venue services for residents and visitors, accessed via the Cultuurcentrum portal.
• Housing Services (Wonen) Municipal housing information, services, and resources for residents of Lokeren.
• Tourism Services (Toerisme) Tourism information, visitor services, and event promotion for visitors to Lokeren, including theme year programs (e.g., Reynaertjaar 2026).
• Mobility Services (Mobiliteit) Municipal mobility and traffic management services, including temporary traffic measures for events such as the Lokerse Feestweek.
• Sports Services (Sporten) Municipal sports and recreation services and facilities for residents of Lokeren.
• Education Services (Onderwijs) Municipal educational services, including city primary schools (Stedelijke Basisschool Spoele) and the Kunstacademie Ter Beuken arts academy.
• Childcare Services (Kind en Opvang) Childcare and family support services, including onboarding for childminders (onthaalouders) via EVA Gezinswelzijn Lokeren.
• Library Services (Bibliotheek) Public library services for residents of Lokeren, accessible via lokeren.bibliotheek.be.
• City Archive (Stadsarchief) Municipal archive services preserving the historical records of Lokeren.
• Youth Services (Jeugd) Youth services and programs including the Speelpleinwerking summer playground activities, which began in 1976 and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026.
• City Projects (Stadsprojecten) Urban development and city projects portal at stadsprojecten.lokeren.be.
• City Museum (Stadsmuseum Lokeren) Municipal museum services for residents and visitors.
• Event Organization (Evenement organiseren) Event organization support and permitting services, including the annual Lokerse Feestweek festival.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen (Red Cross Flanders)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026The city of Lokeren collaborates with Red Cross Flanders to build a local volunteer corps that responds quickly to emergency and crisis situations. Citizens are recruited as crisis volunteers (crisisvrijwilligers) through information sessions organized by the city in partnership with the Red Cross.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stad Dendermonde: East Flemish municipality with comparable population (~45,000) and full municipal service mandate. Directly comparable structure under Belgian municipal law with OCMW social welfare arm.
• Gemeente Lochristi: Adjacent East Flemish municipality experiencing residential growth, with municipal service delivery and OCMW structure directly comparable to Lokeren.
• Stad Aalst: East Flemish municipality, slightly larger than Lokeren, providing identical municipal services under the same Flemish regulatory framework. Highly comparable governance, OCMW structure, and service portfolio.
• Stad Wetteren: East Flemish municipality serving a similar-sized population with the same statutory municipal services. Comparable scale, governance, and OCMW social welfare model.
• Stad Zele: Small East Flemish municipality immediately adjacent to Lokeren, with comparable population size and identical municipal governance structure under Belgian municipal law.
• Stad Hamme: East Flemish municipality on the Scheldt with similar population scale and a comparable Belgian municipal service delivery structure including OCMW social welfare.
• Gemeente Beveren: Larger neighboring municipality in East Flanders with a comparable mix of suburban and rural residents. Operates the same Belgian municipal service model including OCMW social welfare.
• Stad Sint-Niklaas: Neighboring municipality in East Flanders, Belgium, serving a similar population size and delivering the same statutory portfolio of municipal services (welfare, education, culture, mobility, urban planning). Directly comparable in scope, governance structure, and Flemish institutional context.
• Stad Temse: East Flemish municipality along the Scheldt, similar population size to Lokeren, with comparable municipal service delivery and OCMW social welfare structure.

Broad incumbents

• Stad Gent: Capital of East Flanders and the largest city in the region. Operates the same municipal service model as Lokeren but at a substantially larger scale, providing broader municipal and OCMW services, and serves as a reference point for Flemish municipal governance practice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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