6,088,950 residents · Chair: Xavier Bertrand

Hauts-de-France

€3.8 billion spent in 2025.

€617 per resident · Mainland regions: €550

What Hauts-de-France spends, by policy

Trains, coaches and transport38%€1.41B
High schools, training and apprenticeships30%€1.13B
Administration and shared services12%€438.9M
Loans: repayments and interest9%€333.6M
Culture, sport and youth5%€169.1M
Economy and business support4%€160.5M

The 3 other items (3%)

Town planning and housing2%€81.6M
Environment1%€24.2M
Health and social care< 1%€6.4M

Source: 2025 accounts of Hauts-de-France (DGFiP), by public policy.

Suppliers and recipients

The same €3.75B, by recipient.

Grants and contributions31%€1.16B
Companies and contractors20%€763.5M
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Joint bodies and syndicates16%€602.5M
Staff11%€430.2M
Pay and contributions.
Banks and lenders9%€333.6M
Compulsory contributions6%€221.4M
Benefits paid to people6%€210M
Other1%€31.3M
Councillors’ allowances, taxes paid, other costs.

Source: 2025 accounts of Hauts-de-France (DGFiP).

414 contracts signed in 2025 · €458.4M before tax

Why this total differs from the €763.5M paid to companies

These are the amounts of the contracts signed in the year, over their whole length, not what was paid. The money paid in a year also goes to older contracts and to purchases too small to be published (under €40,000 excl. VAT). For a framework agreement, the amount is a ceiling.

Investment and works

€174.8M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €29 per resident. Mainland regions: €47.

GOE bâtiments régionaux2023–2024 · Entreprise Septentrionale Construction€24M
Entretien des ouvrages et équipements portuaires du port de boulogne…2024 · Ocelian€20M
Couverture étanchéité bardage2023 · Atz Chauffe-Toit Couverture€6M
Carénage des portes et génie civil de l’ecluse sanson port de boulogne sur mer calais2023–2025 · 2 companies€3.9M
Travaux de restauration au Centre Historique Minier de Lewarde, site classé au titre des Monuments Historiques2025 · Chevalier Nord€3.9M

Largest works contracted since 2023, among published contracts. Amounts planned at signature, often spread over several years.

On top of that, €881.2M paid to other bodies for their own equipment (towns, intercommunalities, associations…).

Source: 2025 accounts of Hauts-de-France (DGFiP), by public policy.

Revenue and financing

Revenue: €3.43B · borrowing: €387M · spending: €3.75B.

Breakdown of resources

Taxes (VAT share, fuel tax, vehicle registration)60%€2.29B
Grants for works and VAT refunds17%€645.2M
State and other contributions12%€450.3M
Users and rents< 1%€2M
Other receipts1%€37.4M
Borrowing10%€387M

Source: OFGL, 2025 accounts of the main budget.

Debt and taxes

€630 of debt per resident

Mainland regions: €560

12.5 years of savings to repay it

2025 accounts. Debt and taxes: OFGL, consolidated (main and side budgets). Per resident: amount divided by the population (Insee). “Mainland regions”: median of the 13 mainland regions.

Who is part of Hauts-de-France

Understanding these figures

Who does what

The region pays for high schools, regional trains (TER) and intercity coaches, school transport outside towns, aid to businesses, vocational training and apprenticeships.

Official table of responsibilities (July 2025)

Why the levels are not added up

The same euro can appear twice: once when a region or a département pays a grant, again when the town spends it. Each page shows its own body’s spending.

Where these figures come from

Spending: the accounts of the main budget published by the DGFiP, by public policy. Revenue, debt and taxes: OFGL. Contracts: published contract data (DECP), amounts planned at signing.

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Page edited by Qipu, independent of Hauts-de-France · Sources and method

Accounts 2025 (DGFiP, OFGL). The method · See the source