Education, Culture and Science · Public body
BUDGET met?
+0.5%Koninklijke Bibliotheek spent €154 m for 2025, against €153 m budgeted.
Over budget — Its own annual report sets the budget beside the spending, and more was spent than budgeted.
From the State 2025€140 m
paid, against €139 m budgeted
Budgeted 2026€142 m
the estimate in the ministry's budget
Equity€118 m
result −€1.7 m
FTE481
audit: clean opinion
Its own figures · 2025
What KB reports itself
| Budgeted | €153 m |
|---|---|
| Spent | €154 m |
| Gap | +0.5% |
| Income | €150 m |
| Of which from the State | €142 m |
What the State paid
What the State paid KB
Year by year: what the ministry budgeted and paid as its contribution, by its annual report.
| Year | Budgeted | Paid | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | €139 m | €140 m | +0.6% |
| 2024 | €143 m | €150 m | +4.8% |
| 2023 | €112 m | €137 m | +22% |
| 2022 | €104 m | €120 m | +16% |
| 2021 | €102 m | €106 m | +4.1% |