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Oulu

  • 3,869 €Operating expenses per resident
  • 2,518 €Tax revenue per resident
  • 679 €Central government transfers per resident
  • 313 €Annual margin per resident

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The budget for 2026 and the financial plan for the next two years approved by the Oulu council, from the State Treasury’s municipal finance service.

Full budget 2026

Stage: final, approved 12 Jan 2026 · Euros unless stated otherwise.

Budgets by year

Each year’s budget as last reported.

Budget 2025 with amendmentsBudget 2026Plan 2027Plan 2028 per resident
Operating income 202,470,066199,162,906202,353,909206,078,601 916 €
Sales income 71,158,83774,151,74378,452,86780,352,106 341 €
Fee income 36,688,26235,892,56337,321,26338,642,656 165 €
Subsidies and grants 21,927,18823,116,76522,196,59722,115,115 106 €
Other operating income 72,695,77966,001,83664,383,18264,968,724 303 €
Change in stocks of products 0000 0 €
Manufacturing for own use 8,838,0178,370,1368,392,0868,400,886 38 €
Operating expenses 826,646,982841,353,926841,291,800849,203,606 3,869 €
Staff expenditure 396,787,616407,190,152418,788,017423,376,289 1,872 €
Services purchased 267,456,391270,565,847269,817,136271,767,491 1,244 €
Raw materials and consumables 52,529,32851,467,39449,922,14249,937,314 237 €
Subsidies 79,642,54281,073,14772,508,97070,990,939 373 €
Other operating expenditure 30,231,10531,057,38630,255,53633,131,572 143 €
Operating margin -615,338,899-633,820,883-630,545,805-634,724,119 -2,915 €
Tax revenue 510,662,000547,495,000570,518,000597,967,000 2,518 €
Central government transfers 141,369,321147,615,550139,000,000152,000,000 679 €
Financial revenue (+) and expenditure (-) 15,239,4146,813,1533,218,831-357,953 31 €
Annual margin 51,931,83568,102,82082,191,026114,884,928 313 €
Depreciations and write-downs 95,134,96098,819,384101,483,321102,756,491 454 €
Extraordinary items 0000 0 €
Results for the financial year -43,203,125-30,716,564-19,292,29512,128,438 -141 €
Appropriations + (-) 1,507,8431,482,3031,482,3031,459,189 7 €
Surplus for the financial year(deficit) -41,695,282-29,234,261-17,809,99213,587,627 -134 €
Investment expenditure, total (gross) 191,008,000228,628,500211,464,500215,002,500 1,051 €
Intangible assets 1,644,0001,750,0001,640,0001,525,000 8 €
Land and water areas 8,365,0009,115,0007,620,0006,000,000 42 €
Buildings 99,070,00088,206,50092,385,500115,356,000 406 €
Buildings: education and culture 96,690,00079,186,50075,285,50087,900,000 364 €
Buildings: social welfare and healthcare 0000 0 €
Buildings: other 2,380,0009,020,00017,100,00027,456,000 41 €
Fixed structures and installations 64,590,90087,353,00080,957,00075,127,000 402 €
Machinery and equipment 12,075,10017,804,00013,462,00013,094,500 82 €
Other tangible assets 3,163,000100,000100,000100,000 0 €
Shares 2,100,00024,300,00015,300,0003,800,000 112 €
Contributions to investment expenditure 963,0001,619,329433,517350,000 7 €
Gross capital gains on investment goods 11,950,0005,500,0006,500,0008,000,000 25 €
Cash flow from operations and investments -172,413,165-198,906,351-127,839,957-97,767,572 -915 €
Loan stock, 31 December 863,081,000940,914,0001,066,139,0001,163,239,000 4,327 €
Person-years 6,7576,7296,6726,657
Income tax rate ––8.18.1
Year Operating expensesTax revenueCentral government transfersAnnual marginInvestmentsLoan stockResult for the period
2026 841.4 M€547.5 M€147.6 M€68.1 M€228.6 M€940.9 M€-30.7 M€
2025 829.2 M€531.2 M€136.7 M€53.3 M€202.8 M€859.6 M€-41.8 M€
2024 779.9 M€503.4 M€116.6 M€60.2 M€242.9 M€749.7 M€-30.9 M€
2023 731.4 M€506 M€116.9 M€99.7 M€202.9 M€599.6 M€22.2 M€
2022 1,454.5 M€911.1 M€338.1 M€53.7 M€151.7 M€845.1 M€-29.3 M€
2021 1,422.4 M€862.4 M€319.1 M€29.7 M€135.4 M€849.9 M€-52.4 M€
2020 1,345.3 M€838 M€291.1 M€46.4 M€143.2 M€806.4 M€-36 M€

The municipality’s explanations

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Vuoden 2026 osakkeiden ja osuuksien investointimenot sisältävät asemakeskuksen kehittämiseen liittyviä menoja 13 milj. euroa ja 8,0 milj. euroa on varattu pysäköintitalon osakkeiden ostoon.

Source: Valtiokonttori, Kuntien ja hyvinvointialueiden taloustietopalvelu (CC BY 4.0) · Budget figures (JSON) · Municipal budgets →