Rhône · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · 528,550 residents
How much does Lyon spend?
Mayor: Grégory Doucet since March 2026 · 73 town councillors
What the money pays for in Lyon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Lyon spends 4 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size675.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteLyon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration198M€29 %elsewhere: 27%more than elsewhere (27%)
- Culture, youth and sports174M€26 %elsewhere: 24%more than elsewhere (24%)
- Education and training131M€19 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Health and social action80.5M€12 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Regional planning and housing42.6M€6 %elsewhere: 6%more than elsewhere (6%)
- Security and public health35.4M€5 %elsewhere: 5%same as elsewhere (5%)
- Economic action9.6M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment3.5M€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport33k€elsewhere: 1%less than elsewhere (1%)
Shares are computed on the allocated amount, excluding transfers. “Elsewhere”: the median share of towns the same size — half devote more, half less. Source: DGFiP accounting balances.
Spending and revenue
What the town pays for: staff, purchases, debt. 2019–2024 trend on each line.
Spending859.1 M€
Charges de personnel378M€44 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 75 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies143M€17 %Achats et charges externes137M€16 %Impôts et taxes (charges)9.8M€1 %Charges financières5.6M€1 %Revenue939.6 M€
Property tax in Lyon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Lyon collected 477.1 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 51% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €354 per inhabitant
Of which 144.5 M€ of equipment. That is +10.2 % compared with 2023.
Investment section of the town’s accounts. The rest is funded by the savings made on day-to-day operations.
Debt
per inhabitant at end of 2024 · 319.9 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −23.8 % per inhabitant since 2018
Outstanding debt and gross savings: OFGL, main budget. The number of years is the debt-repayment capacity, debt divided by gross savings.
What the town buys
in public contracts awarded in 2026 · 1,012 contracts
Top supplier: Elior Restauration France (Elior Restauration Enseignement - Elior Restauration Sante), 72 M€, service de préparation et de livraison de repas à destination des écoles primaires de la ville de Lyon et des ACM HE HOP
All the town’s contracts (5,850)
Marchés de plus de 40 000 € HT déclarés à la notification (DECP) : montants des contrats, pas les paiements. Les plus petits marchés ne sont pas publiés ; les montants manifestement erronés sont écartés. Years published by the town: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
Compare with another town
Per inhabitant, 2024 accounts, OFGL. Towns of the same département, by size. A town above or below is not better or worse run. Property-tax rate: municipal share only, excluding the inter-municipal body and additional levies, source REI DGFiP.