Metz Métropole · Moselle · Grand Est · 123,532 residents · Mayor: François Grosdidier
Metz
€234.5 million spent in 2025.
€1,898 per resident · Towns of the same size: €1,861
Metz’s spending by policy area
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The 3 other items (2%)
Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP), by public policy.
Where the money goes
The €234.5M spent in 2025, by who receives it.
Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP).
Contracts state a maximum amount for their whole term, often several years. That amount differs from what was paid. Purchases, services and works paid to companies by the town in 2025: €93M (its accounts).
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- Études Installation Maintenance Industri1 contract over 20 months · at most ~€5M a year on average · contract with other holdersup to €8.3M
- Lingenheld Travaux Publics7 contracts over 3 months to 3 years · at most ~€2.2M a year on average · 5 of them framework agreements (maximum envelopes) · 1 with other holdersup to €3.4M
- Sogeres1 contract over 13 months · at most ~€3M a year on average · framework agreement: maximum envelopeup to €3.2M
- Muller TP1 contract over 3 years · at most ~€593k a year on average · framework agreement: maximum envelopeup to €1.8M
- Rustyle2 contracts over 5 months to 4 years · at most ~€498k a year on average · 1 of them a framework agreement (maximum envelope)up to €1.7M
- Foussier6 contracts over 3 years · at most ~€499k a year on average · framework agreements: maximum envelopes · 6 with other holdersup to €1.5M
- Disprotech16 contracts over 3 years · at most ~€370k a year on average · framework agreements: maximum envelopesup to €1.1M
300 contracts signed in 2025 · €62.3M before tax · 4 contracts (€5.7M) left out of the total: copied or out-of-scale ceilings, duplicate publications · All contracts
Why this total differs from the €93M of purchases, services and works 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
€51.9M of capital spending in 2025 (building, renovation, equipment), €420 per resident. Towns of the same size: €340.
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- Phase réalisation des travaux (gc)2025 · Études Installation Maintenance Industri€8.3M
- Extension du dispositif de vidéoprotection2023 · Public safety · Eiffage Énergie Systemes - Infrastructures Est€4M
- Ms0 a bdc-5e ATTR-Travaux réfection et aménagements voirie et réseaux divers2025 · 2 contracts€3.5M
- Travaux neufs et rénovation de l’éclairage2024 · Town planning and housing · Sobeca€3.3M
- Ms0 bdc2024 · Culture, sport and youth · 3 contracts€2.5M
Largest works contracted since 2023, among published contracts. Amounts planned at signature, often spread over several years.
In addition, €7.6M given to other bodies for their own equipment (joint funding, energy syndicate…).
Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP), by public policy.
Revenue and financing
Revenue: €216.9M · borrowing: €16M · spending: €234.5M.
Source: the town’s 2025 accounts (DGFiP).
Debt and taxation
Accounts 2025, main budget (excluding annex budgets such as water), except debt and savings: main and annex budgets together (OFGL consolidated accounts). Per resident: amount divided by the total population (Insee, in force in the year of the accounts). Sources: DGFiP, OFGL. “Towns of the same size”: median of the 41 towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Who spends for the residents of Metz
Spending per resident in 2025 of each public body the town belongs to, and what each one pays for.
- TownMetzPrimary schools, canteens, local streets, civil registry€1,898 per resident
- IntercommunalityMetz MétropoleWaste, water, urban transport, economic development€1,150 per resident
- DépartementMoselleMinimum income, elderly and disability care, middle schools, county roads€987 per resident
- RegionGrand EstHigh schools, regional trains, training, business support€743 per resident
Each amount is what the body spends per resident, from its accounts (DGFiP). Do not add them up: part of the money passes from one body to another.
Understanding these figures
Running costs and works: what is the difference?
Running costs are each year’s spending: wages, energy, upkeep, grants. Works create or renovate something that lasts: a school, a road, a sports hall.
How is the comparison with towns of the same size made?
The towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over are ranked from lowest to highest value; the median is the value in the middle. A value above or below the median is not a judgement: it depends on the area, the population and the powers held by the intercommunality.
Where do these figures come from?
From the town’s accounts kept by the public accountant (DGFiP), the local finance observatory (OFGL) and public procurement data. Qipu changes no amount.
Elected officials and staff of Metz: to report a figure to correct or add context, write to Qipu.
Compare with Thionville or with another town:
Page published by Qipu, independent of the town · Sources and method
DGFiP balance-sheet accounts (nature axis) · OFGL (consolidated towns base) · Public procurement — DECP (data.gouv.fr) · National register of elected officials, archived versions 2020-2025 · 2025. The method · See the source