Var · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · 182,244 residents
How much does Toulon spend?
Mayor: Josée Massi since March 2026 · 58 town councillors
What the money pays for in Toulon
The 2024 operating expenditure — investment aside — sorted this time by public policy rather than by type of spending.
Toulon spends 26 % less per inhabitant than towns of 100,000 inhabitants and over.
Allocated to a public policyShare of budget against towns of the same size180.4 M€
“elsewhere”: what towns the same size usually devoteToulon devotes a larger share of its budgeta smaller share
- General administration49.4M€27 %elsewhere: 27%same as elsewhere (27%)
- Education and training48.8M€27 %elsewhere: 18%more than elsewhere (18%)
- Culture, youth and sports30.2M€17 %elsewhere: 24%less than elsewhere (24%)
- Health and social action20.4M€11 %elsewhere: 14%less than elsewhere (14%)
- Security and public health16.5M€9 %elsewhere: 5%more than elsewhere (5%)
- Regional planning and housing9.9M€5 %elsewhere: 6%same as elsewhere (6%)
- Economic action2.7M€1 %elsewhere: 1%same as elsewhere (1%)
- Environment1.7M€1 %elsewhere: 2%less than elsewhere (2%)
- Transport812k€0 %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.
Spending228.7 M€
Charges de personnel119M€52 %Achats et charges externes41.7M€18 %Charges de gestion couranteof which 5.9 M€ of grants to associations and private bodies15.3M€7 %Impôts et taxes (charges)4.1M€2 %Revenue253.5 M€
Property tax in Toulon
municipal rate on buildings, set in 2025 · unchanged since 2023
Median for towns of its size band: 43.72%.
In 2024, Toulon collected 125.5 M€ in property and residence taxes, or 50% of its revenue.
What the town builds
invested in 2024 · €271 per inhabitant
Of which 40.9 M€ of equipment. That is +9.0 % 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 · 51.1 M€ in total
Towns of its size: €1,110 per inhabitant · −41.2 % 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 · 135 contracts
Top supplier: Elior Restauration France (Elior Restauration Enseignement - Elior Restauration Sante), 30.8 M€, lot 1 - repas par transformation de denrées crues et en remise en température (liaison froide) dans les établissements…
All the town’s contracts (828)
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: 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.