
Toulouse, one of the most dynamic regions in Europe
Toulouse is 1st French metropolis for economic growth, demographic evolution, job creation and investment in R&D.
1.31.3 million inhabitants
4th urban area in France
+2.9%economic growth
GPD/inhabitant annually per year of GDP / inhabitant - 1st city in France
12.7%population growth
in 10 years - 1st city in France
Some records:
- World capital of aeronautics
- European capital of the space industry
- Toulouse plays a key role in international space projects such as Galileo, Curiosity (Mars) or Philae...
- 25% of population are students
- European capital of Science, the city hosted the 2018 edition of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF)
- 8 local researchers ranked as world’s most influential scientists; more than double that of rankings found in other cities in the region (Clarivate Analytics, 2019)
Other important facts:
- Jean Tirole, laureate of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2014
- 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites

1st French metropolis for
- Economic growth: +2,9%/year in GDP per capita – in Europe’s top 10 urban areas (of more than 1m people (400 in Europe), Eurostat Urban Europe 2016)
- Demographic growth:
- 1,3m population – 4th French urban area
- +200 000 people in 10 years – in Europe’s top 10 urban areas (Eurostat Urban Europe 2016)
- Job creation: +70 000 employees in the private sector in 10 years
- First region for the share of GDP devoted to R&D (3.7%) and the only region to have reached the 3% objective put in place by the European Commission as part of the Europe 2020 strategy (Insee, 2017)
- Having 14 competitiveness clusters, the region counts more than any other in France (Insee 2017)
- Balance of trade: +€8,7bn. in 2016 (France: - 64,6bn)
- Employee and worker satisfaction: 1st city in 8 developed countries (Censuswide 2016 – in front of Halifax, Charlotte, Dortmund and Berlin)
- Start-up creations (excluding Paris – Trendeo 2016)
*The Toulouse-Paris flight is the most frequented in Europe with 2.3M passengers/year*

An international airport
- Only 7km away from the city center
- Highest rated French airport on flight-report.com (8,1/10) and the only French airport in the Top 20 worldwide
- 9.6m passengers in 2018
- 23 new routes (7 Ryanair routes)
- National (+2,6 %) international (+10,5 %) traffic growth
- 80 destinations (of which 63 are international), 120 daily departures
- Number of daily direct flights to European major cities:
Paris: 40
London: 10
Madrid: 8
Brussels: 4
Amsterdam: 3
Rome: 2 - Geneva: 1
- Berlin: 1, Munich 4, Frankfurt 3
Toulouse, France’s city with the most job creations
In terms of job creation press releases in French media
According to the national investment observatory Trendeo
*September 2017
According to the national investment observatory Trendeo
*September 2017

Toulouse in France’s top 3 metropolises for:
- Number of startups created between 2014 and 2016 : Paris 1st, Toulouse 2nd, Lyon 3rd
- Number of fundraising: Toulouse 1st (83), Lyon 2nd (74), Bordeaux 3rd (66)
- Jobs created by startups: Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse

Toulouse in France’s top 3 metropolises for:
#1 Number of funds raised
#2 Startup creation 2014 – 2016
#3 Job creation in startups