Greater Toluca or the Metropolitan Area of Toluca is the conurbation formed by Toluca, as the core city, and 12 adjacent municipalities of the state of Mexico, namely Almoloya de Juárez, Calimaya, Chapultepec, Lerma, Metepec, Mexicaltzingo, Ocoyoacac, Otzolotepec, San Mateo Atenco, Xonacatlán and Zinacantepec.

The economic growth of the city spans from its poles Zinacantepec, Tenango del Valle and Lerma.

The metropolitan area of the Toluca Valley is the fifth largest city in Mexico, according to the 2020 Population and Housing Census of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

In the Metropolitan Region there are several prestigious universities, such as the Metropolitan Autonomous University Unidad Lerma (UAM-L), the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMéx), Institute of Technology and Studies Superiors of Monterrey (ITESM), the Technological Institute of Toluca (TecNM Campus Toluca), campus of Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC), Universidad del Valle de México (UVM), Instituto Universitario del State of Mexico (IUEM), Technological University of the Toluca Valley (UTVT), among other institutions.

According to the State Urban, Metropolitan and Housing Information System of the State of Mexico, the metropolitan area is made up of the municipalities of Almoloya de Juárez, Calimaya, Chapultepec, Lerma, Metepec, Mexicaltzingo, Ocoyoacac, Otzolotepec, Rayón, San Antonio la Island, San Mateo Atenco, Temoaya, Tenango del Valle, Toluca, Xonacatlán and Zinacantepec