Forty-seven urban topsoil samples were collected in Quanzhou city and ICP-MS determining technology was applied to study the accumulation characteristics, environmental risk and sources of 26 metals in the urban topsoil. The results of enrichment factors showed that the enrichment factors of Li, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, Sr, Cd, Sn, Sb, Pb and Ta were higher than 1.0, while those of Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ga, Ge, As, Rb, Y, Nb, Cs, Bi, Th and U were lower than 1.0 in the urban topsoil compared with the background values of the soils in Quanzhou city.