Background information

Industrial parks and zones are available for foreign or domestic investors planning to run a business in Slovakia. Detail information on available Industrial parks and zones is provided by the Ministry of Economy. They are available in certain regions and the most of industrial parks and zones are located in Western Slovakia and Eastern Slovakia. For instance, nearby Nitra and Kosice cities, respectively. Upon information on available industrial parks and zones, employers can decide on the location of their business undertaking in the country.

Content of measure

Industrial parks/zones play an important role in anticipating restructuring in Slovakia via attracting investors. The Ministry of Economy (MH SR) provides detailed information for foreign and domestic investors on eligible industrial parks and zones. Investors can use it for the decision on suitable location for their companies. Building industrial parks and zones is funded from national, regional and European resources (ERDF). This involves planning, organisation and implementation of restructuring aimed at developing employment in selected regions through new direct investments, often from foreign multinationals, including the development of skills. Industrial parks provide infrastructure, such as electricity, gas and water supply, telecommunication and related road network. Besides basic infrastructure, investors in industrial parks can ask for state aid to support their business activities and may avail of free of charge consultations. Industrial parks are also available for SMEs.

Use of measure

The programme is implemented mainly in regions with high unemployment rates. From 2004 to 2013, through the operational programmes Industry and Services and Competitiveness and Growth, non-returnable grants were provided for the amount of €102 million for building 25 industrial parks. Since then, to satisfy growing demand of investors, some of the parks have been enlarged and new ones were established. According to the MH SR, a total of 43,710 new jobs were created in 74 industrial parks in Slovakia as of 30 June 2017.

By June 2020, almost 64,500 new jobs were created in 77 industrial parks. The effects of Covid-19 were also felt here - as of June 30, 2021, the number of workers decreased - over 55,400 workers worked in 76 industrial parks.

Examples of companies that are located in industrial parks: Foxconn Slovakia and Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia in Nitra-Nord, Getrag-Ford in Kechnec, Minebea Mitsumy in Immopark Kosice, BASF in Zahorie Eurovalley, Samsung in Galanta-East, Arcelor Mittal in Senica, Johnson Controls in Trencin, Volkswagen in Martin-Sucany, Kia in Teplicka nad Vahom, Honeywell in Presov-Zaborske, Amazon in Sered industrial parks.

For the coming years 2025 to 2026, it is proposed to establish 3 new industrial parks in the cadastre of the village of Záborské (eastern Slovakia) and the cities of Handlová and Horná Streda (western Slovakia) in a total amount of €76.5 million.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Applies to all businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government Company / Companies Local / regional government Public employment service Public support service providers	Companies European Funds National funds Regional funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Unknown	Unknown
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Unknown
• Main level of involvement: Unknown

Involvement

Sectoral bodies are sometimes involved indirectly. For instance, the Association of the Automotive Industry (ZAP) - the most of car producers and their supliers were built in greenfield industrial parks and zones.

Views and reactions

Unknown

Sources

• 01 May 2013: Zákon č. 71/2013 o poskytovaní dotácií v pôsobnosti Ministerstva hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky (www.mhsr.sk)
• 15 October 2015: Priemyselné parky na Slovensku, ich rozvoj a fungovanie. (alianciapas.sk)
• 15 May 2018: MH SR, Analyza priemyselnych parkov na Slovensku (May 2018) (www.mhsr.sk)
• 30 June 2019: MH SR, Komplexne informacie o PZ/PP k 30.06.2019 (www.priemyselneparkyslovenska.sk)
• 30 June 2020: Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky, (2020), Priemyselné parky a priemyselné zóny v SR (www.economy.gov.sk)
• 30 June 2020: MH Invest II, Komplexné informácie o PZ/PP k 06/2020 (www.priemyselneparkyslovenska.sk)
• 01 November 2021: Act No. 371/2021 on Significant Investments (Zákon č. 371/2021 o významných investíciách) (www.slov-lex.sk)
• 14 October 2022: Slovenská inovačná a energetická agentúra (SIEA), (2014), Priemyselné parky podporené zo štrukturálnych fondov Európskej únie. (www.siea.sk)
• 24 October 2022: MH Invest II, Komplexné informácie o PZ/PP k 30.06.2021 (www.priemyselneparkyslovenska.sk)
• 25 September 2024: Methodology for prioritizing investments in the Department of the Econom (www.mhsr.sk)
• 25 September 2024: Metodika hodnotenia investícií pre výstavbu priemyselných parkov 2023 (www.mhsr.sk)