Industrial zones
Among the business properties with which CzechInvest is concerned, industrial zones are of key importance. Industrial zones bring quantitative economic benefit in the form of newly created jobs and the effects derived from the amount of investment capital of investors entering the zones. Newly created jobs have high added value, particularly in regions with high unemployment. Investments and directly created jobs have other synergistic effects in the form of new job opportunities with suppliers and related services for incoming investors.
CzechInvest has been actively engaged in the area of industrial zones since 1998, when it began implementation of the Industrial Zone Development Programme (IZDP). In 2006, the new Business Properties and Infrastructure Support Programme (BPISP) was approved, thanks to which support for construction and development of business properties (primarily strategic industrial zones) and regeneration of brownfields is continuing.
Results of CzechInvest's activities in the area of industrial zones
Ninety-one industrial zones, in which 535 new enterprises invested and employed almost 98 thousand people combined, were registered in 2009. The success of this programme is also evident in the fact that most supported zones are fully occupied by investors. According to periodic statistics on the occupancy of zones supported from the state budget, on average 70 % percent of areas are occupied.
Map of industrial zones supported since 1998
1 Český Krumlov, 2 Prachatice, 3 Písek, 4 Blatná, 5 Domažlice, 6 Stod, 7 Plzeň (2)*, 8 Ostrov, 9 Podbořany (2)*, 10 Žatec (2)*, 11 Klášterec nad Ohří, 12 Chomutov, 13 Most, 14 Lovosice (2)*, 15 Přestanov, 16 Ústí nad Labem, 17 Rumburk, 18 Liberec, 19 Slaný, 20 Tuchlovice, 21 Kladno, 22 Unhošť, 23 Zdice, 24 Žebrák, 25 Zlatníky-Hodkovice, 26 Poříčany, 27 Zruč nad Sázavou, 28 Kutná Hora (3)*, 29 Kolín, 30 Velim, 31 Nymburk, 32 Mladá Boleslav, 33 Jičín (2)*, 34 Hořice, 35 Vrchlabí, 36 Trutnov, 37 Kvasiny, 38 Chrudim, 39 Svitavy, 40 Moravská Třebová, 41 Ždírec nad Doubravou, 42 Havlíčkův Brod, 43 Pelhřimov, 44 Kamenice nad Lipou, 45 Třebíč, 46 Velké Meziříčí, 47 Žďár nad Sázavou, 48 Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, 49 Blansko, 50 Brno (2)*, 51 Pohořelice, 52 Mikulov, 53 Velké Pavlovice, 54 Vyškov (2)*, 55 Brankovice, 56 Hodonín (2)*, 57 Staré Město, 58 Zlín, 59 Vsetín, 60 Holešov, 61 Valašské Meziříčí, 62 Hranice, 63 Velká Bystřice (2)*, 64 Olomouc (3)*, 65 Uničov, 66 Šumperk, 67 Mošnov, 68 Paskov, 69 Ostrava (2)*, 70 Frýdek - Místek (2)*, 71 Nošovice, 72 Třanovice, 73 Třinec, 74 Český Těšín, 75 Karviná, 76 Krnov
* Number in brackets next to the names of municipalities represent the total number of supported zones in the given location.
