Why are investments in Katowice on the rise?

When studying the labour market, it is difficult to overlook the fact that the Silesian Metropolitan Area is full of job offers for so-called “linguists”. It might seem more intuitive for engineering and production to reign supreme in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, yet the number of offers for people speaking foreign languages is significantly greater. What is the reason behind this trend? Foreign investments. But why do investors come to Katowice?

HR Potential:

• Katowice agglomeration – 2,000,000 inhabitants
• Silesia Province – 4,600,000 inhabitants
• Within a 100-kilometre radius – 9,000,000 inhabitants

Offer of the real estate market

• office space: 460,000 m2
• under construction: 48,200 m2
• rent: EUR 12.5–14.5 per square meter per month

An ideal location

• KATOWICE International Airport – distance: 30 km , travel time: 30 mins
• OSTRAVA International Airport – distance: 100 km, travel time: 80 mins
• KRAKÓW International Airport – distance: 67 km, travel time: 40 mins
• the most developed road infrastructure in Poland. The lowest traffic rate in Poland (Deloitte, Targeo).

Investor Support

• 21.5% of the city’s budget allocated to investment in infrastructure
• Investor Service Department – a special body of Office the dedicated to investors, which employs 17 specialists
• Katowice Special Economic Zone: 2,600 ha
• capital invested: EUR 6,5bn
• new jobs: 65,000

Investors – BCC

• number of BPO/ITO/SSC/R&D centres: 92
• employees in the sector in 2017: 20,000
• employment growth in the years 2016–2017: 21% (3,500)