Cacak is one of the municipalities with business friendly certification. Information about human resources, traffic connections, industrial zone, local economy, location.

1. E 75
business friendly municipality
Čačak
E 70
E 75
43o53’N, 20o20’E www.cacak.org.rs
Geographic Location Central Serbia
Population 117,072
Territory 636 km² - 68.5 % arable land, 26.3 % forests, 8.2 % roads and other
2010 Budget 2.24 billion dinars; 20.07% capital investments
Address Župana Stracimira 2, 32000 Čačak, +381 32/224-024, socacak@eunet.rs
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The City of Čačak is investing efforts to create business friendly environ- budapest (510 km) proximity to nearest
ment and promote investments. To that end, it has formed the City vienna (750 km)
border crossings
Towards Montenegro 135 km
Local Development Administration which is employing more than 20
Towards The Republic
people, and is composed of two departments ( for private entrepreneurs
of Srpska 181 km
and for drafting and implementation of development projects), one Towards Bulgaria 276 km
office for business activities and one agriculture development group.
* According to the NALED verification committee
There is no similar organization in Serbia. This is best practice backed
belgrade (144 km)
up by results – in the last three years Čačak attracted over 60 million
Euros of new investments. Over 30 years ago Čačak was a well known
metallurgic center, today it is growing into a trade-service center thanks čačak
to a well developed entrepreneurial sector but also large investments into
istanbul
shopping molls – Slovenian Merkator has invested around 22 million (770 km)
sofia (335 km)
Euros in Čačak, Tempo 12 million Euros. Interested investors have
at their disposal over 10 industrial zones with infrastructure and city’s
thessaloniki (620 km)
support to their start up. podgorica (310 km)
2011 © National Alliance for Local Economic Development

2. invest in
Čačak
human resources
Work force: 79,364 (men: 38,951, women: 40,413)
Education structure: 13% 4 and 2 year college, 63% high school, 24% elementary and lower
Education profiles: Electric engineering, mechanical engineering, agronomy, medicine, economy, hospitality industry,
traffic, construction, technology
No of unemployed: 10,953 unemployed, 35 % unemployment rate
Average gross salary: 395 € / per month
local economy
No of enterprises: 6,138
Size: 95% small, 4% medium, 1% large
Dominant industries: Trade and business services, metal processing, construction, chemical industry, apparel and
footwear industry, electrical and electronic industries
The largest domestic companies: Sloboda Čačak (appliances), Čačanska banka (banking and services), Prvi maj
Čačak (chemical industry), Slovas Čačak (metal processing), Božo Tomić (paper production)
The most significant foreign investors: Vapeks (production of sponges), Česten (paper factory), KAVIM (transport),
Strabag (civil construction engineering), Merkator (trade)
traffic connections
Highway (Corridor X): E75 – Indirect access by M23 (80 km away), by E761 ( 110 km away)
Main roads: M5, M22
Railroad lines: Line Požega – Stalać, line Belgrade-Bar (35 km away)
The Danube (corridor VII): Belgrade Port –150 km away
Airport: Airport in Belgrade – 140 km away; local airport in Lađevci–25 km away
Industrial zone 112,600 m², mixed types of land with infrastructures
Ownership structure 90% state owned, 10 private
Location 3 km away from the city center
Proximity to traffic lines City roads and streets; R-226, regional road Čačak - Kraljevo
Price and type of acquisition 16 € / m²
Land development fee According to calculations of land development costs by the PC Gradac
Local incentives Land development fee discount up to 100 % for 100 new jobs
NALED, Zetska 4a/2, 11000 Belgrade, +381 11/334 76 34, naled@naled-serbia.org www.naled-serbia.org