Welcome to Kragujevac!
Welcome to the city chosen as an attractive investment place by IAT, Johnson Controls, Sigit, Meggle Company, TPV, Rap Marine, Hedel Maier, Plaza, Meetro, Nelt, VIP Company Milanovic Engineering, and Siemens.
Kragujevac never stops growing, contstantly building and developing its capabilities. It boasts new industrial and work zones, a complete and modern infrastructure, and incentive packages await future investors. The local administration is ready to meet the requirements of investors promptly.
Kragujevac offers:
- Persistence of vision
- Strong and stable partnerships
- Dedicated, industrious and expert population
- Long term support, friendliness and confidence
- Kragujevac opens its doors wide to all who recognize its positive vibration, and those with the vision and desire for business success, fair competition and profit.
- If You wish to join the society of the successful – chose Kragujevac!
- Kragujevac is a macro-regional center of Serbia, the fourth largest city in Serbia with 179,417 inhabitants. It is located in the heart of Sumadija and Serbia to the south from the Serbian
- capital Belgrade only 140 km by the E10 motorway. It covers an area of 835 square kilometers
- It is located on the banks of Lepenica, in the valley of Kragujevac, where farthest mountain branches meet: Rudnik, Crni Vrh and Gledic.
- The confluence of numerous waterways determined the location for the establishment of the settlement of Kragujevac. The Lepenica river runs the downtown of the city, as well as several of its tributaries.
Geographic Coordinates of Kragujevac:
- northern latitude 44° 22′
- eastern longitude 20° 56′
- height above sea-level 180 m
In addition to the extensive network of roads that connect Kragujevac with a large number of cities and settlements, railways run in 4 main directions:
- Кragujevac – Belgrade – Subotica – Budapest
- Кragujevac – Podgorica – Bar (seaport )
- Кragujevac – Skopje- Thessaloniki (seaport).
Kragujevac area has humid continental climate
- Height above sea-level 185 – 220м
- Coldest month – January +0.5°C
- Warmest month – July +27°C
- Average annual temperature +11.5°C
- Highest humidity – December – humidity 79%
- Driest month – September – humidity 39%
- Average precipitation 550 l/m²
- Number of days with temperature over 25°C – 92
- Lowest temperature days (below zero) – 96
- Snowy days– 34 ( January , the most)
- Highest precipitation – June average 83 l/m²
- Lowest precipitation – February – average 32 l/m²
- Average hours of sunlight – 5.5 h /day
- Least hours of sunlight– December 2.1 h/day
- Most hours of sunlight – June 8.8 h/day
City of Kragujevac – Business support and development network and services
- Local Economic Development Office
- Regional Economic Development Agency for Sumadija and Pomoravlje
- Business Innovation Centre d.o.o. Kragujevac
- Serbian Chamber of Commerce– Kragujevac Regional Chamber of Commerce
- University development centers and institutes
- Association of Entrepreneurs
- Clusters
Education Statistics
- 51,34% of population with secondary education
- 21,22% primary education
- 14% tertiary education completed
Primary education – 22 primary schools
Secondary education – 7 vocational and 2 grammar schools
University of Kragujevac
- 12 Faculties, 2 Institutes, 20.000 Students, 1.350 employees: teaching and researching
- Number of students that graduate annually – 3.000
- Faculty of Technical Science – total 1.563 students
Working Structure
- Active work capable population : 124.731 (under 65)
- Unemployed: 19.901
- Tertiary education: 3.589
- Secondary education: 10.862
- Women: 11.534
- Levels 1 and 2 (without qualification) – 5.550
- Level 3 – secondary school -4.706
- Level 4– secondary school – 6.156
- Level 5 – 375
- Level 6.1 – 677
- Level 6.2 – 388
- Level 7.1 VII – BA – 2124
- Level 7.2 – МА – 19
- Level 8 – Doctoral degree – 6