Since the onset of economic reforms, Serbia has grown into one of the premier investment locations in Central and Eastern Europe. A list of leading foreign investors is topped by world-class companies such as Bosch, Michelin, Siemens, ZF, Yazaki, Brose, Toyo Tires, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Microsoft, Panasonic, Cooper Tires, Tarkett, Ling Long, MTU, NCR, Magna, Continental, Aunde, Calzedonia, Eaton, Stada, Swarovski, Mei Ta, Gorenje, Schneider Electric, Adient, Minth, Kyungshin Cable, Johnson Controls, Johnson Electric, Leoni, Bizerba, Hansgrohe, Barry Callebaut, Xingyu Lightning, and many others.
Serbia's strong FDI track-record is substantiated by internationally recognized awards.
Serbia maintained its global number one spot as country that creates most FDI jobs per million inhabitants, according to “IBM Global Location Trends 2020“.
“Serbia continued to show strong results for the fourth year in a row, as the next wave of preferred locations for companies in Europe.”
IBM Global Locations Trends 2020 report
Source: National Bank of Serbia
Largest Foreign Investors in Serbia by No of Projects (%)
Source: RAS Database, December 2023
Largest Foreign Investors in Serbia by Value of Projects (%)
Source: RAS Database, December 2023
Most Atractive Investment Sectros by No of Projects (%)
Source: RAS Database, December 2023
* RAS database includes almost 400 foreign investment projects and tracks all investment types in the manufacturing and service sector, excluding portfolio investments. Data are based on the research that was done according to the country of origin of the investor company.