Business in Linz

Today Linz is Austria’s second largest business and economic area with over 6,200 businesses and 207,000 jobs. The city is in a unique position to boast more jobs than city inhabitants. Jobs mean tax income for local communities and the cities. And the local tax statistics are a strong economic indicator to determine the strength of an economic location. For 2008 Linz expects tax revenues of  613 € per inhabitant. This is approximately 57 per cent or 229 € (!) more than the average per capita tax revenues of other comparable Austrian cities. Linz also has the consistently lowest unemployment rate of all the capitals of the Federal Provinces.

The focal point of economic policies in the near future is support for creative businesses.  At this time, three new creative entrepreneurial centers have been designed and created not only to significantly contribute and strengthen creative businesses, but also add value and create new jobs.

In addition, being designated European Capital of Culture 2009 and the preparations already underway for this are changing the perception, the self-image and the cityscape more quickly than ever before. Not only a cultural project, European Capital of Culture 2009 is also an urban development project, the impact of which – also on business – is already tangible.