The region belongs to the strongest economic regions of Slovakia. It is especially active in the sector of small and medium enterprises - where there are over 6,500 business entities registered, employing more than 24,600 people. They primarily work in the machinery sector, agriculture and nearly 28% are engaged in retail trade, restaurant and hotel services. Apart from companies like Yazaki and Nestle, the biggest foreign investor in the region - Novacke chemicke zavody, successfully employs up to 3,000 people.

Trencin, the capital city, has a high profile courtesy of its international trade fairs and exhibitions - the most popular is the fashion trade fair Trencin - mesto mody and offers many opportunities in the tourism industry, especially restaurants and hotel facilities. Declared a ‘Historic Reservation’ in 1987, the city skyline is dominated by Trencin Castle and the late baroque houses and renaissance architecture represent a magnet for tourists.

The Trencin region takes 6th place in the number of population, 7th regarding the geographic area and 2nd place in terms of population density. The total number of population in the Trencin region is 610,350

An excellent highway system, close proximity to the Polish, Czech and Austrian borders and a very cost effective labour pool underpin the region’s key benefit to foreign investors who needs to better serve their customers cost competitively. These factors influenced the decision by one of Japan’s leading automotive component suppliers, Yazaki, to establish an operation employing almost 2,000 people.

General information

Slovakia boasts eight well developed regions and in terms of population, they are finely balanced, as the table below illustrates

Regions of Slovakia and Population - Total Population of Country - 5.4 million

Unlike the neighbouring countries with which Slovakia competes for foreign direct investment, manufacturing and the established infrastructure to underpin the activities, is not concentrated in a few territories. Rather, Slovakia has a well balanced manufacturing base with an even distribution of production activity across the eight regions as outlined below.

Regions of Slovakia - Workforce engaged in Manufacturing