Lublin – Economic Growth
First place in investment expenditure per person, thousands of new enterprises offering job opportunities, as well as successes in using available means to develop the region are just some of the city’s assets. Hard economic data prove the significant economic growth of Lublin in the last decade. Cognizant city management supports this positive trend, and proof of this are the new investments made by large international companies, as well as the distinctions given by trade experts, which set the city as an example of efficient actions supporting foreign direct investments.
Economic Lublin is built on the solid foundations of priority industry sectors chosen on the basis of expert analyses, whose development is desirable and actively supported. One of the most attractive forms of support is the Special Economic Zone. Locating investment there involves the development of well-prepared plots of land, as well as gaining significant tax relief. An additional asset is the perfect location of the plots in the vicinity of an express ring road and Lublin’s airport. This incentive has already been accepted by numerous companies.
820 mln Euro
investment expenses in the city’s budget 2010-2018
21,1%
GDP growth in Lublin Region 2010-2015
1000+
new enterprises yearly
to 70%
tax incentives – Polish Investment Zone
Lublin – Capital of the East
Lublin is the largest and most dynamically growing city of Eastern Poland, and one of the most important economic and cultural centres of the EU’s eastern border. The city boasts a long history, and its strategic location guarantees a good position in relations with Eastern Europe, especially with Ukraine. Lublin is an investment centre and the administrative capital city for the entire region. All key business institutions are located within its limits. The urban area is inhabited by more than 700,000 people who are devoted to building the local economy together and creating a highly receptive market. Long-term investment in its surroundings and public services is what makes Lublin the best city in Poland to inhabit.
Lublin is a city for the young and ambitious. It inspires a creative and innovative approach both in culture and in business. Hundreds of cultural events attract tourists from all over the world, and business in Lublin creates companies whose products and services are recognised globally. It strengthens the city’s openness and cosmopolitan character, which stem from its history, its role as a cultural melting pot, as well as its high level of internationalisation – 15,5% of its students come from abroad.
329,600
population of Lublin
609,365
population of Lublin
Metropolitan Area (LOM)
54,089
number of enterprises
58,196
number of students
Lublin – Quality of Life
The “Report on Polish Metropolitan Cities: Lublin” (2019) drawn up by PwC shows clearly, that Lublin is one of the most attractive metropolitan cities to live in Poland.
What differentiates Lublin from other Polish cities is the level of expenditures for culture and protection of cultural heritage, which exceeds the average for 12 cities by more than 40%. The same applies to the number of theatrical performances as compared to other metropolises analyzed (over 50% over the average). Lublin is also noted for the considerable share of its investment expenditures in the total expenditures of the city (14.9%), which ranks Lublin 3rd among all 12 metropolises, and the capital city of Lubelskie is one of the country’s leaders in terms of obtaining EU funding.
As the PwC report notes, “The condition for Lublin’s becoming a really successful metropolis is full utilization of its role as a knowledge and cultural centre of the region”. Finally, the report also recognized some of the projects implemented by the city and good practices for other metropolises, including Lublin IT Upland, Green Citizen’s Budget, free recreation activities for seniors under the “Active Senior on the Orlik pitch” programmes, or obtaining a Smart City certificate for Lublin’s actions aimed at sustainable development and ecological public transportation fleet.
96,8%
children covered by preschool education
2 261 ha
recreational green areas
ISO 37120
certificate
Smart City
625
number of bicycles – Lublin City Bike
Lublin – Excellent Location
Lublin is a perfect spot to locate investments, especially if they combine development within the EU and expansion to the markets of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. The city is located at a junction of important transport routes from Western Europe leading to Ukraine and from the Baltic states, towards the Balkans and Turkey. Warsaw, the capital and the largest city in Poland, is only a two-hour drive from Lublin. Within 24 hours via road transport you can reach the Ruhr district, Moscow, Helsinki, Bucharest and Belgrade. Thanks to Lublin’s airport, one of the fastest growing in Europe, the city offers comfortable connections all over the world (via Warsaw).
High-class conference centres and newly built hotels make Lublin a perfect spot for organising business meetings in the centre of Europe.
Lublin has the potential to become the main logistical centre of the EU’s eastern border. The principal reasons are its favourable geographical location and modernised transport infrastructure network, as well as the accessibility of resources necessary to implement large-scale logistic investments. Evidence of this is the investment made in Lublin by logistic business leaders, such as Panattoni, Goodman and Raben.
170 km
to the capital city – Warsaw
3
Intersecting transit routes
24h
max transit time to Vienna or Brussels
357 366
PAX on Lublin Airport (2019)
Lublin – Labour Market
More than half of Lublin’s residents are under 40, and nearly two-thirds of the population is of working age. Every year, 15,000 graduates leave Lublin’s nine universities, and many of the more than 58,000 students and 7,000 vocational and technical school students are looking to gain work experience. For this reason, Lublin’s labor market is one of young, ambitious and highly skilled people eager to get to work. Proof of the ambition and city-supported creativity and out-of-the-box thinking of Lubliners is the international success of local innovative companies and the rapid development of the local startup ecosystem.
A peculiarity of Lublin’s labor market is the high share of workers with professional experience in the city’s priority industries. These include smart grids and ICT, healthy society, automated food processing and functional food, automotive and machinery, innovative logistics, modern business services, and chemical processes and specialty chemical products.
An additional benefit for potential investors is the attractive labor and employment costs for workers compared to other cities in Central and Eastern Europe.
1,710 Euro
average monthly gross salary
15,587
number of graduates
134,472
workers (2022)
4,3%
unemployment rate
Lublin – Science and Business
Lublin is one of Poland’s largest academic centers. Its nine universities educate nearly 60,000 students – one in five residents. Performing well in the rankings, Lublin’s universities are popular among foreign students. They account for 15.5% of all students, placing Lublin in first place among Polish cities. They come from more than 100 countries – primarily Ukraine, but also Zimbabwe, Taiwan, the US and Saudi Arabia.
The multitude of fields of education and a wide range of research in various sciences provides great opportunities for research and cooperation. On the line of science-business, agreements are signed by universities to build real partnerships for research and development.
Such cooperation is important not only in the context of conducting interdisciplinary research projects and mutual use of specialized infrastructure, but primarily for the commercialization of knowledge.
Strengthening cooperation between Lublin’s science and business and the possibility of applying the results of their joint research in production positively affects the level of innovation and competitiveness of Lublin’s economy and determines the growth rate of such sectors as biotechnology, innovative logistics, food processing, pharmacy, information technology or modern business services.
over 200
number of courses of study
8 866
number of foreign students
17
number of scientific clusters
18%
GDP generated by Education Industry
