Vienna as a Business Location - The City at a Glance

More+ ♦ Published: January 27, 2015; 20:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

Vienna combines tradition, culture and quality of life with the factors of a top business location in a unique way. A stable political and economic environment, a research and technology-friendly climate, geographical and cultural proximity to the growth markets in the east and, not least, the highest quality of life in the world provide for a place at the very top of the world’s rankings.

Vienna as a Business Location - The City at a Glance / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de [CC BY-SA 3.0 de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)]
  • 1.8 million residents
  • Economic centre in the heart of Europe with around 500 million people
  • Average economic growth (2004–2014): 1.4 % (Euro zone: 0.7 %)
  • Location of the headquarters of approximately 200 international companies
  • More than 8,000 business start-ups per year
  • High…