- City of Pančevo
- Logistics
- Infrastructure
- Energy potential
- Population education and labor cost
- Key sectors
- Top 10 employers
- Greenfield
- Brownfield
- Municipality incentives
- Construction procedures
- Success stories
- Your partner in municipality
City of Pančevo
Pancevo is a city located in the southern part of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in Republic of Serbia. Pancevo is located on the banks of the Danube and Tamis, in the southern part of Banat, and it's the administrative headquarters of the city of Pancevo and the South Banat District. Pancevo is the fourth largest city in Vojvodina by population.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN PANČEVO
- Exceptional strategic location for economic development
- High-quality logistics with quick connections to corridors 7 & 10
- Proximity of two largest cities: Belgrade & Novi Sad
- Supplier support industry with a great number of SMEs
- A city with a clear vision: strategic plan for 2014-2020
Pančevo Logistics
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 214 km
- CRO - 137 km
- ROM - 160 km
- BUL - 300 km
- B&H - 185 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 18 km
- E-70 - 0 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 38 km

Infrastructure in Pančevo
ROADS
Road network: 125 km
State highways, class Ib: 48 km
- Belgrade-Pancevo-Vrsac-Romania
- Pancevo-Kovacica-Kovin
State highway, class II: 11 km
- Pancevo-Kovacica-Zrenjanin
State highways, class IIb: 66 km
WATERWAY
River Danube lenght: 30 km
Port Pancevo complex: 240 ha
- Fully equiped
- Dock for river-sea ships with capacity of 5,000 t at any weather stream
Port in Belgrade distance: 10 km
Irrigation system network: 900 ha
RAILWAY
Railway network length: 37 km
- Belgrade-Pancevo-Vrsac-Romania
- Pancevo-Zrenjanin-Kikinda
- Pancevo-Belgrade
Axial pressure: 22.5 t
Industrial track at most industrial locations
SEWAGE
Sewage system: 65%
Sewage network: 170 km
Energy potential in Pančevo
GAS
- Municipality is gasified: 65-70%
- Local pipeline lenght: 550 km
- Presure on main pipeline 5 bar
- Presure on local pipeline 1-3 bar
- Gasification of South area in progress
ELECTRICITY
- No. of distribution substations: 503
- Total power (kVA): 282,340
- Total network length (km): 583 + 615
- Energy supplied in 2013/14: 478,844 MWh
BIOMASS
- Total land: 75,247 ha
- Agricultural land: 63,322 ha
- Arable land: 59,686 ha
- Most common crops: maize, sugar beet, wheat, sunflower
WIND
Average speed 6 m/s at 100 m
GEOTHERMAL
30.5°C temperature | at 650 m |
Population, education and labor cost in Pančevo
Number of inhabitants 123,414
Employed (2020) 32,017
Unemployed (July 2021) 6,749
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Pančevo (March, 2020)
NET Salary | 506 | |
Personal Income Tax | 10.00% | 56 |
Contributions (Emploeyee) | 19.9% | 140 |
GROSS Salary | 701 | |
Contributions (Employer) | 16.65% | 107 |
TOTAL Cost | 818 |
From July 1st, 2014, until December 31st 2019, the employers have the right for refund on the paid personal income tax & socal insurance contributions:
- 65% refund for employing 1-9 workers
- 70% refund for employing 10-99 workers
- 75% refund for employing 100+ workers
Education
High Schools
School | Profile | #students | #graduates |
---|---|---|---|
Gymnasium | Mathematical-Scientific + Humanities | 480+480 | 120+120 |
Mechanical | CAD Mechanical Technician | 240 | 60 |
Computer Control Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Motor Vehicle Mechanical Tech | 120 | 30 | |
Car Mechanics | 90 | 30 | |
Mechanical Processing Operator | 90 | 30 | |
Mechatronics Technician | 60 | 30 | |
Road Traffic Tech | 90 | 30 | |
Motor Vehicle Driver | 90 | 30 | |
Tehnical | Industrial Pharmaceutical Technician | 120 | 30 |
Environment Protection Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Graphical Production Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Chemical Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Biotechnology Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Food Processing Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Recycling Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Architecture Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Geodetic Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Agricultural | Vet Tech | 120 | 30 |
Agricultural Tech | 120 | 30 | |
Horticulture Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Electrotechnical | Multimedia Technician | 120 | 30 |
IT Technician | 96 | 24 | |
Process Control Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Telecommunication Technician | 120 | 30 | |
Power Line Electrician | 120 | 30 | |
Computer System Admin | 80 | 20 | Economics, Commerce | 7 Profiles | 750 | 210 |
Key sectors in Pančevo

Agribusiness
Main advantages:
- Abundant premium quality agricultural land: 53,187 ha - 70% of total land
- Favorable natural conditions for vegetable & fruit cultivation
- Well-developed grain milling industry
- Cooperatives with considerable agricultural land
- Wide network of potential local suppliers
- Great number of companies, SMEs, local farmers
- High export share
- Lower transportation costs – due to direct access to premium raw material base
- North Industrial Zone – Greenfield locations suitable for setting-up agribusiness processing companies

Cereal & Vegetable Processing
Cereal Processing:
- Most common crops: maize, wheat, sunflower, sugar beet, soy, rapeseed
- Total number of registered farmers – 4,742
- Successful companies: FSH Jabuka, Industrija skroba Jabuka, AD Ratar, DOO Granexport, AD Pekarska industrija Pančevo
Vegetable Processing:
- Most common vegetables: paprika, tomato, cabbage, potatoes
- Associations Vegetable producers Glogonj, Banatski Brestovac
- Investment opportinities: grain tanks, cold storage, drier

Meat & Dairy
Main advantages:
- Total number of registered farmers for livestock breeding – 4,745
- Great number of livestock farms suitable for biomass
- Successfull companies: AD Stari Tamis, Timok

Petro-Chemicals
Main advantages:
- The city of Pancevo – the biggest petro-chemical center in the Balkans
- Well-developed industry foundation and existence of the basic industry with well-known companies:
- NIS Gazpromnjeft – oil derivatives
- HIP Petrohemija – production of petrochemical products, raw materials and chemicals
- MESSER Tehnogas – produciton of industrial, medical and special gases
- Companies are located in the South Industrial zone

Logistics Center
Main advantages:
- Belgrade proximity – 18 km, while having lower costs of doing business
- 2 rivers running through the city: Danube, Tamis
- International port Danube Pancevo – final upstream port on the river Danube that can dock boats up to 5,000 t capacity under all water level conditions
- Crossroads of Corridors 7 & 10
- Developed processing industry
Investment opportunities:
- Logistics Center development – Greenfield location in the South part of the city – close proximity to Danube port and the navigation canal of the Azotara Plant

Metal Processing
Main advantages:
- Tradition in metal processing sector spanning more than 75 years
- Aircraft factory “UTVA-Pancevo“ established in the 1940’s - as a workforce creator of many successful companies in the sector
- Existence of high-school programs in Pancevo related to metal processing industry needs: metal processing operator, machine tech, electro-tech of process management, etc.
- In the employment structure, the highest number of employed workforce is in the metal processing industry
- Well developed network of potential local suppliers
- Prominent companies in the sector: UTVA-Aviation Industry LLC, Tehnomarket, Feromont oprema, Montaža Minel

Automotive industry
A new automotive industry sector is developed at the location of the North Industrial Zone, with the following companies operating in the Zone:
- ZF Serbia d.o.o – car component plant, with a research&development centre,
- Brose d.o.o. – currently building a factory for manufacture of automotive industry, with a research&development centre.
Top 10 Employers in Pančevo
Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
---|---|---|---|
HIP PETROHEMIJA PANČEVO | Petrochemical | Serbia | 1,435 |
NIS GAZPROMNJEFT | Oil & Gas | Russia | 700 |
ZF SERBIA | Automotive | Germany | 600 |
ALMEKS | Agribusiness | Serbia | 365 |
INDUSTRIJA SKROBA JABUKA | Agribusiness | Serbia | 185 |
PEKARSKA INDUSTRIJA | Agribusiness | Serbia | 182 |
STRABAG | Construction | Austria | 178 |
UTVA-AVIO INDUSTRIJA | Metal | Serbia | 177 |
FSH JABUKA | Agribusiness | Serbia | 139 |
Greenfield locations in Pančevo
Location 1
Industrial Zone - North
Land size: 75 ha + 22.2 ha
Available: 24 ha + 22.2 ha
Ownership: city
*infrastructure: water and sewage systems, telecommunications network, high voltage electricity grid, gas supply (in most locations), and good access to main and regional roads
* Existing detailed spatial plans. The locations’ advantages are its close proximity to the river and port on the Danube River.
For sale


Location 2
Greenfield 2 – South Pancevo
Land size: 77.8 ha
Ownership: 47.4 ha – city; 30,40 private
* According to the Urban Development Plan, all types of (industrial, craft, commercial, and other facilities) can be built - that are on List II of the Regulation of projects for which the environment impact assessment is mandatory and the list of projects for which impact assessment may be required.
*no infrastructure
For sale
Location 3
Tamis River front zone
Land size: 3.4 ha + 3.8 ha
Water supply and sewage network
Natural gas and power supply available in the surrounding streets
Land use: Sporst facilities and complex, multi residential buildings
For sale

Brownfield Locations in Pančevo
Location 1
Bagremar
Land size: 3.92 ha
Facilities: 6,935 m²
Infrastructure under construction
Ownership: city
For sale

Location 2
Warehouse
Land size: 0 m²
Facilities: 6,000 m²
*not operational
Infrastructure: Electricity, Water, Sewage
*gas in the close proximity
Ownership: city
* reconstruction according to conditions for cultural heritage monuments
For lease
Incentives & Fees in Pančevo
Alienation of publicly owned building land at a price less than the market price or free of charge
Communal tax for displaying business names are reduced by:
- 10% for large legal entities
- 30% for medium legal entities
- 60% for small legal entities with revenue greater than RSD 50,000,000.00
- 80% for micro legal entities and entrepreneurs with revenue greater than RSD 50,000,000.00.
Micro legal entities and entrepreneurs with revenue under 50,000,000 RSD are exempted from paying the fee.
Legal entities, or entrepreneurs, which after completing investments which are significant for the City of Pančevo, and which contribute to faster economic development of the city by hiring unemployed persons, thus increasing the average number of employed persons by 10%, depending on the average number of employed persons prescribed by Article 6 of the Law on Accounting for Categorization, will not pay communal tax for 24 months.
Upon receiving the investor’s request
the consolidated construction procedures are conducted in the following phases:
- Issuing the location conditions for the cadastre parcel suitable for construction – from the day of obtaining all special conditions, permits and other documents --> no later than 5 working days
- Issuing the construction permit – from the day of the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Upon receiving the application:
Based on registering the construction work,issuing the verification for receiving the application without delay, provided that the complete documentation has been submitted.
- Registering the construction works to receive acceptance/rejection --> 5 working days
- Subsequently, submitting the request for infrastructure installations --> 3 working days
Issuing the occupancy permit, upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
Issuing the final approval upon receiving the submission of the request --> no later than 5 working days
In total: 28 working days
Success Stories in Pančevo

Contact us
Local Economic Developement Office
Olivera Subotic
Phone: +381 13 308 868
Marina Kahric Lazic
Phone:+381 13 308 709
Biljana Miladinovic
Phone: +381 13 308 709
Email: ler@pancevo.rs