- Municipality of Ruma
- Logistics
- Infrastructure
- Energy potential
- Population education and labor cost
- Key sectors
- Top 10 employers
- Greenfield
- Municipality incentives
- Construction procedures
- Success stories
- Your partner in municipality
Municipality of Ruma
Ruma is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, located between the two biggest cities in Serbia – Belgrade and Novi Sad. The E-70 motorway is nearby, as is the railway which links Ruma to West and Southeast Europe.

TOP 5 REASONS TO INVEST IN RUMA
- Excellent strategic location - Close proximity to Belgrade, airport, high-ways, railway
- Optimal cost-effectiveness - Qualified workforce at competitive rates, fairly-priced land & building costs
- Effective construction permit procedures
- Most attractive industrial locations - direct access to E-70
- Special set of municipal incentives for investors
Ruma Logistics
Distance from borders:
- HUN - 151 km
- CRO - 70 km
- ROM - 164 km
- BUL - 375 km
- B&H - 53 km
Distance from highway:
- E-75 - 40 km
- E-70 - 0 km
Distance from airport:
- Belgrade - 35 km
- Osijek - 126 km

Infrastructure in Ruma
ROADS
Highway E-70 lenght: 27 km
Regional road network: 86 km
Local road network: 119 km
WATERWAY
River Sava length: 30 km
- Port in S. Mitrovica distance - 16 km
- Port in Sabac distance - 36 km
Irrigation/dranage network: 1,109 ha
RAILWAY
Railway network length: 27 km
- Belgrade-Zagreb-Vienna
Axial pressure: 22.5 t
SEWAGE
Sewage system: 100%
Sewage network: 100 km
Water purifier in use
Energy potential in Ruma
GAS
- Municipality is gasified: 100%
- Local pipeline lenght: 514 km
- Presure on main pipeline 6-12 bar
- Presure on local pipeline 0-4 bar
BIOMASS
- Total land: 58.206 ha
- Agricultural land: 42,970 ha
- Arable land: 41,764 ha
- Most common crops: maize, wheat, soy
- Crop residue: 105,000 t per year
ELECTRICITY
- No. of distribution substitusions: 305
- Total power (kVA): 256,310
- Total network length (km):
- Energy supplied in 2013/2014: 177,572 MWh
- Available capacities: 177,572 MWh
- 110/x; 35/x; 10(20)/0,4
- Medium voltage network: 275 km
- Low voltage network: 336 km
- 110/x: 94,500 kVA
- 35/x: 32,000 kVA
- 10(20)/0.4: 129,810 kVA
Population, education and labor cost in Ruma
Number of inhabitants 50,966
Employed (2021) 16,485
Unemployed (February 2022) 2,431
Labor cost structure
Average salary in Ruma (December, 2021)
NET Salary | 556 | |
Personal Income Tax | 10.00% | 61 |
Contributions (Employee) | 19.9% | 153 |
GROSS Salary | 770 | |
Contributions (Employer) | 16.65% | 124 |
TOTAL Cost | 894 |
From July 1st, 201 the employers have the right for refund on the paid personal income tax & social 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 | General | 198 | 42 |
Humanities & languages | 206 | 52 | |
Specialized | Economics | 164 | 59 |
Finance | 100 | 28 | |
Hospitality | 80 | 29 | |
Textile | 60 | 22 | |
Agricultural | Horticulture | 8 | 8 |
Enviromental protection | 44 | 17 | |
Agricultural tehnician | 38 | 11 | |
Veterinarian | 91 | 23 | |
Tehnical | Computer Systems | 61 | 12 |
Motor vehicles | 57 | 10 | |
Electricians/Car mechanics | 93 | 35 | |
Electro-energy automatics | 12 | 12 | |
Electro-energy computers | 97 | 14 |
Key sectors in Ruma

Agribusiness
Main advantages:
- Arable land 41,700 ha; Pastures 720 ha; Orchards 691 ha; Meadows 245 ha; Vineyards 183 ha; Gardens 10 ha
- Wide network of potential local suppliers: 7,000 small farms number of agricultural cooperatives
- Agri-association – promoting & implementing E-agriculture
- Grain storage capacities – 71,500 t
- Agricultural high-school – continuous supply of trained workforce
- Investment opportunities: Fruit & Vegetable processing, Meat & Dairy
- Arable land - 41,000 ha:
Maize 51%, Wheat 21%, Soy 8%, Vegetables 6%, Fodder 5%, Sugar beat 3%, Sunflower 3%, Tobacco 1%, Barley 0,7%
Livestock count - average
- Cattle 5,024
- Cows 1,207
- Sows 5,305
- Sheep 5,962
- Goats 1,783
- Pigs 61,310
- Poultry 224,758
- Broilers 146,000
- Hens 42,789

Textile
Main advantages:
- Skilled workforce at competitive rates
- Textile high-school – constant influx of qualified workforce
- Reputable companies with long-standing tradition:
- A number of foreign companies and partnerships:
- Investment opportunities: Existing Brownfield facilities for textile industry
- Leather factory Ruma – leather processing since 1936
- Footwear factory Fruska Gora – footwear production since 1948
- Apparel factory Kluz Srem – apparel production since 1947
- Adriana teks (Calzedonia)– swimwear (Italy/Croatia)
- Falc East - children’s footwear (Italy)
- Selia (Insert) - footwear (Serbia)
- Dag-Co – leather (Serbia)
- Luxury Tannery – leather and fur (Italy/France)
- HealthCare Europe – memory foam (China)

Automotive Components
Main advantages:
- Increasingly becoming destination for automotive components companies
- Excellent geographical position
- Technical high-school – supplying the companies with highly-skilled workforce
- Great potential for export-oriented production due to FTAs and favorable logistics position
- A number of successful foreign companies:
- Albon - manufacture of turbines, electric motors, generators (UK)
- Mitas - Trelleborg - production of agricultural pneumatics (Sweden)
- Hutchinson - rubber hoses for liquid transfer in car engines (France)
Top 10 Employers in Ruma
Company | Sector | Country | #Employees |
---|---|---|---|
HUTCHINSON | Rubber | France | 841 | HEALTHCARE EUROPE | Memo foam production | China | 1100 |
MITAS - TRELLEBORG | Leather | Sweden | 580 |
SELIA (INSERT) | Textille | Serbia | 200 |
CALZEDONIA | Textile | Italy | 225 |
DAG-CO | Leather | Serbia | 355 |
CABLEX | Automotive | Slovenia | 320 | FALC EAST | Textille | Italy | 265 |
ALBON | Automotive | UK | 255 |
LUXURY TANNERY | Leather | France | 184 |
CG FOODS | Food industry | Nepal | 227 |
Edited on 02/03/2022
Greenfield locations in Ruma
Location 1
Industrial zone Rumska petlja
Land size: 238 ha
Land size: 153 ha
Land purpose: industrial
Ownership: municipal
Infrastructure: electricity, water, gas, sewage, optical cable
Site Description:
*Vicinity of highway E-70 and railway network.
*Planned sewage system construction
Existing companies:
- HealthCare Europe
- CG Food Europe (Wai Wai)
- Rumekon doo
- Gresto
- Srbija autoput
For sale & lease


Location 2
Industrial zone Rumska petlja - West
Land size: 767,199 m²
Available: 767,199 m²
Ownership: municipal, state
Infrastructure: water, gas, sewage, optical cable
For sale and lease
Location 3
Work zone - South 2
Land size: 983,589 m2
Warehouse: 2,629 m2
Ownership: municipal
Infrastructure: none
For sale and lease

Incentives & Fees in Ruma
EUR 1,688 per every new created job
up to 30% Land Development Fee for projects with significant development impact / municipal council approval needed discount for lump-sum payment
0% Land Development Fee for production & warehouse facilities
% Land purchase & Lease Discount for investments that create employments *land price discount, depending on the number of new employees – prices from EUR 9.3 per m2
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

Your partner in Ruma
Department for local economic development
Phone: +381 22 433 518, +381 22 478 314