Why Pärnu region?
Pärnu is the city of opportunity and experience
Pärnu has become an internationally known city with an open attractive investment and business environment, which supports and values businesses opportunities for internationalization and technology development.
The 180 year old holiday resort has focused on specific fields, which have strong points and room for growth. Some very prosperous business subjects are tourism economy (includes health service and environmental protection), social services, timber industry, metalworking and infotechnology.
Position of Pärnu on the map also gives the investors the possibility to have access to the surrounding market of more than 90 million people. It is also very close to some important cities such as Helsinki or Sankt Petersburg.
The first half of 2018 sales revenue of companies (with more than 20 employees) in the manufacturing industry was about 276 million EUR. The most important industries include:
- Metal Works, engineering and electronics industries
- Chemical and plastics industry
- Textile, clothing and footwear industries
- Timber and furniture industries
- Food industry – fish processing companies
About Pärnu
Population of the Pärnu County is about 88 000 people
Population of the city is about 52 000 people
7 municipalities after administrative reform:
- Pärnu City
- Tori Parish
- Häädemeeste Parish
- Saarde Parish
- Lääneranna Parish
- Põhja- Pärnumaa Parish
- Kihnu Parish
Pärnu County is Estonia’s largest county by area with 4,807 km2.
Distances from Pärnu by road:
Tallinn 129 km,
Riga 189 km
Helsinki 210 km
St. Petersburg 459 km
Natural resources: Timber, peat, gravel, dolomite, clay.