10 REASONS
TO INVEST IN
ST. PETERSBURG

10 REASONS
TO INVEST IN
ST. PETERSBURG

ADVANTAGES OF thE CITY

Record volume of
investments in the economy of St. Petersburg
Population of St. Petersburg
5,6 MLN
people according to Petrostat
General state of business activity index
3th in top 5
place
120
support measures
7 areas
of business support
1195,6 billion
rubles in 2023
> 5000
International and interregional congress and exhibition events per year
National rating of scientific and technological development of regions of the Russian Federation
3th place
OF THE LARGEST RUSSIAN INNOVATIVE CENTERS
TOP-3

FAVORABLE
BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT

Wide range of state support measures
>5000
Congress and exhibition events per year

St. Petersburg is the leading region of Russia in terms of science and technology development.

Moskow
Saint-Petersburg
Tatarstan
7
DIRECTIONS
SUPPORT
120
MEASURES
SUPPORT
Holding of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
"Investor of the Year - 2023" contest
(will also be held in 2025)
Investment
forum
In 2024, the St. Petersburg Investment Committee took part in the RUSSIA exhibition in Moscow at VDNKh as part of the thematic week “St. Petersburg Comfortable”

WORLD SIGNIFICANT
CULTURAL CENTER

Cultural and historical monuments that are cultural heritage sites
9 021
Of these are objects of cultural heritage of federal significance
4 213
Cultural and leisure facilities: cinemas, music clubs, literature-, jazz- and rock-cafes
>300
museums
>200
libraries
60
FILM STUDIOS
>100
LEISURE FACILITIES
Industry is the foundation of the economy of saint-petersburg and the leading source of the budget income generation

Almost all kinds of industrial activity are represented in the industrial complex of Aaint-Petersburg

POWERFUL
INDUSTRIAL
CAPACITY

Index
of industrial production
109,9%
The greatest industrial complex contribution to the budget revenue of all level as compared to other sectors of the city economy
39,7%
>366 500
Operating small and medium-sized enterprises
TOP 5
Last year, St. Petersburg ranked among the top 5 Russian regions in terms of overall business activity, behind only Moscow and the Moscow Region
RUB 43.5 bln
Volume of own production of St. Petersburg industrial enterprises
393,600 people
Number of employees of Saint-Petersburg manufacturing enterprises

Among
output of the main types of industrial products increased:

high-tech sector
Light industry
IPI – 139.6%
Manufacture of computers, electronic and optical products
IPI – 127,7%
Machine and equipment
production
IPI – 109,4%

Electrical equipment manufacturing

IPI – 280%
Manufacture of textile products
IPI – 114.6%
Clothing production
IPI – 123.0%
Production of medicines and materials used for medical purposes
by 29.9%
Volume of pharmaceuticals output in 2023
Light industry
increased
11,8%
confectionery
23,6%
fermented milk products
18,1%
flour
6,7%
sausages
2,0%
bread and bakery products
IPI – 123.2%
Furniture manufacturing
manufacturing industries
IPI – 110.8%
Manufacture of rubber
plastic products
IPI – 107.9%
Manufacture of fabricated metal products
IPI – 106,2%
Manufacture of chemicals
chemical products
96.3 ths. (112.3%)
Average monthly salary of employees in industry
tourism center

9.4 million tourists visited
to St. Petersburg in 2023

Total passenger traffic

Over the last year and a half St. Petersburg has received 30 awards and prizes for achievements in different areas of tourism.
Five prizes in the finals of the XII International Award Russian Event Awards 2023, including three first places
The Northern Capital was awarded third place in the nominations:
  • Best tourism event based on a natural phenomenon or geographical location - KronshLöd Ice Sculpture Festival
  • The best tourist event in the field of popular science tourism - the project “Opening of the summer tourist season. Icebreaker Festival”

6,1% foreign tourists

25.3 MLN
arrivals

366.6 bln rub.

Total volume of tourism and excursion consumption

The Northern Capital was awarded the Grand Prix in the nominations:
  • Event tourism region
  • Best MICE event in tourism - for the St. Petersburg International Tourism Forum TRAVEL HUB

Center for Science and Technology Development

St. Petersburg
and the Leningrad Region ranked 2nd among Russian regions in terms of the number of patent applications

development of technologies using artificial intelligence
Included in the number of participants of the Research and Development Center
Created in the field of artificial intelligence
“Digital modeling of industrial systems.”
“Mobile
intelligent systems”
“Laboratory of Fundamental Bases of Building Intelligent Systems”
“Composite Artificial Intelligence Lab”
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ORGANIZATIONS
6
LABORATORIES
“Laboratory of Intellectual Technologies in Infochemistry”
“Adaptive and intelligent control of grid
and distribution systems”
Length
Oktyabrskaya railroad
10,440.9 km
LARGE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS HUB
5
terminals
86
stations
172.6 mln
Passenger traffic
RIVER TRANSPORT
PASSENGER FLOW
3
berthing facilities to accommodate cruise ships
transported by water transport of St. Petersburg in 2023
3.75 mln people
Total passenger traffic
184,000 people
AIR
TRANSPORT
PULKOVO AIRPORT PASSENGER FLOW VOLUME IN 2016-2023, MILLION PEOPLE
In 2023, Pulkovo served
and ranked second in Russia
20.4 mln people.
Introduced
in St. Petersburg
in 2023
3.5 mln m2
living area
Scope of construction works in 2023
660 bln rub.
Warehousing property
THE VOLUME OF FUNCTIONAL STORAGE AREAS, 2016-2023, MILLION SQUARE METERS (MLN M²)
(Source: NF Group Research)
Office property
THE VOLUME OF FUNCTIONAL OFFICE PROPERTIES OF A-CLASS AND B-CLASS IN 2016-2021, MILLION SQUARE METERS (MLN M²)
DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPING CITY
total volume of investments
in real estate in st. petersburg by the end of 2023
140 bln rub.

HIGH-POTENTIAL
EMPLOYEES

>366 500
Operating small and medium-sized enterprises
Monthly salary level
2016–2023, RUBLES
Employment rate
66,5%
among the population over 15 years old
Unemployment rate
2%
*according to methodology of the International Labor organization
25 000 rub.
The Regional Agreement on Minimum Wage sets the minimum wage for an employee in St. Petersburg for 2023.
INVESTMENTP
ROJECTS
Tourist cluster «Gorskaya»
210 BILLION RUBLES
“NEW HOLLAND” ISLAND
14 BILLION RUBLES
THE NEW STAGE OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE
22 BILLION RUBLES
WAWELBERG HOTEL ST.PETERSBURG 5*
5,3 BILLION RUBLES
“TUCHKOV BUYAN (HEMP WAREHOUSES)”
*EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED
GREENHOUSES OF THE TAURIDE GARDEN
2 BILLION RUBLES
“NEVSKAYA RATUSHA” ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS COMPLEX
29,7 BILLION RUBLES
“BALTIC PEARL” MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX
30 BILLION RUBLES
“PULKOVO” AIRPORT
50 BILLION RUBLES
«KUPCHINO - SHUSHARY– SLAVYANKA» TRAM SYSTEM
36,8 BILLION RUBLES
SCA ARENA SPORTS AND CONCERT COMPLEX
70 BILLION RUBLES
LATITUDINAL HIGHWAY OF HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC
200 BILLION RUBLES
WESTERN HIGH-SPEED DIAMETER HIGHWAY (WHSD)
212,72 BILLION RUBLES
“CHIZHIK” TRAM SYSTEM
15,4 BILLION RUBLES
“GAZPROM ARENA” STADIUM
0,5 BILLION RUBLES
THE PERINATAL CENTRE ON VAVILOVYH STREET
15,3 BILLION RUBLES
PROTON THERAPY CENTRE OF DR. SERGEY BEREZIN MEDICAL INSTITUTE (MIBS)
7,5 BILLION RUBLES
ISLAND OF FORTS MUSEUM AND HISTORY PARK
72,6 BILLION RUBLES
GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES

ONE-STOP-SHOP
FOR INVESTORS

PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS FROM THE MOMENT OF APPLICATION BY A POTENTIAL INVESTOR FOR CONSULTATION AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO THEM FOR PROVIDING A REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTED OBJECT IS PUMPED INTO OPERATION.
Phone: +7 812 246-16-61 Address: St. Petersburg, Novgorodskaya st., 20, lit. A
FORMS OF PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF "ONE-STOP-SHOP":
INFORMATION
AND CONSULTING ASSISTANCE
ORGANIZATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN A PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
From 2021 through March 2024 rendered:
Providing investors with required information throughout project implementation in the territory of Saint-Petersburg
Information support within the framework of assigning by the Committee for Investment of Saint-Petersburg the status of strategic investment project, strategic investor or strategic partner of Saint-Petersburg
Information and consulting support
of investors required for project implementation
Overall coordination of interaction with credit and financial institutions, development institutions, investment and venture funds in order to finance projects
Efficient organization of negotiations, meetings and conferences aimed at resolving issues which may arise during projects implementation
Overall coordination of interaction between investors and federal and executive authorities in order to obtain approvals and permissions
13 891
investor advice in a single window
7248
Advice to investors within the framework of ongoing projects
325
projects Currently under follow-up
>230 bln RUB.
Volume of attracted investments

INVESTMENT
PORTAL OF
SAINT-PETERSBURG

Support scheme of new investment projects of Saint-Petersburg
INVESTMENT PORTAL OF SAINT-PETERSBURG IS A COMFORTABLE AND WELL-DESIGNED TOOL, DEVELOPED SPECIALLY FOR PURSUIT OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN SAINT-PETERSBURG.
THE PORTAL PROVIDES MEANS FOR:
Investment portal
of Saint-Peterburg
spbinvestment.ru
The Portal is a one-stop entry point for investors implementing or planning implementation of their projects in Saint-Petersburg. The platform represents the full range of services required for investment projects implementation, from analysis of the city opportunity to resolution of operational issues at investment and operational stages of the projects. It is multilingual informational resource and multifunctional platform providing
thematic content.
Getting information about investment projects, investment platforms and infrastructural facilities
Obtaining information about all possible support measures from the executive authorities of Saint Petersburg
Selecting positional option for an investment project independently according to set-up parameters
The Portal is a one-stop entry point for investors implementing or planning implementation of their projects in Saint-Petersburg.

The platform represents the full range of services required for investment projects implementation, from analysis of the city opportunity to resolution of operational issues at investment and operational stages of the projects. It is multilingual informational resource and multifunctional platform providing thematic content.

Strategic
INVESTMENT PROJECT

Support system for new investment projects in St. Petersburg
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FOR THE CITY
FROM A SOCIO-ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW, INVESTMENT PROJECTS ARE ASSIGNED THE STATUS OF A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROJECT
Provision of land plots for construction:
support measures:
REQUIREMENTS
Special-purpose provision of land plots
Establishment of annual rent for a land plot
at 1,5% of its cadastral value;
Possibility to redeem a land plot obtained
as intended at a reduced price.
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STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PROJECTS ARE UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN SAINT-PETERSBURG
Improvement socially
-economic and cultural living conditions of citizens
Implementation efficiency
investment project (payback period, profitability, volume of tax revenues to budgets)
Implementation of measures
on import substitution
Experience in implementing investment projects in a similar industry worth at least 2 billion rubles

CONTACT
INFORMATION

THE COMMITTEE FOR INVESTMENT OF ST. PETERSBURG
Address: 191144, St. Petersburg, Novgorodskaya st., D. 20, lit. A

Phone: + 7 (812) 576-60-41

info@cisp.gov.spb.ru
www.gov.spb.ru/gov/otrasl/invest
SPB SFI "NVESTMENT MANAGEMENT"
Address: 191144, St. Petersburg, Novgorodskaya st., D. 20, lit. A

Phone: +7 (812) 246-16-61
info@stateinvest.spb.ru
www.spbinvestment.ru
"ONE-STOP-SHOP" FOR INVESTORS
Address: 191144, St. Petersburg, Novgorodskaya st., D. 20, lit. A (2 floor)

Phone: +7 (812) 246-16-61
info@stateinvest.spb.ru
www.spbinvestment.ru
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