Foreign direct investment in Czechia: developments and trends

The Czech Republic offers a highly favorable environment for attracting high-value foreign direct investments (FDI), with a focus on technological innovations, research and development (R&D), and key sectors such as semiconductors, mobility, AI, cybersecurity and digital technologies, ecotech, creative industries, healthtech, ecotech, as well as space, aviation, and defense. The country features well-developed ecosystems for innovation, where universities, research institutions, and businesses collaborate closely, fostering a thriving environment for cutting-edge projects. These investments are viewed as critical to the strategic growth of Czechia.

In 2024, CzechInvest facilitated 28 investment projects in Czechia. These investments are expected to create over 3400 new jobs and total more than EUR 2,400 million. The sectors attracting the most investment were advanced industrial technologies, mobility, and ecotech, with applications mainly in automotive and electronics. Seventy percent of these investment projects were expansions of existing operations, primarily in high-tech manufacturing. Although most of the projects aimed for manufacturing, there were also two technology centers. Eighty percent of investors expressed an interest in investment incentives.