Business Guide

Doing Business in Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the political, scientific and cultural centre of the Slovenian nation and, with just over 280,000 residents, is at the same time Slovenia’s biggest city and its most important commercial centre.

Those that live in Slovenia’s capital and its numerous visitors say that Ljubljana is a city tailor-made for people.

Have you ever thought to yourself that you might like to move to Ljubljana or start a business here, but that you suffer from a lack of knowledge about Slovenia and with it Ljubljana? You can find the answers to many basic questions about daily life and doing business in Slovenia and Ljubljana on the State portal of the Republic of Slovenia. There is information about how to obtain citizenship, setting up a company, insurance, employment, taxation and other financial contributions in Slovenia etc.

State Portal of the Republic of Slovenia

Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban region

Ljubljana Urban Region Regional Development Agency (RRA LUR) supports economic, social and cultural activities in Ljubljana and the other local authorities of the Central Slovenian region with the goal that the region should become a friendly and recognisable whole with common goals.

Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Urban region

Technology Park Ljubljana

Technology Park Ljubljana is an organization set up in 1995 to create a supportive and stimulating business environment for the development of high technology entrepreneurship.

Technology Park Ljubljana

Members – Companies of the Technology Park Ljubljana

Invest in Ljubljana

Would you like to invest in Ljubljana? Do you perhaps need help or advice with this? You can turn to the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments (JAPTI), which is the key development implementation agency for carrying out developmental policies in the field of business development and competitiveness in Slovenia and for carrying out programmes in the field of promoting foreign direct investment and internationalisation.

Invest Slovenia

Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments

AJPES – an indispensable primary source of business information

The Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES) is an indispensable primary source of official public and other information on business entities in Slovenia. Furthermore, as a member of European business register (EBR), AJPES provides direct online access to detailed and accurate European company information that is gathered from each of the member country’s official register.
AJPES also offers market services that are generally provided by credit rating agencies so you can find all the information on current and future business partners in one place.

AJPES

Ljubljana University Incubator

Ljubljana University Incubator (LUI), set up by the University of Ljubljana in 2004, offers support and knowledge to the implementation of technological and non-technological business projects. Integration between Ljubljana University Incubator and the University of Ljubljana takes the form of co-ordination led by a professor specified by the individual faculties of the University of Ljubljana.

Ljubljana University Incubator

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) provides essential services to enterprises operating in Slovenia, and it is the ideal local partner for foreign investors.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

Source: Doing Business in Ljubljana