An analysis of high-performing enterprises reveals unexpected growth clusters across the country, outperforming the capital in business dynamism.
Koper, a town on the Slovenian coast, has the highest value of the Fast-Growing Companies (FGC) Index among 212 municipalities in Slovenia. The index combines the absolute number and percentage share of enterprises that have at least doubled their revenues in the last five years, operate at a profit, and had at least one million euros in revenues in the last year. Koper—one of the key ports on the Adriatic—has 54,220 inhabitants, 3,641 active businesses, and 73 FGCs. The highest number of FGCs is in the capital, Ljubljana. Hardly surprising: 22 percent of Slovenian companies are headquartered in the capital. A total of 511 doubled their revenues in the last five years.
Three small towns regularly excel in analyses of Slovenian FGCs: Ptuj, with 2.1 percent of FGCs; Slovenj Gradec, with 2.5 percent; and Ajdovščina. With 2.3 percent of FGCs, Ajdovščina is arguably the most dynamic municipality in Slovenia, with several niche champions in the aerospace and biotech industries.
Finally, there is Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah, a small village in a rather remote part of northeastern Slovenia. The picturesque place, with 2,249 inhabitants and only 71 businesses, has five of them (7 percent) growing fast.
