- The biggest job creator: V SpaaHotell OÜ
- The biggest export increase: osaühing Playtech Estonia
- Fast-growing small company: TERASTEENUS OÜ
- Fast-growing big company: Torm Metall OÜ
- Tourism deed of the year: R2 SPA OÜ
- The best partner of Tartu Vocational Education Centre: AS A. Le Coq
- The most succesful company in life sciences and medicine: BioCC OÜ
- The best start-up of Tartu Centre for Creative Industries: STENCILIT OÜ
- The entrepreneur of the year in Tartu Science Park: Hedgehog OÜ
- The spin-off of the year in the University of Tartu: OÜ POSITIUM LBS
Estonia at a Glance
Estonia offers a progressive innovative business environment with an efficient and compatible infrastructure. Our e-services, mobile communications and internet applications are among the most advanced in the world.
The attractiveness of Estonia is demonstrated by the large number of foreign investors doing business here and the dominance of world-renowned foreign companies in several of Estonia’s economic sectors. Exports represent more than 100% of the Estonian GDP.
In Estonia, foreign investors are treated the same as domestic ones. For example, European Union subsidies are equally available for both foreign and domestic companies. Estonia’s advantageous and user-friendly business environment has attracted a great number of foreign investors and large companies of international renown to the country, including Ericsson, ABB, Kuehne + Nagel, Stora Enso, Microsoft and many others.
Estonia is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), European Union (EU), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Numbers
The Estonian economy is ranked highly internationally (rankings are from 2019)
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Index of Economic Freedom – 15th
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Ease of doing business index – 16th
More information on the business environment of Estonia can be found at: http://www.investinestonia.com