ECSBulgaria

Numerous low-cost and low-risk investment opportunities are open to foreign investors under Bulgarian operational programs and the Rural Regions Development Program. If you are looking for a way to reduce your production costs, reallocate your production facilities or have made up your mind to invest in tourism sector you may find no better chance of doing this elsewhere but in Bulgaria. Here are some other reasons toward this decision:

* Equal treatment of foreign and domestic investors;
* Government support for priority investment projects;
* Europe’s lowest operational costs;
* Registration of a new company within two weeks;
* 10% corporate income tax (0% in high-unemployment areas);
* Well-educated and highly-skilled multilingual workforce at Europe's most competitive wages;
* Stable and predictable business and political environment;
* 10% flat tax on personal income;
* Annual depreciation rate of 30% for machinery & equipment, 50% for new equipment used in new investments and 50% for software and hardware;
* Acquisition of land and property through a Bulgarian registered company with up to 100% foreign ownership;
* Natural and cultural landmarks, tasty food and hospitality.

Find out more about the available grant opportunities in the following sub-sections and read about the business services offered by us:

Rural Regions Development Program

• Priority area 1: Measure 123 Adding Value to Agricultural and Forestry Products

• Priority Area 3: Measure 312 Support For Establishment and Development of Micro Enterprises
  

• Priority 1: Development of Knowledge-based Economy and Innovation Activities
• Priority 2: Increasing Efficiency of Enterprises and Promoting Supportive Business Environment