Our strategy is based on attracting new investors as well as comprehensive support for investors who have already invested in our city. For this purpose, it was created a dedicated structure within Katowice City Hall providing one-stop shop assistance based upon each specific investor’s expectations and requirements – Investors Assistance Department (IAD).

Investor care

Every investor is taken care of by an employee of the Investors Assistance Department. A dedicated Project Manager provides support from the very outset of the investment process.

Providing market analysis

IAD is able to deliver market analysis about: workforce availability, workforce costs, quality of infrastructure, and other useful data.

Organizing site visits

IAD in a professional way organizes investors’ site visits and holds meetings with the local and regional authorities, universities, etc.

Marketing support

Katowice offers assistance in organizing a marketing campaign about investments in Katowice using city advertising media, such as outdoor, social media and press advertisements. The city of Katowice can provide a support in organizing press conferences by making conference spaces available, inviting members of the media and distributing promotional materials.

NGO. Cooperation with non-governmental organizations

We help investors establish contacts and cooperate with representatives of NGOs. Our investors often choose ecological projects. One of the most popular actions among companies, which is also a part of the KATOobywatel project, focuses on cleaning the earth. In 2024, we teamed up to clean the areas near water reservoirs. We cooperate with companies on CSR and educational projects. We are open to unconventional ideas and new forms of collaboration.

Access to the network of institutions & coordinating cooperation with the biggest Silesian universities

IAD cooperates with organizations such as: Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Katowice (RIG), ABSL, US-Polish Trade Council, Poviat Labour Office, as well as the representatives of business services sector in Katowice and University of Silesia in Katowice, Silesian University of Technology or University of Economics in Katowice.

Preparing information on the investment location

IAD can provide you with information about max. available area of your investment purpose, max. building area indicator according to the use (zoning plan) or technical infrastructure (power, water, gas, sewage system).

Real estate tax exemption

On 25.07.2024, at the session of the Katowice City Council, three resolutions were passed on exemptions from real estate tax:

Resolution No. V/59/24 of the Katowice City Council of 25 July 2024 on exemptions from real estate tax as part of de minimis aid (Journal of Laws of the Silesian Voivodeship of 2024, item 5339)

The resolution provides for two exemptions from real estate tax addressed to entrepreneurs. The first exemption is addressed to entrepreneurs who open their business in Katowice for the first time. The notification must be made within 6 months from the date of entry into the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity (CEIDG).

The second exemption is addressed to entrepreneurs who intend to renovate or adapt real estate. The notification must be made before the renovation or adaptation commences.

One of the conditions for the exemption regarding the renovation or adaptation of real estate is that the taxpayer incurs costs of at least three times the value of the property tax due. The renovation or adaptation must be completed within the period of the exemption. The exemptions constitute de minimis aid.

Resolution No. V/60/24 of the Katowice City Council of July 25, 2024 on the exemption from property tax for buildings or parts thereof constructed before 1945 located in the city of Katowice, in which the facade was renovated: (Journal of Laws of the Silesian Voivodeship of 2024, item 5340).

The exemption is intended for individuals and entrepreneurs who will renovate the front facade of their property which had been constructed before 1945. The period of the exemption depends on the scope of renovation works performed. The renovation of the elevation should be carried out within a period no longer than 1 year, from the day of its commencement. The exemption is granted on the basis of a notification submitted before or during the renovation of the facade.

The third resolution (Resolution No. LXXIV/1543/24 of Katowice City Council of 29 February) focuses on exemtions from real estate tax constituting regional investment aid.

In case of ambiguities between the original and copies, the original version (Polish) shall prevail.