Every 10th company in Antalya is owned by foreigners

Antalya, where millions of tourists spend their holidays every year, has turned into a city where foreigners prefer to live on a permanent basis. Last year, 791 foreign companies (or companies with foreign partners) started operating in the city. In total, 6,158 of the 62,000 companies in the city are owned by foreigners.

Among all foreign companies opened in 2023, companies owned by Russian citizens predominate - 255 companies. Russian citizens are followed by German citizens with 83 companies, an Iranian citizen with 64 companies, a Ukrainian citizen with 53 companies and an Azerbaijani citizen with 43 companies. The total number of companies owned by Russian citizens is 1,217, German citizens - 765 and Iranian citizens - 675.

The majority of companies chose construction as their field of activity - 71 enterprises, followed by the construction sector, the IT industry (57 organizations) and the services, food and entertainment sector (53 enterprises).