Vienna’s strategic economic priorities focus on life sciences, information and communication technologies as well as automotive and creative industries.

With more than 8,000 IT companies achieving a total gross turnover of € 20.8 billion and employing 73,000 persons, Vienna not only takes the lead in Austria but across Central and Eastern Europe. The high quality and strength of Vienna’s IT sector is based on the innovatory potential and the accessible markets, a competitive telecommunications infrastructure and first-class ICT supplier infrastructure. VITE (Vienna IT Enterprises) is an excellent instrument for Vienna to network the competence available in IT companies in order to initiate new and innovative projects and enhance the innovatory potential.

The Automotive Cluster Vienna Region (ACVR) has similar objectives for enterprises active in the fields of mobility, transport and new vehicle technologies. 

Creative Viennese, who wish to exploit their ideas and developments commercially are supported by “departure”, the economic promotion and service agency for companies of the creative industries domiciled in Vienna.