Mezei István: Urban development in Slovakia (Pécs-Somorja, 2010)
4. Towns in Slovakia after 1993
The urban development role of the economy Table 33. Industrial companies in the geographical space Number of % Number of % Total income, % settlements companies thousand SK Towns and cities 48 71.6 120 83.3 552,662,597 94.3 Villages 19 28.4 24 16.7 33,644,372 5.7 x 67 100.0 144 100.0 586,306.969 100.0 Source: www.etrend.sk Figure 18. The 120 most important industrial companies in cities and towns Source: the author’s own compilation based on www.etrend.sk. Drawn by Máté Mády. The 2005 figures indicate that the industrial establishments with the highest incomes in the listed sectors, altogether 144 factories, can be found in 67 settlements {Table 33). Most of them (120) are in cities and towns. These 120 companies account for 94.3% of the income. Most of the largest industrial factories, 30 out of the 120 companies, have their headquarters in Bratislava. Among them are Slovnaft with receipts of over 102 billion crowns, Doprastav, the largest road and bridge constructing company, which, as a member of a Czech group of companies, has an income of over 13.4 billion crowns, and Whirlpool Slovakia with an income of 11.8 billion crowns. Mention must be made 115
