ENTERPRISE SPHERE

 main industries in the town of Zvolen: engineering, wood-processing, building, food-processing
 structure of business entities:
total: 4,500
natural persons: 70%
limited companies: 20%
joint-stock companies: 2%

Firms in Zvolen according to the number of employees
Type of the firm	No. of employees	No. of firms	Sharing
large-scale enterprises	over 500	10	0.2%
middle-sized companies	20 – 500	169	3%
small businesses	up to 20	1530	27%
self-employed persons	-	4008	70%
in total	-	5717	100%

The major employers in the town of Zvolen
Firm	No. of employees
1. ŽSR, division of the transport way, Zvolen	2864
2. Železničná spoločnosť (Railway Company),	1679
management of railway vehicles, Zvolen
3. Technical University, Zvolen	1017
4. Doprastav, Zvolen	884
5. Hospital with the Health Centre	825
6. ŽOS (Railway Repair Services and Engineering Works), Zvolen	809
7. VZOR v.d., Zvolen	778
8. SAD (Slovak Bus Transport), Zvolen	725
9. ALLIANZ – Slovak Insurance Company, Zvolen	646
10. Office of Financial Security	617
TOP 10 in total	10844