Creative Industry
- 8,337 enterprises, entrepreneurs and organizations that employed 59,048 persons in 2007
- Business revenues rose by 27% in 2007, net profit rose over 70%
- Business revenues per employee ranged from € 1,012 (cinemas) to € 9,567 (advertising)
- The most profitable industries were music industry and motion picture and video production
Booming Industry In the recent years, creative professional services, namely architectural services, design and advertising, became leaders in creative production as well as promoters of innovative ideas and practices. Domestic design industry market was worth between € 27.5 million and € 137 million in 2005. Advertising market was worth € 167 million, while architectural services market about € 485 million. About 96% of creative industry enterprises are micro-businesses with 1 to 10 employees, which specialize in specific market segments and attractive services.
Abundance of Artistic Professionals The creative service market is comprised of a large number of individuals and non-corporate creative groups with extraordinary creative capabilities. The creative labor force accounted more than 5,700 high school and university-degree holders directly involved in creative services production. Additionally, there are more than 9,800 highly qualified persons engaged in supporting activities, such as engineers, IT specialist, actors, copywriters, and others.
Creative Space Serbia Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis represent a significant concentration of creative sector enterprises, with strong infrastructure and distribution network channels, and a vast supply of creative workforce.
