Over the last few years, the regional economy has managed to open up and establish more internal and external competitiveness, so that its companies have become competitive internationally.
Prosta cona Madeira, imenovana tudi "Madeira International Business Centre", je davčno privilegiran gospodarski prostor, ki zagotavlja spodbude za podjetja s finančnimi in davčnimi ugodnostmi prek cele vrste dejavnosti, ki se izvajajo v industrijski prosti coni, "Off-Shore Financial Centre", Mednarodna organizacija za ladijski register ("International Shipping Register organisation") in Mednarodni servisni center.