page_title: Kecskemét
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Kecskemét / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Kecskemét railway station from SE. - Kodály Sq., Hunyadiváros, Kecskemét, Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary.Magyar: Kecskemét vasútállomás a vágányok felől fotózva. - Bács-Kiskun megye, Kecskemét, Bethlenváros, Hunyadiváros, Kodály Zoltán térCamera location46°&#160;54′&#160;46.96″&#160;N, 19°&#160;42′&#160;05″&#160;E&#160;&#160;&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Kecskemét is a city in the central part of Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.
  Kecskemét, lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain region; the southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county.
context_section_description: In March 2012, the German automobile manufacturer Daimler AG opened a plant nearby Kecskemét, to manufacture the new B-Class, A-Class and CLA-Class models. The Stuttgart-based company invested €800 million (US$1.24 billion) to build the new plant, which is expected to create 3,000 new jobs in the region. According to the plans, more than 100,000 vehicles will be produced annually at the factory.
  As of 2018, the largest companies were:
  Mercedes-Benz – car factory: 4,500 employees
  DAKK – local public transport: 2,000 employees
  Knorr-Bremse – electricity: 1,100 employees
  ACPS Automotive – electricity: 1,000 employees
  Phoenix Mecano – cable factory: 950 employees
  CabTec cable factory: 950 employees
  Fornetti bakery: 850 employees
  Univer-Product – canning industry: 750 employees
  In the city, unemployment is extremely low. Over the last few years, thousands of jobs have been created to promote a low unemployment rate. Currently (2018), unemployment is 3.10% in the county seat.
caption: Kecskemét Railway Station
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