Industry of the Leningrad Region

The Leningrad Region is one of the largest industrial centers and one of the leaders in economic development in Northwestern Russia.

The GRP of the Leningrad Region in 2025 (according to estimates) amounted to 2,319 billion rubles.

The basis of the region's economy is industry, which accounts for 36% of GRP. The main industries are:

  • automotive industry
  • shipbuilding
  • chemical production
  • petrochemistry
  • agro-industrial complex
  • wood processing
  • pulp and paper production
  • aluminum industry
  • building materials industry
  • mechanical engineering

The industry of the Leningrad Region comprises more than 3,736 large and medium-sized enterprises, some of which are among the leading organizations in Russia. The number of employees in the industrial sector is about 31% of the total number of employees in organizations in the Leningrad Region.

The share of shipped goods of own production in the manufacturing industry of the Leningrad Region is 86% of all shipped products in the region.

Gross Regional Product

36%

Industry

14,6%

Transport and communications

9,7%

Wholesale and retail trade

9,7%

Construction

17%

Other


Industrial production index in 2024
108.2%
111.5% Mining
105% Electricity, gas and steam supply; air conditioning
112.1% Water supply; sewerage, waste collection and disposal, pollution abatement activities
108.7% Manufacturing


Structure of industry in the Leningrad Region 

The industrial complex of the Leningrad Region consists of:

  • manufacturing (43.3%)
  • electricity, gas and steam supply, air conditioning (7.9%)
  • water supply, sewerage, waste collection and disposal, pollution abatement activities (0.8%)
  • mining (0.7%)

Volume of shipped goods of own production, works and services performed, 2025

compared to 2024

1994

billion
rubles

manufacturing

270

billion
rubles

electricity, gas and steam
supply; air conditioning

44

billion
rubles

water supply; sewerage,
waste collection and disposal, pollution abatement activities

54

billion
rubles

mining

96.9%

121.5%

120.1%

71.1%


Industrial production index 

100.1
2014
99.6
2015
103.7
2016
100.2
2017
104.9
2018
104.6
2019
98.6
2020
107.6
2021
97.1
2022
108
2023
108.2
2024