About Bulgaria

Bulgaria is one of the recognized, popular outsourcing destinations in Europe. International businesses from various sectors have been running operations from and to Bulgaria for decades. Also each year more new enterprises enter the Bulgarian market from all around the world. This step gives them great opportunities not only within the local market but also within the EU as Bulgaria has been a member of the Union since 2007.

It is no surprise that the outsourcing sector in the country gains more influence in Bulgaria’s economy with each passing year. Some of the major factors in favor of choosing Bulgaria for outsourcing are the available capable workforce and attractive business conditions in terms of low labor taxes compared to Western Europe and North America.

The majority of the Bulgarian workforce are fluent in at least two languages with English being the most popular one. Another serious benefit is the vast amount of qualified affordable experienced front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers. Traditionally strong in C#, C++, Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript, etc. Bulgarian programmers quote high on the market compared to others from central and eastern Europe.

The IT sector in Bulgaria has been developing rapidly in recent years and the country is evolving into a popular European digital hub. This has not gone unrecognized by foreign investors as one of the world's biggest companies have decided to invest there. Giants such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, VMware, DXC Technology, Coca–Cola and more, have all expanded their businesses in Bulgaria.

All of the above has anchored Bulgaria as one of the key outsourcing destinations in the world, even being labeled" the most popular place for outsourcing in Europe" by a study back in 2014.