Tirol gains doctors and childcare as bakeries and banks decline
Saturday 14th November 2026 on 06:15 in
Austria
Tirol has more doctors’ practices and childcare facilities than three years ago, while bakeries, banks and other local services have declined, an ORF report says. The number of local suppliers overall remained stable, according to a survey conducted by the state every three years.
The survey found increases in food retailers, post partners, pharmacies and doctors. Childcare provision also grew, with more crèches, after-school care facilities and kindergartens. The largest increases in local suppliers were recorded in the Imst and Surroundings, Inntal–Mieminger Plateau and Pitztal planning associations.
However, 58 of Tirol’s municipalities, home to about 40,000 people, have no local food supplier, not even a farm shop. Mariastein, Scheffau, Vils and Finkenberg lost their local food supply in recent years. Reutte district has the largest gap, with 13 municipalities without a supplier, followed by Innsbruck-Land and Lienz districts. Innsbruck, Kitzbühel and Kufstein fare best overall.
Seven municipalities gained a local supplier since the previous survey: Navis, Pettnau, Schwendt, Grins, St. Veit in Defereggen, Strassen and Steinberg am Rofan.
The number of police stations, butchers, bakeries, post offices, bank branches, petrol stations, nursing homes and dentists has fallen. Nine municipalities now have no inn: Grinzens, Oberhofen, Faggen, Untertilliach, Forchach, Pinswang, Nikolsdorf, Gallzein and Weerberg. Nikolsdorf, Gallzein and Weerberg joined the list since the last survey, while an inn reopened in St. Johann im Walde.
Nineteen municipalities have at least 25 facilities providing essential services: Innsbruck, Schwaz, Telfs, Hall in Tirol, Wörgl, Kufstein, Kitzbühel, Lienz, Imst, St. Johann in Tirol, Landeck, Wattens, Zams, Rum, Jenbach, Mayrhofen, Reutte, Zirl and Fulpmes.
At the other end of the scale, 17 municipalities have no more than three essential-service facilities in addition to their municipal office: Kolsassberg, Forchach, Zöblen, Gallzein, Hainzenberg, Rohrberg, Stummerberg, St. Sigmund im Sellrain, Unterperfuss, Faggen, Spiss, Untertilliach, Gramais, Hinterhornbach, Kaisers, Namlos and Pfafflar.