 Due to the railway line running across this area, and suitable network of communications, together with the establishment of the wood industry, oil reservoirs and an electric power plant, the area is one of the important developing centers of the province.The said city is also considered as an industrial locality in the northern region

The Neka Power Plant provide energy to the province and some northern parts of the country.It is one of the biggest steam powered thermal power plants in the Middle East, Its nominal capacity is 2035 MW .