The town is dominated by light industry, including the following:
Tisza Shoe Factory: Though designed prior to the outbreak of war, in 1941–42, a factory was established by the Czechoslovak businessman Jan Antonin Bata, whose organization was based in Zlín. During the decades of the Kádár era, Tisza Cipő became the country's largest shoe manufacturer.[citation needed]
Brewery: 1985, built by the surrounding businesses.
Vegetable Oil Factory: built between 1976 and 1980. Primarily grown in the Great Plains sunflower, canola and soybean processing is carried out.
Tisza Ipartelep plants: various industrial plants in the industrial and service center.
Martfű Monster
The town is infamous for serial killer Péter Kovács, who is known as the Martfű Monster.
