Economy
Transport
The main type of local transport is automobile. There is also a railway station and an airport.
Enterprises
The largest industrial enterprises are the Kyrgyz-Canadian oil refinery "Kyrgyz Petroleum Company"; an enterprise for the extraction of travertine, limestone and shell rock; brick factory CJSC Stone Processing Plant in Central Asia; JSC "Kelechek"; JSC "Nur"; JSC "Nasos"; Factory of trade and technological equipment and OP 36/10. The enterprises of JSC "Kyrgyzkhlopok" and JV "Ak-Altyn" produce cotton fiber, tobacco-fermentation enterprises of LLC "Tura-Ay" and LLC "Aziz-Tabak" operate.
Enterprises of the flour-grinding industry of the city: Azrat Aiyb JSC, PTK Intershak CJSC, Mariam and Co LLC. CJSC "Jalal-Abad Arak Plant" operates for the production of alcoholic beverages.Among the light industry enterprises, the leading one is Mata JSC, an enterprise with a production capacity of 7 million m² of non-woven materials. In the city there are enterprises engaged in wood processing and furniture manufacturing - these are Emerek JSC and Kok-Art JSC.
Banks and microcredit unions
EcoIslamicBank CJSC, Bai Tushum OJSC, Commercial Bank Kyrgyzstan OJSC.
Trade
In the city of Manas, retail trade is carried out in 10 stationary markets and 9 privately owned mini markets, as well as in 120 stores.