Within Svetlahorsk there are many industrial activities and organizations. They include: the Svetlohorsk power plant, a chemical man-made fiber plant, a reinforced concrete industrial complex, a Petroleum producing industry, a pulp and paper milk industry, butter-making factory, a bakery, and an industrial college.
Svetlahorsk is also a railroad station on the Zhlobin-Kalinkavichy (Žłobin-Kalinkavičy) railway line.
