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InfrastructureHessen in the heart of Europe
Europe’s data hub
Europe’s largest international airports
Economic StructureKey sectors
Hessen in international comparison
Hessen and its administrative districts
Selected structural data
Financial ServicesFinancial center Frankfurt
Start-up EcosystemWhere ideas and innovations are born
Trade FairsInternational trade fair location Frankfurt
Labor Market and WorkforceEmployees by economic sector
Vocational training in Hessen
Hessen InternationalThe most important foreign trade goods
Major trading partners
Foreign direct investment
Research and DevelopmentUniversities and research institutes
International CommunitiesAt home in Hessen
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Source: Eurostat | Calculations HA Hessen Agentur3
All European business centers within a 3 hour flying radius
Europe‘s connecting city
514 millionaffluent consumers in Europe
The gateway to Europe
Access to the German and
European marketIn the center of
European markets
INFRASTRUCTURE
HESSEN IN THE HEART OF EUROPE
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Stockholm
Moscow
Warsaw
LondonBerlin
Brussels
Paris
Frankfurt
ViennaBudapest
IstanbulRome
Madrid
15 h
1.5 h
12 h 3 h
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Source: Research HA Hessen Agentur | Breitbandbüro Hessen, HTAI | DE-CIX4
INFRASTRUCTURE
EUROPE’S DATA HUB
Hessen is in the leading group forbroadband business supply within GermanyFrankfurt is a gigabyte city
(approx. 90% of Frankfurt‘s households can surf the internet with 1 gigabyte per second)
→The Rhine-Main region is on its way to become a gigabyteregion
Mobile communications –Hessen achieves LTE coveragefor more than 99% ofhouseholds from all 3 networks
Europe’s data traffic hub:
DE-CIX – the world’s largest internet node is in Frankfurt
Top placement in Germany’s broadband expansion
Moscow
Warsaw
Dublin
Madrid
FRANKFURT
Copenhagen
AmsterdamLondon
Rome
Stockholm
Istanbul
Lisbon
Paris
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INFRASTRUCTURE
EUROPE’S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
Transfer passengers
Passengers per year
Metric tons of cargo per year
Direct flights per week
2.2 million
55%
69.5 million
5,050Winter Flight Schedule Frankfurt 2019/2020:
88 Airlines
259 Destinations
99 Countries
Traffic volume by sector 2018
Passengers(total traffic)in millions
Cargo (total traffic)in 1,000 metric tons
Aircraft movements(in thousands)
Frankfurt (FRA) 69.5 2,213 512
Paris (CDG) 65.9 2,135 473
Amsterdam (AMS) 63.6 1,662 479
London (LHR) 75.7 1,541 473
Frankfurt Airport
Source: Fraport AG | Research HA Hessen Agentur
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ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
KEY SECTORS
Information and
communication
technologyTransportation and
logistics
Automotive industry /
E-mobility
Financial services Life sciences, chemical
and pharmaceutical
industry, medical
technology
Engineering industry,
electronics
Creative industriesRenewable energy
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
HESSEN IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON
Source: World Bank | German Regional Accounts Working Group | Calculations HA Hessen Agentur 20187
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (in 1,000 €)
Hessen and selected G20 countries in comparison
53.048.5 46.7
40.8 39.136.0 35.1 33.3 30.9 29.1 26.6
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Source: Hessian State Statistical Office | German Federal Employment Agency Statistics | Calculations: HA Hessen Agentur8
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
HESSEN AND ITS ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS
Area and Population 2018
Administrative districts
Population in million Area in km²
Inhabitantsper km²
Kassel 1.22 8,291 147
Gießen 1.05 5,381 195
Darmstadt 4.00 7,444 537
Hessen 6.27 21,116 297
Employees subject to social security contributions in 2018
Administrative district Total
Manufacturing industry in %
Service sector in %
Kassel 474,320 31.5 68.0
Gießen 369,286 33.9 65.7
Darmstadt 1,740,399 20.1 79.6
Hessen 2,584,005 24.2 75.4
Administrative District Kassel
Administrative DistrictGießen
Administrative District Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Gießen
Kassel
Selected German Federal States 2018 Hessen Deutschland
GDP per person employedin €
83,963 75,516
Gross value addedin billion €
263 3,053
Tertiary sector in %
(measured by gross value added) 73.5 68.2
Population in millions 6.3 83.0
Population density (Inhabitants per km² )
297 232
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ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
SELECTED STRUCTURAL DATA
Source: German Federal Statistical Office | German State Statistical Offices | German Federal Employment Agency Statistics | German Regional Accounts Working Group | Calculations: HA Hessen Agentur
Darmstadt
Gießen
Kassel
Regional industry expertise
Transportation industryLogisticsDecentralized energy technologiesTourism
OpticsElectronicsMechanicsLife Sciences
Chemicals and pharmaceuticalsFinanceInformation and Communication technology
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL CENTER FRANKFURT
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Home to around 209 German and foreign banks, including Deutsche
Bundesbank and the European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt is
Germany’s leading financial centre and plays an outstanding role in
continental Europe:
The credit institutions in the financial center of Frankfurt employ
63,100 persons.
The Frankfurt stock market is one of the world’s largest trading
platforms for securities.
At the House of Finance approx. 200 researchers work on issues
relevant for the capital market.
Source: Frankfurt Main Finance e.V. I German Stock Exchange I German Central Bank I Helaba
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German banks
Foreign banks
Banks headquarteredin Frankfurt
Frankfurt is the leading financial center in continental Europe and no. 2 in Europe.
START-UP ECOSYSTEM
WHERE IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS ARE BORN
11 Source: German Federal Statistical Office | Startup Genome | Research HA Hessen Agentur
7.6 start-ups per 1,000 inhabitants
(German average: 6.5)
45 cluster and network initiatives
with almost 3,800 members
Approx. 40 technology and new business centers
Frankfurt‘s TechQuartier (TQ) serves as a central contact point forStart-up and FinTech companies
The proportion of Fintech start-ups is especially high in the financial center of Frankfurt: 1 out of 8 start-ups works in the financial sector here.
Other important sectors are AI, Big Data & Analytics and Cybersecurity.
Overall, there are about 300 start-ups in Frankfurt and the surrounding area.
Source: Messe Frankfurt, Annual Report 201812
TRADE FAIRS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR LOCATION
> 41,200 exhibitors
101 events abroad
with > 55,400 exhibitors
and > 2.4 million visitors
Trade Fair Location Frankfurt
39 international trade fairs
and exhibitionsAround 1.5 million visitors 592,000 square meters of
total space
Around 2,500 employees
generated a revenue of
€ 718 million in 2018
Leading international trade
fairs
for consumer goods, lifestyle
products, textiles,
architecture, and media
LABOR MARKET AND WORKFORCE
EMPLOYEES BY ECONOMIC SECTOR
Source: German Federal Employment Agency Statistics | Calculations HA Hessen Agentur 201813
2,584,005 employees subject to social security contributions
ECONOMIC SECTOR Hessen absolute
Manufacturing industry 454,683
Construction
Vehicle trade, maintenance, and repair
130,265
346,874
Transport and warehousing 186,664
Hospitality industry 86,782
Information and communication 99,957
Financial and insurance services 138.662
Real estate, freelance, scientific and technical services 235,710
Healthcare 170,503
Residential facilities and social services 159,502
Public administration, defense, social security, ext. organization 140,082
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Share of employees subject to social security contributions in percent
Other sectors
Vocational training is crucial for Hessen's innovative strength and competitiveness.
An essential pillar is the dual training system. It provides companies with qualified
and practically trained specialists who can contribute to the company's value chain
right after training. Around 38,000 new training contracts are concluded in Hessen
every year. With only 4.5 percent, youth unemployment is at a low level, both in the
national and international comparison. Due to the great importance of dual training,
it provides trainees with advanced qualifications within the respective occupational
groups or access to higher education without a secondary school certificate.
In addition to standard university programs, advancement is also possible in the form
of dual study programs, where practical on-the-job study content in companies is
combined with the theoretical content in dual universities to offer a more practice-
oriented course of study. More and more companies, universities and young people
are seeing the advantages of a dual study program: 130 courses at 17 universities
and vocational academies speak for themselves.
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* As of July 2019
LABOR MARKET AND WORKFORCE
DUAL TRAINING
Youth unemployment rates in EU countries in %
Selected states and Hessen in comparison, September 2019
Source: Federal Institute for Vocational Training | Statista | Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing, State of Hessen | Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
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Hessen
Germany
Netherlands
Poland
Great Britain*
EU-28
France
Sweden
Italy
Spain
Greece*
Demand for chemicals and pharmaceutical goods continued abroad in 2018, imports dominated by electrical products
The Hessian economy exported goods to the value of 64.2 billion euros in 2018. This
corresponds to an increase of 1.5 percent compared to the previous year. On the
import side, Hessen recorded a growth of 5.9 percent with an import volume of
100.1 billion euros.
The products of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries are by far Hessen’s
greatest export success. In 2018, they continue to head the rankings of the most
important export goods with a volume of 18.4 billion euros. This corresponds to
28.7 percent of Hessen's export volume. They are followed by products in electrical
engineering as well as mechanical and vehicle engineering. These product groups
are also the most important import goods. Electrical engineering products account
for the largest import volume with 15.7 billion euros, followed by chemical and
pharmaceutical products with 13.5 billion euros.
Please note: Due to the different demarcations between export (special trade) and
import (general trade), netting is not possible.
Source: Hessian State Statistical Office | Calculations: HA Hessen Agentur15
HESSEN INTERNATIONAL
THE MOST IMPORTANT FOREIGN TRADE GOODS
Product groupsExports 2018
in € millionImports 2018
in € million
Food industry 2,857 4,107
Raw materials 208 7,548
Intermediate products 4,025 9,381
Finished goods, including: 55,639 74,272
Chemical and pharmaceutical products 18,415 13,543
Machinery 7,453 11,047
Electrical engineering products 6,812 15,703
Vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories
6,800 11,001
Other goods 1,484 4,810
Total 64,213 100,118
Exports 2018 selected countries
Source: Hessian State Statistical Office | Calculations HA Hessen Agentur16
HESSEN INTERNATIONAL
MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS
CountryHessen in € million
Percentage of total exports (%)
USA 7,725 12.0
France 4,901 7.6
Netherlands 4,350 6.8
Great Britain 4,212 6.6
PR China 3,740 5.8
Italy 3,162 4.9
Poland 3,033 4.7
Austria 2,967 4.6
Spain 2,441 3.8
Belgium 2,286 3.6
Other countries 25,395 39.6
Total 64,212 100
Imports 2018 selected countries
CountryHessen in € million
Percentage of total imports (%)
PR China 11,188 11.2
USA 10,450 10.4
Russia 7,386 7.4
France 5,960 6.0
Switzerland 5,527 5.5
Netherlands 5,051 5.0
Great Britain 4,973 5.0
Japan 4,927 4.9
Italy 4,420 4.4
Belgium 4,182 4.2
Other countries 36,053 36.0
Total 100,118 100
Foreign direct investment in Hessen by country
Source: German Central Bank | Calculations HA Hessen Agentur | At the end of 201717
HESSEN INTERNATIONAL
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Country of origin (TOP-10) in billion € Percentage
Netherlands 24.3 23.2
USA 17.4 16.6
France 12.6 12.1
Luxembourg 10.9 10.4
Switzerland 5.0 4.8
South Korea 4.2 4.0
Sweden 3.7 3.5
Great Britain 3.5 3.3
Japan 3.1 2.9
Ireland 2.9 2.8
Other countries 17.2 16.4
Total 104.8 100
Foreign direct investments in Germany accounted for 533.8 billion euros, of which 104.8 billion euros were invested in Hessen. Thus, approximately 20% of foreign direct investments went to Hessen.
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Foreign direct investment in Hessen (new establishments and expansion investments from established international companies)2012 – 2018
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES
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Around 80 universities, research institutes, and institutions for academic education
3,500 businesses in about
40 cluster and network initiatives
Above-average number of universities and higher
education institutions: 6.1 universities per
1 million inhabitants (Germany: 5.2)
Around 40 technology and start-up centres
20 national institutes for basic and applied research
Source: German Federal Statistical Office | DFG German Research Foundation | Hessian State Statistical Office
7 Universities
15 Other universities
16 Universities of Applied Sciences
1 Helmholtz Institute
8 Max Planck Institutes
7 Fraunhofer Institutes
4 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibnitz Research Institutes
25 Other research institutes
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES
AT HOME IN HESSEN
Source: German Federal Employment Agency Statistics | State Chancellery Hessen| Research HA Hessen Agentur | Deutsche Post
1,090,460 people from 190 nations come together in Hessen’s business communities, where interests are bundled and many different networking
possibilities are created.
Over 12,500 foreign companies have already decided in favor of Hessen as their preferred location.
Here, outstanding employment perspectives open up for employees from any background. The amount of employees from international
communities has increased by 42.2% since 2014. Hence, currently 15.5% of the people employed come from international communities.
35 international and multilingual schools
180 international business and culture clubs
60 foreign chambers of commerce
106 consulates
Hessen takes 2nd place in
terms of happiness in
Germany
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