Hamburg Business: Your partner for all business matters

The hamburg-business.com portal is the main online resource for all business stakeholders, startups and investors. Hamburg Business is the right place for you if you would like to find out more about Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region as an innovative business location or are looking for quick, hands-on help and support from professional contacts.

Whether you are looking for commercial space, startup-related information or funding opportunities - we create transparency and connect you with the right partner for your request.

Your portal for doing business in Hamburg 

Hamburg AS AN INNOVATION LOCATION

Future Hamburg

You've come to the right place if you're looking to explore the exciting innovation landscape of Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region or need a helping hand when entering one of the region's innovative ecosystems. 

RelocatION, expanSION & TRANSFORMATION

Commercial real estate

Hamburg Invest's Real Estate Services team supports companies wishing to relocate, expand or transform their business in Hamburg - helping them to build their future success.

ALWAYS CLOSE TO YOUR NEEDS

One-stop agency for investment

We are the central point of contact for all companies wishing to invest, expand, restructure, relocate or set up business in the Hamburg economic region.

KEEPING UP to date WITH BUSINESS NEWS

News from the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Hamburg News is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to know what is and will be important in Hamburg's business community. The Hamburg News editorial team reports on exciting trends and relevant events, supplying you with insights, industry reports and stories.

Why is Hamburg the right location?

Business news from Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Cross Innovation Day 2022

Cross Innovation Day initiates cooperation with creative industries

Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft to host cross-industry event on June 12
Fliegendes Wizz Air Flugzeug vor blauem Himmel

Fly direct from Hamburg Airport to Yerevan from October

Wizz Air to operate direct flight to Armenian capital three times a week
Altbau der Hamburger Kunsthalle von schräg unten fotografiert, halbrunder Gebäudeteil aus Sandstein mit Säulen und Verzierungen, oben die Andeutung eines Kuppeldachs.

Hamburger Kunsthalle now among most popular art museums

"The Art Newspaper" ranks Kunsthalle among 150 most popular museums
 AIM Leaders Konferenz Symbolbild: "In die Zukunft", drei junge Menschen stehen auf einer Dachterasse in Hamburg und schauen noch vorne

AI Media Leaders Conference to highlight impact of AI

Artificial intelligence and shaping change tops agenda
Eine Frau mit einer VR-Brille in blauem Licht getaucht

VRHAM! 2025 fusion of art and technology

Festival becomes digital and immersive art biennale - Ulrich Schrauth, Artistic Director, in interview with Hamburg News
Frau im Kino, die einen Becher Popcorn in der Hand hält, daneben ein Becher mit Strohhalm, im Vordergrund sieht man die Kinoleinwand, Symbolbild Kino-Kongress

"Kino" congress moving to Hamburg

Hamburg solidifying position as media and film centre
Außenansicht der Veranstaltungslocation Schuppen 52 mit Flaggen des Cybersecurity Summits

Cybersecurity - "hackers not black swans"

Cybersecurity Summit 2025 highlights links to animal kingdom and risk assessment in other countries
Kläranlage mit vier Klärbecken von oben

UKE presents results of filtering drug residues from hospital wastewater

Results to help upgrade Hamburg's wastewater treatment plant
Diskussionsrunde zwischen Moderatorin Pinar Atalay, Publizist Navid Kermani und Senator Carsten Brosda beim Mediendialog 2025

Media dialogue 2025 focused on strengthening democracy

Where does Europe stand in terms of AI in future?

Happy and connected- co-working in Schwerin

Schwerin's first co-working café exemplifies flexible working in metropolitan region

Hamburg's topics of the future

Cities play a crucial role in tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time. Hamburg is one of the most liveable cities in Europe and a magnet for companies, investors, startups and talent, making it the perfect place to put ideas into practice. Below you can find Hamburg's focal topics.

Press Service 

Additional resources on Hamburg as a business location

Upcoming dates and events

Exhibition

transport logistic 2025

Munich, Germany, 2 – 5 June 2025

transport logistic 2025 offers exciting insights, pioneering impulses and groundbreaking innovations in the world of logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management.

 

Event

Handelsblatt Annual Meeting-Future Plan Real Estate

Berlin, Germany, 23 – 24 June 2025

The two-day event will deal with the topic of new business models for the real estate industry as well as market opportunities, investment trends and the role of data centers as energy storage for a sustainable infrastructure.

 

Event

Hamburg Real Estate Congress

Hamburg, Germany, 1 July 2025

IMMOCOM has been developing and organizing sustainable networking events for more than 20 years. At this event, IMMOCOM welcomes numerous players and experts from the regional real estate industry to discuss the real estate industry in the Hanseatic city.

 

Event

Efficient buildings conference

Hamburg, Germany, 29 September 2025

Efficient Buildings is a well-established event in northern Germany among trade visitors and exhibitors and offers you the best possible training and networking options every year.

 

Exhibition

Expo Real 2025

München, Germany, 6 – 8 October 2025

Every year since 1998, EXPO REAL has played host to the entire real estate industry for three days in October. As the largest trade fair for real estate and investment in Europe, EXPO REAL in Munich offers ideal conditions for efficient networking.

 

Exhibition

MIPIM 2026

Cannes, France, 9 – 13 March 2026

Since 1990, this 4-day event with at least 20,000 participants from 80 countries and 19,300 m² of exhibition space has been the leading international real estate trade fair where influential players from all areas of the international real estate industry meet.

Exhibition

polis CONVENTION

Düsseldorf, Germany, 6 – 7 May 2026

The polis CONVENTION is an annual trade fair for project and urban development that takes place at the Böhler area and is accompanied by a congress. In addition to project ideas and developments, the focus is on a different trade fair theme each year. 

 

Reasons for doing business in Hamburg

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