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

Quantum computing making leap from theoretical to practical

Hamburg Innovation Centre opens - six projects underway with more to follow
Fahrradfahrerin fährt unter einer Brücke an vielen Fahrrädern vorbei

Real-world lab to boost sustainable mobility in Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Süderelbe AG and partners gaining knowledge and experience of "Corporate Mobility Management"
Statisitik

Hamburg advancing digitalisation in public health service

German government earmarks EUR 800 million for new technologies and more efficient public health services

Three main factors key to solving labour shortage

Action needed despite Hamburg's good position, says Michael Berlemann, HWWI Director, who tells Hamburg News about possible solutions
Zwei aufgeschlagene Laptops mit zwei Personen im Anschnitt, die gemeinsam ein Papier bearbeiten

Hamburg Next Level helping startups and SMEs go international

First phase of Chamber of Commerce's scheme begins on December 10 and 12, 2024
Onlinedienste

"Good Governance Award 2024" for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

"KERN" project to make local government services digital, user-friendly and accessible
Vereinbarung Medical Assessment Center

Hamburg investing in emergency medical centre

EUR 440,000 in funds for improved health care in port and airport
Key-Visual eines Holon-Movers auf Hamburgs Straßen

Tests of driverless shuttles from mid 2025 in Hamburg

ALIKE accelerating mobility transition with driverless, on-demand ride-sharing
Neue Kooperation für Orthopädie in Hamburg

UKE and Helios Endo-Klinik to merge orthopaedics in Hamburg

Hospitals to pool expertise in research, teaching and patient care from April 2025
Spitzenforschung

Millions in funding for cutting-edge research in Hamburg

ERC Synergy Grants for research projects led by UKE and University of Hamburg

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

Event

Real Estate Forum Hamburg 2025

Hamburg, Germany, 20 February 2025

At the 11th Real Estate Forum Hamburg you will meet the most important city representatives of the Hamburg real estate world and network with leading thought leaders, experts and market insiders to discover new perspectives for the Hamburg real estate market.

 

Exhibition

MIPIM 2025

Cannes, France, 11 – 14 March 2025

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.

Event

Logistics Day 2025

Digital & vor Ort, Deutschland, 10 April 2025

For the 18th time, companies, organizations and institutes are opening their doors to the public - on site and online - and demonstrating how versatile and efficient logistics is.

 

Exhibition

Real Estate Arena 2025

Hanover, Germany, 14 – 15 May 2025

The Real Estate Arena is a real estate fair for networking and exchange that focuses on the real estate markets in B and C locations, bringing together politics, economic development, real estate and the digital economy.

 

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.

 

Exhibition

Expo Real 2025

München, Germny, 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.

 

Reasons for doing business in Hamburg

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