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

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Gamecity Hamburg earmarks EUR 400,000 for prototypes

Enter your ideas for digital games by deadline of April 7 - funding of up to EUR 80,000 per project
Frauen legen Hände übereinander

International Women's Day taking off in Hamburg Metropolitan Region

International Women's Day falls on March 8, 2025 - a look at how women enter a profession and move up the ladder in Hamburg Metropolitan Region
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Startup City Highlights

Top monthly reports from Hamburg's startup ecosystem

HIAS bringing scientific excellence to Hamburg

Massimo Leone researching acceptance of automatic facial recognition in public spaces

Hamburg joint stand at MIPIM in Cannes

20 companies are presenting themselves at this year's real estate fair

Drone shot Future Hamburg Talks

Future Hamburg Talk meets Dr Arwen Cross, European XFEL

Experiencing research in European XFEL's Lighthouse Visitor Centre - Dr Arwen Cross, Co-ordinator, in conversation

EEHH's vision of networked energy transition drawing closer

Europe keen on Hamburg's hydrogen activities - and more elements are coming together to advance industry's decarbonisation
Visualisierung "Haus der digitalen Welt" Rooftop

Hamburg gets "House of Digital World"

Meeting point in downtown Hamburg to feature wide-ranging educational and leisure activities - planning underway
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Who or what is driving e-commerce?

Upswing in consumer confidence in online retail - trends, tips and facts from an e-commerce expert
Menschen auf Klimarechenzenrtrum in Hamburg

More cooperation needed, KLIMAready survey finds

Association of seven Hamburg clusters present survey's findings - highlight risks to sustainability and climate change

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

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.

 

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.

 

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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