Do you plan to invest in Berlin, start a company here, or relocate your headquarters here? Smart move!
Berlin's advantages at a glance
- Highest concentration of researchers and academics in Germany (per capita);
- High productivity at low labor costs
- Excellent infrastructure throughout the capital region
- Attractive real estate in all locations
- Home of the Bundestag (Germany's parliament), the federal government, and of the top central industry associations
- Highly qualified and highly flexible labor force
- A science and research landscape that is unparalleled within Germany
- Efficient business networks and centers of excellence
- Family-friendly environment
- High quality of life
TRACK RECORD: Over 1,385 companies have located to Berlin or invested here between 2001 and 2012
In 2012, 162 companies established new locations in Berlin or expanded their Berlin-based location. The companies that have moved to the city since 2001 include:
MTU Aero Engines | Coca-Cola GmbH | Vattenfall Europe Generation | Corning Cable Systems GmbH & Co. KG | TNT Logistics Deutschland GmbH | Mahle Nockenwellen GmbH | ASKANIA Uhren AG | Rollei GmbH | Inventux Technologies AG | Global Solar Energy Deutschland GmbH | TAKATA-PETRI AG
core connection GmbH & Co. KG | BASF Shared Services Europe GmbH | norisbank GmbH | Sitel GmbH | Skandia Versicherungen | DMS GmbH | Grupo Intercom Berlin GmbH | PHORMS Berlin gGmbH | Miami Ad School Europe GmbH | MICE AG | arvato services | Mercedes-Benz Bank
Anschutz Entertainment Group | Jamba | Universal Music Group | MTV Networks Germany | Four Music Productions GmbH | BREAD & butter GmbH | SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG | Hitachi Software Engineering Europe AG | Axel Springer Verlag AG | Bild Redaktion (Axel Springer Verlag) | arvato AG | IMAX Corporation | Sykes Enterprises
Scienion AG | Capsulution Pharma AG | Pfizer Pharma GmbH | LS Shire Deutschland | Wyeth
(Source: Berlin Partner GmbH, 2012)
Services for entrepreneurs and investors in Berlin
Berlin Business Packages
The business packages provided by Berlin Partner GmbH are a unique service that allows you to “test drive” your new business location at a favorable price. We advise you in creating tailored concepts for subsidies, lend support with other economic development assistance and help you search for centrally-located real estate and qualified personnel.
Berlin Business Packages
Why Berlin?
"We relocated our offices to Berlin because we were looking to cooperate more closely with people, and I don't mean just at the political level. Here, we have established many interesting contacts within the various scientific institutions, hospitals like the Charité and various biotech companies. I am confident that in future, we will be able to attract even more world-class scientific research to Berlin."
Dr. Andreas Penk, Chairman of the Management Board, Pfizer Deutschland GmbHWhy Berlin?
"The affordability of real estate along with the availability of well-trained, multi-lingual personnel are the reasons we chose to locate our business in Berlin."
Eggert Voscherau, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BASF SEWhy Berlin?
"As Germany's largest newspaper, we have to accept Berlin's new role. To live in Berlin is to know the news first."
Kai Diekmann, Editor in Chief of the Bild NewspaperWhy Berlin?
"A shining national music scene, creative minds and international stars that love the city. As a market leader, we profit from Berlins endless potential and were set to generate even more musical highlights in the future."
Frank Briegmann, President & CEO of Universal Music GermanyWhy Berlin?
"The life science cluster in Berlin-Brandenburg offers SCIENION an attractive level of customer potential and excellent opportunities for cooperation. Our collaboration with other regional companies, such as MicroDiscovery and Invitek, and our work with research institutes, such as the MPI for Infectious Biology and the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, enable us to produce a steady stream of product innovations."
Dr. Holger Eickhoff, CEO, SCIENION AGWhy Berlin?
"When Axel Springer AG emphatically affirmed its commitment to Berlin by moving its corporate headquarters to the capital, this was not just because the concept that our founder Axel Springer had of Berlin, as a new intellectual hub, is still as viable today as it was during his lifetime. It also happened because I am convinced that these decisions will bring our company long-term advantages, which will position us for both economic and publishing success in the future."
Dr. Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO Axel Springer AG