Hamburgruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Logistics, shipping & port
Hapag-Lloyd, Kühne+Nagel, HHLA, Port of Hamburg
Europe's third-largest container port and the historic foundation of the city's economy — Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world's largest container shipping lines and is headquartered here.
Aviation & aerospace
Airbus, Lufthansa Technik, Diehl Aviation
Hamburg is one of the three largest civil aviation centres in the world alongside Toulouse and Seattle, with Airbus final assembly at Finkenwerder.
Media & publishing
Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Gruner + Jahr, Bauer Media, NDR
Germany's publishing capital — the largest concentration of magazines, newspapers and broadcasters in the country, and the reason the advertising industry clusters here too.
Renewable energy & wind
Nordex, Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, RWE Renewables
Hamburg is Europe's wind energy capital, hosting the industry's largest trade fair and a substantial engineering and project development cluster.
Trade & consumer goods
Otto Group, Beiersdorf, Tchibo, Edeka
The Otto Group is one of the world's largest online retailers, and Beiersdorf — the maker of Nivea — has been headquartered here since 1882.
Technology & startups
Google, Facebook, XING, About You, Jimdo
A real if smaller tech scene than Berlin's, weighted to e-commerce, adtech and logistics software — a natural fit for a trading city.
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