With 2.4 million residents and around 920,000 employees, the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region is the seventh-largest urban area in Germany. Mannheim is the cultural and economic hub of the region and consistently ranks among the top locations in official economic rankings. There is plenty to do here! Its location is also extremely well-connected: a 30-minute ICE train ride takes you directly to Frankfurt Airport, a major hub for international air traffic. Major cities are easily reachable by train or via the surrounding highways. Centrally located at the confluence of the Rhine and Neckar rivers, Mannheim’s port is today the second-largest inland port in Europe.

Location: Mannheim

Diverse economy, just like the city itself

Strong companies, forward-looking industries, and highly skilled professionals shape Mannheim’s economy. Behind its rough facade lies a globally connected and highly developed city with tangible location advantages. Mannheim is a city of doers, offering businesses and their people every opportunity to thrive.

This makes Mannheim not only the economic center in the metropolitan region but also an important business location in Europe. Alongside global corporations such as Daimler, Roche Diagnostics, and John Deere, the city is home to ambitious, internationally active medium-sized companies and start-ups from a wide range of sectors. Its central location in Europe, excellent transport infrastructure, and highly qualified workforce provide companies with a sustainable competitive advantage over other locations.

Leading universities—from the University of Mannheim, whose faculties of Law and Economics consistently rank among the best, to the Technical University of Applied Sciences Mannheim and the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University and the Pop Academy—supply not only talented and creative minds but also a close connection between science and industry. These synergies continuously generate exciting results.

Mannheim offers not only an attractive and dynamic environment for start-ups and business networks but also draws students, researchers, skilled professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors alike. The city enjoys an outstanding position regarding economic strength, employment growth, quality of life, retail, and the real estate market. In current city rankings, Mannheim consistently ranks among the top.

Hard Facts

329.60

residents

9.15

companies

start-up centers

19.75

annual turnover

2.70

business registrations per year

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What the Medical Technology Cluster Offers

Benefit from close proximity to leading academic institutions providing a pool of highly trained medical technology professionals for research & development, operations & production, logistics, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, marketing, and sales.

Take advantage of nearby surgical and transcatheter simulation training centers, key opinion leaders in university hospitals, and major maximum-care centers with over 6,000 beds. Boost your own innovation by collaborating with Mannheim-based research institutes focused on market-oriented medical technology development, such as the Institute for Medical Technology and the Department of Clinical Health Technologies at the Fraunhofer IPA. Accelerate your clinical product development and market entry with support from eight leading CROs located in Mannheim.

Increase your chances of success as a medical technology entrepreneur or start-up founder and benefit from tailored funding programs in Mannheim, setting benchmarks across Germany.