Bremen as an investment location

A city state primed for success

The Bremen region may be relatively small, but what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in its capacity for innovation, its commercial strength and its entrepreneurial spirit. This cosmopolitan city state has expertise in

– and is a global player in all of them. Numerous highly respected research institutes are based in Bremen and help to put new ideas and solutions into practice in close collaboration with businesses.

In the sections below you can find out about our key industries as well as contact information at Bremeninvest and other important sectors like

Among the top ten major industrial hubs in Germany, smallest federal state, but eleventh-largest German city. We have put together a selection of key facts and figures about Bremen for you.

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From 'A' as in 'Airbus' to 'Z' as in 'Zech Group', Bremen has a number of large companies that export across the globe and are among the market leaders in their sectors. These are the major employers in Bremen.

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Bremen is a logistics location, a space city, an automotive location, a major player in the maritime economy and a place with a high quality of life. The new image film "Home of the New" presents all these characteristics.

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Success Stories


Aerospace
27 November 2025

The space flight missions launching from Bremen from 2026 onwards

Bremen is an integral part of international space travel. In the coming years, new rockets, satellites, and experiments will continue to launch from Bremen on their journey into space. Here is an overview of future missions.

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Food and beverage
12 November 2025

10 Leading Coffee Companies from Bremen

From trading to roasting to logistics – no one does coffee quite like Bremen. But who are the players driving the business in Germany’s coffee capital? Meet ten of them.

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Aerospace
9 October 2025

The history of space travel in Bremen

Small circle, big impact: With the founding of the “Development Ring North” (ERNO) in July 1961, Bremen began its development into one of the world’s leading spaceflight locations. Even the return of humans to the Moon would hardly be possible without technology from the Hanseatic city.

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