• Baden-Württemberg is one of the most important locations within the electronics sector in Germany

• The electrical industry in the south-west of Germany is represented by more than 6,600 businesses with strong product competency (hardware and software) as well as competency in the provision of services

• These businesses employ around 211,000 people and generate a turnover of over 44 billion Euros. This sector is therefore the third most significant industrial sector in the manufacturing industry, after mechanical engineering and the automotive industry.

• More than one quarter of businesses in the German electronics industry are based in Baden-Württemberg and these generate around one fifth of the turnover of the whole sector.

• In addition to major players in the sector, such as Robert Bosch GmbH, VARTA Consumer Batteries GmbH & Co. KgaA, Freudenberg & Co. KG and Würth Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG, a multitude of extremely successful medium-sized companies operating worldwide have their head offices in Baden- Württemberg.

• Due to the unrivalled density of companies from important customer sectors in the region, such as the automotive industry, mechanical engineering, medical technology and environmental technology, electronics and electrical engineering companies find Baden-Württemberg the ideal location for their

WZ-Code: 29.7;in;31;32;33.1; 33.2; 33.3; 33.4
Businesses with at least 17,500 Euros taxable turnover and/or employees liable for social security contributions
Source: Baden-Württemberg Office of Statistics, Eurostat