Industries and areas of expertise in the Ulm innovation region

In 2017, the renowned research institute Prognos examined the industry and competence fields in the Ulm innovation region in a study. In a comparison of the districts and independent cities of Germany, the innovation region achieved top positions in six fields of competence:

  • Rank 6: Mechanical engineering
  • Rank 7: Metal
  • Rank 14: Logistics
  • Rank 15: Commercial vehicle construction
  • Rank 26: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  • Rank 27: Life Science

The Ulm innovation region is also widely and strongly represented in other industries with efficient companies:

Sector / branch socialemployees subject to compulsory insurance (SVB) 1 share of all SvB
Total 215.631 100%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 892 0.41%
Manufacturing 76.926 35.76%
including Manufacturing 64.432 29.88%
Construction 10.868 5.04%
Service areas 137.813 63.91%
including Commerce, transport and hospitality 50.849 23.58%
Information and Communication 8,067 3.74%
Financial and insurance service provider 4,691 2.18%
Real estate 876 0.41%
Freelance, scientific, technical services, other. Economic services 24.632 11.42%
Public administration, defense, Social security, education and teaching, health and social services, arts, entertainment and recreation, other. Services, private households, extraterritorial organization 142.689 66.18%

* Deadline: June 30, 2018© Statistics of the Federal Employment Agency