IHK Köln Competitors

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Stuttgart Region (Industrie- und Handelskammer Region Stuttgart/IHK Region Stuttgart) is a strong network of business operators: We represent the interests of more than 150.000 member companies and give the economy in our region a voice towards politics and administration. Being a public corporation the IHK organizes the vocational training and performs other important tasks delegated by law. Furthermore, we inform and advise on all relevant economic matters, offer professional education, and serve as a platform for the exchange of experiences from entrepreneurs. „We“ stands for about 500 employees in administration and management as well as over 5.000 company representatives who engage in voluntary activities in the IHK. We support for our member companies on the spot at our headquarter in Stuttgart as well as at our five sites in the surrounding counties (Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Ludwigsburg und Rems-Murr). You can find everything about the economy in the Stuttgart Region, our services and tasks on our website.

We see ourselves as facilitators who support German companies in their international business activities and foreign companies looking to locate to Germany. Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. With more than 50 offices in Germany and abroad, and its network of partners throughout the world, GTAI supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies setting up in Germany. GTAI has 362 employees, of which 264 are located in Germany and 98 abroad. The workforce includes limited company employees, assigned officials and salaried staff of the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA), as well as foreign workers employed through the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Abroad. Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) was established in 2009 as part of a merger between "Invest in Germany GmbH" and the "German Office for Foreign Trade" (BfAI). The Federal Republic of Germany is the sole shareholder and is represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

Die Handwerkskammer zu Köln vertritt die Interessen von über 33.000 Mitgliedsunternehmen im Raum Großraum Köln/Bonn. Dafür sorgen 400 Ehrenamtliche sowie rund 250 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter. Die Handwerkskammer macht sich stark für den regionalen Wirtschaftsstandort und fördert das Handwerk und seine Organisationen. Als Dienstleister fördert die Handwerkskammer Betriebe durch Service und Leistungen.