Business location - Global business hub

For many multinational corporations covering a wide variety of industries, Düsseldorf is the European location of choice.

• More than 5,000 branches or subsidiaries of foreign companies are located in the Rhine-Ruhr region
  
• The city plays a key role in German foreign trade
• For many years now, the city has been a stronghold of Japanese business activities in Europe
  
• China, Korea, Taiwan and other countries in the Middle East and Asia have discovered Düsseldorf as an international commercial center
  
• More than 70 consulates and foreign organizations for the promotion of trade, industry and tourism are on hand to facilitate bilateral business contacts
  
• International schools with 950 students from 44 countries
• Numerous international kindergartens

Selected foreign businesses in the Rhine-Ruhr region (examples):

• 750 Netherlands
• 450 Japan
• 450 USA
• 350 UK
• 300 China
• 250 France
• 40 India
• 40 Korea