Networks and platforms - strengthening Freiburg and the region together
Companies, the self-employed and freelancers are under constant pressure from competition and transformation. Creative ideas and innovative business models are in demand - whether digital transformation, AI, new forms of sales and marketing, personnel development or others. But why reinvent the wheel on your own when networking with like-minded people can produce new and better solutions? In addition to chambers and professional associations, there are also numerous Freiburg business networks for precisely this purpose. They offer space and suitable opportunities for exchange and inspiration, for the experimental and the surprising.
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Selected chambers, business and employers' organisations
DEHOGA Baden-Württemberg is the strong association for the hotel and catering industry in the state. Over 12,000 members trust us as a modern employer organisation.
The Freiburg office is the point of contact for members from the regions of Bad Säckingen, Emmendingen, Freiburg-Land, Freiburg-Stadt, Hochschwarzwald, Lahr, Lörrach, Müllheim and Waldshut.
The Handelsverband Südbaden (HV Südbaden) is the umbrella organisation for the retail sector in South Baden for all industries, company sizes and sales channels and represents the political interests of over 11,700 retail workplaces in South Baden vis-à-vis politicians and society.
The Freiburg office looks after the association's old Baden region (Wohleb-Baden), which includes the Middle and Southern Upper Rhine, High Rhine, Black Forest, Lake Constance-Baar and Heuberg regions. It stretches from Durmersheim - Rastatt to Lörrach and from Breisach to Immenstaad on Lake Constance and includes the areas of Meßkirch, Pfullendorf and Stetten a.k.M.
The Freiburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts offers advice and further training on all aspects of the skilled trades in South Baden as well as exchange opportunities in the "Master Craftsmen Network" for young master craftsmen.
The IHK Südlicher Oberrhein offers specialist and industry networks as well as working groups on the topics of digitalisation, internationalisation and ecological sustainability.
As a cross-sector association of the metal and electrical industry in Baden-Württemberg , which is bound by collective agreements, we organise 680 companies (900 companies) with around 525,000 employees. These primarily belong to the automotive industry, including automotive suppliers, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and, increasingly, medical and environmental technology.
Since 1954, the VdU has represented the interests of female entrepreneurs across all industries as a trade association. It campaigns for more female entrepreneurship, more women in management positions and better conditions for women in business.
wvib Schwarzwald AG offers a platform for the sustainability topics "People, Planet, Progress" in the family-run industrial SME sector.
Selected Freiburg business networks and innovation platforms
The aim of the Freiburg Architecture Forum is to provide information and knowledge, arouse curiosity and encourage a conscious perception of our built environment.
No matter how far into the future companies think - sustainable progress can only be achieved together.
At the BadenCampus innovation platform, concentrated knowledge is pooled and exchanged with methodological excellence in a spirit of trust - for SMEs, start-ups, research institutions and local authorities.
The bwcon group is a learning and growing organisation that offers companies and individuals a platform for the transfer of knowledge, experience and ideas in the fields of information technology and data-driven value creation, focusing on the application areas of mobility, health, production and energy.
The communication platform for biotech companies in the Upper Rhine region and for all neighbouring provenances such as medical technology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals. BioValley Deutschland is the science and business cluster of the region around Freiburg, Basel and Strasbourg - one of the strongest biotech centres in Europe.
FAMINT is an association of representatives from industry and science with the aim of promoting technologies, processes and applications of computer science and microsystems technology and sustainable technical systems.
The Freiburg Freelancers are a professional network of around 250 solo freelancers from a wide range of industries: PR, design, photography, advertising, IT, journalism, coaching, translation, editing and more. Founded over 20 years ago by a dozen freelancers, the network has since offered informal collegial exchanges and workshops for freelancers - and a large selection of professionals for companies, which they can easily find via our website.
For companies in Freiburg that pursue a family-friendly personnel policy and are looking for an exchange on topics relating to compatibility.
Industry get-together for managers in the MICE sector (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events) and entrepreneurs who organise events themselves. Our aim is to strengthen Freiburg nationally and internationally as a MICE location.
Under the motto "Added value for entrepreneurs", the association is committed to improving conditions for its members in the centre of Hochdorf and the commercial area.
"Working, learning and being together" is a motto that is actively practised in the Grünhof community. Whether starting a business, non-profit projects or taking your first steps as a freelancer: Grünhof offers the right "robber ladders" to help you make rapid progress.
IG Nord provides its corporate members with a mouthpiece and an information and communication platform for politics and business. The membership structure includes industrial companies, SMEs and service companies.
IG Haid is the joint platform for companies, clubs, associations and communities in Freiburg's largest industrial estate, where around 450 companies are located.
In the Marketing Community Freiburg/Südbaden, you can find out, experience and discuss how today's marketing is shaping tomorrow's world.
Central competence and cooperation network for intelligent microsystems technology solutions with a focus on smart health, smart production, smart mobility and smart energy.
smartXhealthnetworks players from research, medicine, MedTech, Pharma and BioTech in Freiburg and the region. The aim is to drive innovation, facilitate new projects and create sustainable solutions for the healthcare sector.
The platform for start-ups in Freiburg
Do you have a business idea but don't know where to go? Are you looking for a network, funding or your first customers? We support and connect founders in the Freiburg region and help you to realise your start-up idea.
For regional companies that want to promote diversity in their organisations and exchange ideas with other companies.
The aim of the network is to increase the competitiveness and innovation performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by promoting transformation, digitalisation and sustainability.
The voice of the young economy. With over 400 members from the region, they are committed to social, economic and political issues and offer an active network with many exciting projects and events.
Do you have any questions?
Our team will be happy to inform you about specific events, the business location and entrepreneurial opportunities in Freiburg.
Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co KG
Department of Economic Development
wirtschaftsfoerderung@fwtm.de
