Our Geomarketing Map of the Month for May shows the regional distribution of industry density in Germany in 2025.
According to the latest GfK Base Data, the industry density, i.e. the number of industrial employees per 1,000 inhabitants, is especially in the old federal states above average. The district of Wolfsburg is in first place by some distance, with 494 out of every 1,000 inhabitants working in the industrial sector. The districts of Schweinfurt and Ingolstadt follow in second and third place with an industrial density of 405 and 306 respectively. The first eastern German district is Sonneberg in 65th place, with 109 industrial employees per 1,000 inhabitants. Bringing up the rear is the Potsdam district, where the industry density is just 3.
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