The Right Location

Berlin offers excellent location conditions for all types of companies—from flexible rental units in technology or start-up centers for university graduates or young entrepreneurs to spacious industrial and commercial spaces for the establishment or expansion of industrial companies and craft businesses.

In order to ensure that this locational advantage is maintained in the long term, securing commercially used areas and activating land potential in the state of Berlin play an important role. At the entire city level, we are involved in land use plans and urban development plans; at the borough level, we support the creation of business-related plans; and at the development planning level, the Senate Department for Economic Affairs is committed to continuously improving and securing good conditions for business in Berlin as part of its business-related planning .

Adequate space is available to promote the establishment of modern industrial companies and manufacturing businesses. Commercial properties owned by the state of Berlin can be used directly by means of a heritable building right with the support of the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, provided that the relevant requirements are met. The state of Berlin will also make its own commercial rental properties available again in the near future.

The close links between economic and scientific potential in Berlin’s future locations offer special development opportunities for companies. These future locations also have something to offer for almost every location requirement across the city. They offer fully developed commercial space as well as rental space in various technology and start-up centers with a wide range of specializations.

In Berlin, beyond the future locations, there are a large number of commercial sites and industrial initiatives with highly innovative SMEs that work closely with universities and research institutions, even if these are not located in the immediate vicinity. These locations and structures offer great potential for the development of the industrial and economic location. A study identified 19 innovative commercial locations and formulated measures that will contribute to the best possible further development of the commercial locations in the city and the companies based there.

All relevant information about Berlin as a business location is bundled in the central location information portal for companies, the Business Location Center , and the associated economic atlas with its 3D city model.