Strong together: Munich and its financial community

The finance and services provided by its financial industry constitute one of the engines of Munich's Europe-best performance. The companies turning in this performance place the commissions, in turn, giving the industry such a powerful base of operations. A look at the facts and factors detailing and driving this symbiotic relationship.

Facts & Figures

The indicators and trends detailing the Germany-best performance of Munich and of Bavaria.
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Bavaria: home to advanced sectors and companies

Aerospace, automotive, the life sciences, environmental technologies... The list of sectors in which Bavarian companies are world leaders is long and impressive. Here's an overview.
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R & D & C: Bavaria’s edge

Bavaria's R & D community is a prolific source of innovations. Turning them into market-making products are the other members - companies and dedicated institutions and institutes -of the state's 19 advanced clusters - the "C" listed above.
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Human resources: where high potentials go to grow

Munich has Germany's highest rate of highly-qualified personnel - and its highest rate of intra-German migration. Here's why these high potentials flock to Munich.
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Top-ranked infrastructure

High-capacity and highly reliable infrastructure forms the basis of any advanced economic base's performance. And Munich's infrastructure is the best.
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Pro-business and pro-innovation institutions

The Bavarian state government, local authorities and many other institutions work together to foster a business-friendly climate.
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