Information and Communications Industry Archive

With more than 110 companies and approximately 1,800 employees, EXPO Park Hannover is a unique IT business park featuring ambitious architecture and a well-balanced infrastructure. Located in an area with excellent transportation connections and in the immediate vicinity of the trade fair grounds, a state-of-the-art center for services, education, and science has taken root. This campus serves as a melting pot for innovative IT ideas. At the same time, EXPO Park is home to CampMedia, the startup center for entrepreneurs in the IT sector.

Hanover as an Information and Communications Technology Hub—Facts and Figures

• 22,600 employees subject to social insurance contributions (4.6% of total employment) in 1,000 businesses
• Major companies: Finanz Informatik, TUI InfoTec, htp, Sennheiser, Madsack, NDR, and others.
• A diversified industry structure with a focus on IT services
• Research and Educational Institutions: 25 institutes and university-affiliated institutions related to the information and communications industry, including L3S and the “Expo Park” IT and Multimedia Campus
• CampMedia: A startup hub for entrepreneurs in the IT sector
• Networks: Hannover IT e. V.

Source: Hanover Region (2020 Economic Report)