Facts and figures
Fürth – the place for business
Fürth the place for business
YOUR CONTACTS IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Office for Economy and Urban Development Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 15 [email protected] Stefan Röhrer Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-21 10 Head
Economic Promotion Erich Eidenschink
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 12 Business start-up consultancy service Location marketing Location data Company service Events, trade fairs Company competitions
Sonja Soydan Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -21 16 Location advice Support for local businesses Ensuring the availability of skilled personnelOnline database KWIS.job, KWIS.web
Land Conversion /Project Management Sabine Eichhorn-John
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-18 92 Eberhard John Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-18 93 Sandra Scholl Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-18 98 Major investment projects Railroad sites Gewerbepark Süd (Enterprise Park South) Golfpark Fürth Gewerbepark Hardhöhe West
(Enterprise Park West / Hardhöhe) Advice on EU, government and federal state funding Promotion of broadband networks in urban areas
State and Regional Planning /Retail Management Armin Röser
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -18 95 Bavarian State Development Programme (LEP) Regional planning procedure Regional planning Major retail projects Centres concept
Inner City Officer Project office for the
city centre retail trade Königsplatz 1 Fax: +49 (0)911 9 74 -10 64 [email protected] Karin Hackbarth-Herrmann Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -10 65 Retail support Location consulting Retail property agency Shopping street development Inner city advertising Major retail projectsTrade fairs, events
Tourist OfficeTourist Information Bahnhofplatz 2
Tel.: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-0 Fax: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-10 [email protected] Eike Söhnlein Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-11 Head Organisation, concept Karin Hirschmann-Schmidt Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-13Guided city tours Petra Bauer Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-14Budget and staff Sponsors Kathrin Reichel Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-12Press and public relations Marketing Mario John Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-17Internet Online reservation system Sophie Rüth Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-16Guest service Conferences and congresses Rebecca Pfeiffer Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 23 95 87-18Guided city tours, trade fairs
Department of Economic Affairs, Science, Urban Development and Real Estate Königsplatz 1
90762 Fürth Fax: +49 (0)911 974 -10 64 [email protected] Horst Müller Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-10 60 Deputy Mayor
Helga Coste (Secretary) Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-10 61
Science, Technology Transfer and Regional Cooperation Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 9 74 -10 64 [email protected] Thomas Dreykorn Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -18 94 Science and higher education establishment matters European metropolitan region Forum science offices Uferstadt Fürth Technikum Fürth Competence Initiative New Materials
Local Authority Real Estate Office Königsplatz 1
Fax: +49 (0)911 974 -12 88 [email protected] Harald Mönius Tel.: +49 (0)911 974 -12 70 Head
Property Management Ursula Flurer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 974 -12 72 Property purchasing/sales Renting and leasing
Market and Event Service Andre Hollitzer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -12 78 Thomas Oberndorfer
Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74 -12 77 Markets, parish fairs and flea markets
Department of City Research and StatisticsNuremberg and Fürth Unschlittplatz 7a
90403 Nürnberg Fax: +49 (0)911 2 31-28 44 [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0)911 2 31-28 43
Fürth the place for business
IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
Fürth Job Center Agentur für Arbeit Fürth Stresemannplatz 5 90763 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 20 24- 0 www.arbeitsagentur.de/fuerth
Bavarian Laser Centre Ltd Bayerisches Laserzentrum GmbH (BLZ) Konrad-Zuse-Straße 2 – 6 91052 Erlangen Tel.: +49 (0)9131 9 77 90- 0 www.blz.org
Company for Innovation and Science Transfer Ltd Bayern Innovativ Gesellschaft für Innovation und Wissenstransfer mbH Am Tullnaupark 6 90402 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 2 06 71- 0 www.bayern-innovativ.de
Mayor’s Office and Press Office Bürgermeister- und Presseamt Wasserstraße 4 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-1201
Citizen’s information centre Bürgerberatung Königstr. 86 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-1211
Business Support Center Nürnberg-Fürth Fürther Straße 27 90429 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 / 28 70 72 60 www.n-f-excellence.de
Business Enterprise Complex Ltd Complex Gewerbehof Fürth GmbH Benno-Strauß-Straße 5 90763 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 97 94 661 www.complex-fuerth.de
Tax Office Finanzamt Fürth Stresemannplatz 15 90763 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 74 35- 0 www.finanzamt.bayern.de/Fuerth/
Nuremberg Airport Flughafen Nürnberg GmbH Flughafenstraße 100 90411 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 37 00 www.airport-nuernberg.de
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Schloßplatz 4 91054 Erlangen Tel.: +49 (0)9131 85- 0 www.fau.de
Development Center for X-ray technology EZRT Fraunhofer-Entwicklungszentrum Röntgentechnik EZRT Flugplatzstraße 75 90768 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 5 80 61-75 00 www.iis.frauenhofer.de
Gründerinitiative Fürth c/o Stadt Fürth Amt für Wirtschaft und Stadtentwicklung Königsplatz 1 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 74-2112 www.grif.de
Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm Keßlerplatz 12 90489 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 58 80- 0 www.th-nuernberg.de
Bavarian Retailers Association Handelsverband Bayern – Der Einzelhandel e. V. Ortsverband Fürth Fürther Freiheit 4 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 77 08 83 www.hv-bayern.de
Chamber of Crafts for Middle Franconia Handwerkskammer für Mittelfranken Sulzbacher Straße 11 – 15 90489 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 53 09- 0 www.hwk-mittelfranken.de
Trade and Industry Office IHK-Geschäftsstelle Fürth Flößaustraße 22a 90763 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 78 07 90-0 www.ihk-nuernberg.de/ihkg-fuerth
Chamber of Industry and Commerce Industrie- und Handelskammer Nürnberg für Mittelfranken (IHK) Ulmenstraße 52 90443 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 13 35- 335 www.ihk-nuernberg.de
Utility Company Infra Fürth GmbH (Versorgungsbetrieb) Leyher Straße 69 90763 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 97 04-4000 www.infra-fuerth.de
Center for Innovation and New Businesses Innovations- und Gründerzentrum Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen (IGZ) Am Weichselgarten 7 91058 Erlangen Tel.: +49 (0)9131 6 91-100 www.igz.de
Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovations Institut für Interdisziplinäre Innovationen Keßlerplatz 12 90489 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 58 80-13 33 www.kompetenzkurse.deWTT Knowledge and Technology Transfer/ Wissens- und Technologietransfer/ Henkestraße 91 91058 Erlangen Tel.: +49 (0)9131 8 52 58 71 www.fau.de/patente-gruendung-wissenstransferDistrict Crafts Guild Fürth Kreishandwerkerschaft Fürth Fürther Freiheit 6 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 74 08 50 www.handwerk-fuerth.deLfA Development Bank of Bavaria LfA Förderbank Bayern Am Tullnaupark 8 90402 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 8 10 08- 00 www.lfa.de Trade Fair Center Nürnberg Messe GmbH Messezentrum Messezentrum 1 90471 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 (0)911 86 06- 0 www.nuernbergmesse.deNew Materials – Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH Dr. Mack-Straße 81 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 7 66 72 10 www.nmfgmbh.deGovernment of Middle Franconia Economic Department Regierung von Mittelfranken Wirtschaftsabteilung Promenade 27 91522 Ansbach Tel.: +49 (0)981 53- 0 www.regierung.mittelfranken.bayern.deTourist Information Fürth Bahnhofplatz 2 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 23 95 87-0 www.fuerth.deVision Fürth e.V. Events/Stadtmarketing Vision Fürth e.V. Events/City Marketing Bahnhofplatz 2 90762 Fürth Tel.: +49 (0)911 9 79 46 70 www.vision-fuerth.de
Wilhelm Löhe University of Applied Sciences Fürth Wilhelm-Löhe-Universität für angewandte WissenschaftenMerkurstraße 4190763 FürthTel.: +49 (0)911 7 66 06 90www.wlh-fuerth.de
130,000
126,000
122,000
118,000
114,000
110,000
106,000
102,000
98,000
1987 1993 20131996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017
10,147
17,156
19,004
8,710
4,940 4,129
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Fürth residents
1 – 2 rooms 3 rooms 4 rooms 5 rooms 6 rooms 7 rooms
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2018
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2018 108.3
1987 to 2017
Keynumber of inhabitants
Purchasing power per resident
Housing stock according to sizeDated: 2017
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
80
60
40
20
0
1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2011 201520131987
44.2
55.2
36.3
63.1
32.3
67.0
28.9
70.5
27.8
71.8
27.0
72.8
30.6
69.268.2
31.4
71.6
27.9
68.8
30.8
53.845.6
2016 2017
1987 1994 1998 2000 2002 2016 201720152005 2006 2007 2008 2010 20112009 2012 2013 2014
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Percentage of total number employees
liable to pay social security contributions
Manufacturing ServicesKey
Tax rates 2017
Business tax Property tax A Property tax B
440 Percent 350 Percent 555 Percent
Fürth unemployment trend1987 to 2017
KeyUnemployment rate in the city of Fürthin relation to the civil employed labour force as
at 0
9/20
18
1987 to 2017
100
80
60
40
20
0
1992
53.2
46.3
0.5
2001
67.0
32.3
0.7
2005
70.5
28.9
0.6
2009
68.2
31.4
0.4
69.2
30.6
0.4
2011 2013
68.8
30.8
0.4
2013 2015
71.7
27.9
0.4
2016
71.8
27.8
0.3
2017
72.8
27.0
0.2
1989
46.6
52.8
0.6
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Land use 2016 within the city Figures in %
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2018
Business sector trendsin the city of Fürth since 1989
Key Classification according to branch of industryTertiary sectorService provision sector
Secondary sectorManufacturing
Primary sector
Local authorities and national insurance companies.
Non-commercial organizations and private house-
holds, other service providers (e.g. hotels etc. schools,
colleges etc., health sector, consulting engineers)
banks and insurance companies, transport and
communication, commerce.
Building industry,
processing industry,
energy-supply industry,
water supply industry, mining
Agriculture and forestry,
animal husbandry and fisheries
Fürth port
Total 2017 transshipment: 488,013 tons of which 46,962 tons by boat and 441,051 tons by rail
Key Agriculture
Residential building areas
Traffic areas
Forest
Industrial and commercial areas
Recreational areas
Water
City areaTotal area:Geographic location:Altitude (above sea level):Largest expansion:
63,35 km2
10°59‘27“ eastern longitude, 49°29‘42“ northern latitude
town hall 294 m; lowest point 279.20 m; highest point 392.70 m
north-south direction 11.70 km,
east-west direction 9.38 km
1993
141,528
27.0
2016
258,986
29.3
2017
239,459
27.1
1997
161,827
22.3
2001
220,523
18.2
244,688
26.9
2005 2015
236,983
27.0
2009
25.1
213,238
2013
244,805
25.7
2014
247,422
27.0
1987
123,209
32.3
1987 1993 1997 2001 2005 2013 2016 2017
1,027
1,341
2009 20152014
1,6411,6521,712
1,799
1,584
1,738
1,508 1,462
1,630
20
18
2221
25
21
2423
22
2019
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Fürth visitor figures
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2018
Key
KeyPercentage of overnight stays involving foreign guestsNumber of overnight stays
Travel/transport connections
BAB A3 Frankfurt-Nürnberg- Regensburg-Passau
BAB A6 Stuttgart-Heilbronn- Nürnberg
BAB A9 Berlin-Nürnberg-München
BAB A73 Nürnberg-Bamberg
Main station FürthRailway lines including ICE stop:Nürnberg-Fürth-WürzburgNürnberg-Fürth-Bamberg-BerlinNürnberg-MünchenNürnberg-Regensburg-Passau
Motorway
Rail Public transport
AirportCanalUnderground
Nürnberg Messe 23 min.Nürnberg Airport 27 min.every 6 minutes
Airport Nürnberg11 km from Fürth city center
Main-Danube canal with Fürth port
Number of establishments offering accommodation Total number of beds available
1987 to 2017
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Health and social provisionDated: 2017
as a
t 09/
2018
Day care centres and schools
Fürth hospital complex Doctors Chemists
Schön Klinik Vets
771 beds225,275 days of care82.96% bed capacity utilization
492 doctors256 residents per doctor
31 chemists4,071 residents per chemist
118 bedsMinimal invasive therapy
89 dentists1,418 residents per dentist
9 Vets
Schools Universities
24 primary and secondary schools
3 remedial schools
2 secondary modern schools
1 business school
3 academic secondary schools
3 vocational schools
1 upper vocational school
3 specialist vocational schools
1 senior technical school
2 agricultural schools
6 vocational schools specializing in public health
1 Graduate School of Social Education
Franconian International School, Erlangen
Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Georg Simon Ohm University Nuremberg
Wilhelm Löhe University of Applied Sciences Fürth
Evangelische Hochschule Nürnberg (Lutheran University of Applied Sciences)
Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
Nuremberg University of Music
FOM University of Applied Sciences Essen, study centre Nuremberg
Day care centres
110 day care centres offering 5,650 places
Children in day care centres by age:
838 0 – 3 years
2,957 3 – 6 years
1,681 6 – 11 years
19 11 – 14 years
Dentists
FÜRTH
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F2 Golfpark Fürth
F3 Uferstadt Fürth
Map of business parks
F1 Gewerbepark Hardhöhe West
(Enterprise Park Hardhöhe West)
Detailed information about the business parks can be found in the following pages.
F1
Total areaapprox. 23 ha
Enterprise Park Hardhöhe West
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West of Fürth Hardhöhe district; east of Hafenstraße; south of Würzburger Straße (B 8)
Land Development Plan: commercial building area Land Development Plan in list form
Total area approx. 23 haapprox. 1 ha still available (in subareas)
City of Fürth, partly private
Private transport Good regional and national transport linksdirect on south-western bypass and Würzburger Straße (B 8)
Public transport Underground station approx. 800 m awayBus stops right next to site
Location
Size
Owner
Planning law
Traffic links
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F2
Golfpark Fürth
Total areaapprox. 123 ha
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Golfpark Fürth
North-west side of the city LAND USE PLAN: commerce and restricted commerce Development plan in preparation
Total area approx. 123 haCommercial sites approx. 12,5 ha (still available)18 hole golf course approx. 60 ha
Federal Republic of Germany
Private transport Very good regional and supra-regional traffic links via the south-west ring road
Public transport Bus stop right next to site (eastern section)
Special featureThere is an 18 hole golf course within the site and a public 9 hole golf course
Size
Owner
Planning law
Traffic links
Location
F3
Uferstadt Fürth
Uferstadt Fürth
Total areaapprox. 7.9 ha
East side of the city
Ideal conditions for technology-oriented companiesTechnikum Fürth – Neue Materialien is located on this siteLinks with university facilities and with the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Total area approx. 7.9 ha
Private ownership
LAND USE PLAN: commercial development sitePlanning permission granted as per §34 BauGB
Private transport Very good regional and supra-regional traffic links, direct on the A73 (connection point city perimeter), 10 km to Nuremberg Airport
Public transport Bus stop right next to siteSubway in walking distance (300 m)2 km to Fürth main station7 km to Nuremberg main station
Special feature
Location
Size
Owner
Planning law
Traffic links