Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems)

What Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems) does

Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems) is the official municipal economic development agency of Stadt Lingen (Ems), a city of approximately 57,000–59,500 inhabitants in the Emsland district of Lower Saxony, Germany. The agency functions as the city's front office for business attraction, site location, commercial real estate brokerage (via its Gewerbeimmobilien-Datenbank), permitting navigation, and economic development programming for established businesses, start-ups, and external investors. It operates under the direction of Oberbürgermeister Dieter Krone (in office since 2010) with a lean staff of 16 employees, providing services free of charge to beneficiaries and funded through the municipal budget, state transfers, and EU LEADER co-funding.

The agency's core "products" are not commercial goods but municipal programs and physical-digital infrastructure. Key initiatives include the EnergiePark / IndustriePark Lingen (specialized industrial park for energy- and space-intensive firms), the hydrogen region ecosystem (Wasserstoffregion Lingen / H2-Region Emsland with BP, RWE, and thyssenkrupp), the LingenDigital IT location initiative, the IT-Campus Lingen (ICL) "Vision Dock" development, and a commercial real estate database. Underlying technology is conventional municipal/geo-IT: ArcGIS-based geo-portals, the OpenRathaus online service portal, KiTa-Online childcare registration, NBib24 / filmfriend / Tigerbooks library integrations, and the Arcinsys archive search system. The entity has no proprietary technology, no AI/ML capability, and no patents or trademarks.

The business model is non-commercial: services are free to users and financed by public funds. Customer segments are horizontal and undifferentiated (any business, investor, or citizen operating in or considering Lingen). Distribution combines direct municipal advisory services with digital self-service channels through wirtschaft.lingen.de and lingen.de (a multilingual portal in German, English, Dutch, Spanish, French, Polish, and Ukrainian). Geographic scope is regional — the Emsland district, Lower Saxony, and the LEADER Southern Emsland area — with town-twinning relationships (Burton upon Trent, Bielawa, Marienberg, Salt, Elbeuf sur Seine, Lanivtsi) but no international commercial footprint. The city's strategic positioning spans energy, IT, and health locations, and is supported by approximately 2,300 students at Campus Lingen (Hochschule Osnabrück).

Name

Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems)

Legal name

Stadt Lingen (Ems)

Website

https://lingen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems) is the official municipal economic development agency of Stadt Lingen (Ems) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It provides free business attraction, site location, and permitting support to established firms, start-ups, and investors across the Emsland region, funded by public budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lingen (Ems)

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems) is the municipal economic development agency of the City of Lingen (Ems) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It provides free advisory, mediating, networking, and enabling services to businesses in trade, craft, industry, and services sectors seeking to establish, expand, or relocate in the Lingen region. Core offerings include access to commercial sites and real estate databases, regulatory navigation support, and promotion of specialized industrial infrastructure such as IndustriePark Lingen, IT-Campus Lingen, and the hydrogen region initiative.

Product overview

Wirtschaftsförderung - Stadt Lingen (Ems) is a municipal government offering a comprehensive digital service portfolio. The core platform consists of citizen services including OpenRathaus (online administrative services portal) and KiTa-Online (childcare registration system), supported by a Geodatenportal (geo-information system) built on ArcGIS. The municipality operates cultural facilities including EmslandArena (event venue), Theater an der Wilhelmshöhe (750-seat theater), Alter Schlachthof (youth and culture center), and Emslandmuseum (regional history museum). Economic development services include IndustriePark Lingen, IT-Campus Lingen (ICL), LingenDigital IT initiative, and a commercial real estate database. The city positions itself as an energy hub with Wasserstoffregion (hydrogen region) initiatives including green hydrogen production. Additional services include Stadtbibliothek (public library with digital lending via NBib24), Linus Lingen Wasserwelten (aquatic leisure center), and social benefit programs like LingenPass and LingenCard. Campus Lingen provides university education through Hochschule Osnabrück.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered regional and minor.

• LEADER - Südliches EmslandregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerLingen participates in the European LEADER program (Liaison entre actions de développement de l'économie rurale) which initiates and coordinates actions for rural economy development. The regional LEADER management supports municipal and private initiatives in developing project ideas and applying for funding.
• University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück - Campus LingenregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnder the Faculty of Management, Culture and Technology, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences offers approximately 20 degree programs at Campus Lingen. The spectrum is broad in terms of subject areas (economics, communication, technology, theatre pedagogy) and study forms (bachelor and master's programs, dual programs, part-time studies, continuing education).
• Burton upon Trent/East Staffordshire (UK)minorOthersOne of five twin towns enriching civic life and connecting citizens across borders.
• Bielawa (Poland)minorOthersOne of five twin towns enriching civic life and connecting citizens across borders.
• Marienberg (Germany)minorOthersOne of five twin towns enriching civic life and connecting citizens across borders.
• Salt (Spain/Catalonia)minorOthersOne of five twin towns enriching civic life and connecting citizens across borders.
• Elbeuf sur Seine (France)minorOthersOne of five twin towns enriching civic life and connecting citizens across borders.
• Lanivtsi (Ukraine)minorOthersOne of five twin towns enriching civic life and connecting citizens across borders.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie: Berlin's public-private economic development agency supporting business location, technology clusters, and innovation in the capital region. Comparable as a publicly-backed economic promotion organization with similar cluster-marketing, investor service, and site-location functions, though at much greater scale and with a stronger tech/innovation focus.
• Leipzig Wirtschaft: Leipzig's municipal economic development entity promoting investment, technology, and industry in the Leipzig region. Comparable as a German mid-sized-city Wirtschaftsförderung with similar business attraction, real estate, and cluster development services, though with stronger automotive/supplier and logistics positioning.
• Hessen Trade & Invest: Hessen's state development agency providing investment promotion, cluster initiatives (energy, mobility, life sciences), and business services to inbound investors. Comparable as a publicly-backed economic development operator with cluster-based industry promotion analogous to Lingen's hydrogen and IT positioning.
• Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart: Regional economic development organization for the Stuttgart metropolitan area, providing site location, cluster management, and business services. Closely comparable in structure and mandate to Wirtschaftsförderung Lingen, though serving a much larger industrial metro region with automotive and high-tech specialization.
• NRW.Invest: North Rhine-Westphalia's state investment promotion agency supporting site location, foreign direct investment, and cluster development. Comparable as a publicly funded economic development body operating in Germany with similar services (location consulting, project support, networking), but at state rather than municipal level and in a different geography.
• Hamburg Invest: Hamburg's state-level investment promotion agency providing site location, industry networking, and business development services to companies considering Hamburg. Comparable as a publicly funded economic development operator with a similar mandate of attracting investment, though operating in a much larger metropolitan market with port and logistics specialization.
• Bremen Invest: Bremen's economic development agency supporting business location, port-related industry, and innovation. Comparable as a publicly funded city-level Wirtschaftsförderung providing site location and cluster development services, though with maritime/logistics rather than hydrogen specialization.
• München Referat für Wirtschaft (Munich Business): Munich's municipal economic development office responsible for industry promotion, location marketing, and SME support. Comparable in core mandate (municipal-level Wirtschaftsförderung) but operating in a far larger metro economy with much greater resources and headcount.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/StadtLingen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stadt-lingen-ems-wirtschaftsfoerderung
• Instagraminstagram.com/stadtlingenems

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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