Freie Hansestadt Bremen - Der Senator für Wirtschaft Arbeit und Häfen

What Freie Hansestadt Bremen - Der Senator für Wirtschaft Arbeit und Häfen does

The Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Häfen und Transformation is a government ministry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a federal state of Germany. It operates dually as the state-level ministry and the municipal administration of the City of Bremen, led by Senatorin Kristina Vogt with State Secretaries Kai Stührenberg and Maike Frese. The ministry's mandate covers economic development, port and maritime logistics management, industrial and innovation policy, trade regulation, business licensing, and aviation oversight for the Bremen and Bremerhaven metropolitan area.

The ministry is organized into four main departments: Abteilung 1 (Economy and Commercial Planning), Abteilung 3 (Ports and Logistics), Abteilung 4 (Industry, Innovation, and Digitalization), and Abteilung 5 (Trade and Market Affairs), supported by a central services and resource strategy unit (Abteilung Z). It oversees a wholly-owned portfolio of state companies including WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH (business promotion), Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbH (development bank), bremenports GmbH & Co. KG (port infrastructure), BLG Logistics (logistics operations), M3B GmbH (trade fairs), Glocke Veranstaltungs GmbH (event venue), Universum Bremen (science center), and Bremer Weserstadion GmbH (stadium).

As a public administrative body, the ministry operates on government budget allocations rather than generating commercial revenue. Its key industrial focus areas include aerospace (Airbus, OHB SE), maritime logistics, wind energy, automotive, hydrogen economy, creative industries, and SME support. It does not offer commercial products or services, and its distribution occurs through administrative channels serving citizens, businesses, and economic stakeholders in the Bremen jurisdiction.

Name

Freie Hansestadt Bremen - Der Senator für Wirtschaft Arbeit und Häfen

Legal name

Die Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Häfen und Transformation (Freie Hansestadt Bremen)

Website

https://wuh.bremen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Häfen und Transformation is the government ministry of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, responsible for economic development, port and maritime logistics, industrial innovation, and trade regulation. It serves businesses, citizens, and industry clusters across the Bremen and Bremerhaven metropolitan area.

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Product category

Government Economic Administration

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (921140)

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade, Industry & Economic Development Administration (BPAIAAAL)

Keywords

• Economic policy administration
• Port and logistics management
• Business licensing services
• Industrial cluster development
• Innovation and SME funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

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

Revenue model

1. Public Sector Funding: As a government ministry, the Senator für Wirtschaft, Häfen und Transformation operates primarily through public funding allocated from government budgets, not commercial revenue generation.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Häfen und Transformation is the state ministry and municipal administration of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, responsible for economic development, port and logistics operations, aviation, innovation and digitalization policy, trade regulation, and SME/startup support. It oversees four departments covering Economy/Commercial Planning, Ports and Logistics, Industry/Innovation/Digitalization, and Trade and Market Affairs.

Product overview

This entity is a government ministry (Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Häfen und Transformation) of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany. It is not a product or technology company. The organization manages government functions including economic development, ports and logistics, aviation, innovation policy, trade regulation, and business licensing for the city-state of Bremen. It does not offer commercial products or services.

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Products and services

• Economic Development and Business Promotion Services State-level economic development services including business promotion, investment attraction, and support for the Bremen/Bremerhaven economic location, provided to companies, investors, and stakeholders.
• Innovation Funding and Financing Programs Public funding programs, grants, and financing instruments for startups, SMEs, and innovation projects in Bremen, including Existenzgründung support and Fachprogramme.
• Business Licensing and Trade Regulation Services Administrative services covering business registration (Gewerbeanmeldung), trade supervision (Handwerksrecht, Vergaberecht, Außenwirtschaftsrecht), cartel authority (Landeskartellbehörde), and market oversight (Marktangelegenheiten) for businesses in Bremen.
• Port and Aviation Administration State-level administrative oversight of port operations, maritime logistics, and aviation regulation in Bremen and Bremerhaven, including coordination with bremenports GmbH & Co. KG.

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Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbHcoreOthersEconomic development corporation of Bremen responsible for business promotion and investment attraction for the state of Bremen.
• Bremer Aufbau-Bank GmbHcoreOthersDevelopment bank of the state of Bremen providing financing and funding programs for businesses and economic development.
• bremenports GmbH & Co. KGcoreOthersPort management company responsible for operating and developing port infrastructure in Bremen.
• BLG LogisticsmajorOthersLogistics company operating in the Bremen ports, handling automobile logistics and container operations.
• Glocke Veranstaltungs GmbHminorOthersEvent management company operating the Glocke concert hall in Bremen.
• M3B GmbHminorOthersTrade fair and exhibition company managing major exhibition grounds in Bremen.
• Universum BremenminorOthersScience museum in Bremen providing educational and outreach services.
• Bremer Weserstadion GmbHminorOthersCompany managing the Weser Stadium, a major sports venue in Bremen.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hamburg Port Authority (HPA): Port infrastructure operator for the Port of Hamburg, Germany's largest universal port. Directly comparable as a North Sea German port authority serving comparable cargo mixes (containers, automobiles, bulk) with state-level economic mandate.
• Behörde für Wirtschaft und Innovation (Hamburg): Hamburg's city-state ministry for economic affairs, innovation, and ports. Functionally parallel institution — same dual state/municipal role, same oversight of port and aerospace clusters, same regulatory authority over trade and industry.
• Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Bauen: Lower Saxony's state economic ministry. Directly comparable as a neighboring German state ministry covering economic development, ports, automotive, and offshore wind — in fact competing with Bremen for some of the same industrial investments.

Peers

• Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein (WTSH):

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCVfJQWILntS7lmVbxG9xXxw
• Facebookfacebook.com/wirtschaftbremen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/published
• Instagraminstagram.com/wirtschaft_hb

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries8 records

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