Offenbach - Your location in the Rhine-Main metropolitan region
Tradition and modernity intersect here, creativity and diversity characterize the image. In the interplay between old and new, established and newcomers, regional down-to-earthness and international orientation, business ideas and industries are growing.
Thanks to its favorable location in the Rhine-Main region, Offenbach is a prospering business location with a strong service sector. However, it is not only the economy that sets the tone in the city on the Main. With the University of Art and Design, the German Leather Museum, the Klingspor Museum for Modern Book and Type Art and the many studios and galleries, Offenbach is also a place of creativity, art and culture.
Many roads lead to Offenbach. Four S-Bahn lines connect the city with the airport, the trade fair and the banking district in just a few minutes. The Frankfurt freeway junction is in the immediate vicinity and for those who like it easy: a ferry also crosses over to Offenbach.
Size
Offenbach am Main is an independent city with over 135,000 inhabitants, around 50,000 employees and around 12,000 companies. The city is the regional center for half a million people.
Central location
Directly adjacent to the banking metropolis of Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach is centrally located in a catchment area of more than one million employees and three million inhabitants.
Good transport connections
Four highway connections in the west and south of the city on the A 661 (Bad Homburg-Egelsbach) and the A 3 (Cologne-Würzburg), in the immediate vicinity of the industrial estates, provide ideal links to the city. Frankfurt Rhine-Main Airport can be reached in 10 minutes by car and there are excellent connections to local and long-distance rail freight services. With the comprehensive S-Bahn and public transport network (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund), for example, you can be in Frankfurt city center in 10 minutes and at Frankfurt Rhine-Main Airport in 26 minutes.
You can find all this here
Offenbach is the headquarters of international companies and home to many creative small and medium-sized enterprises. You will find large business parks, many business parks, the Ostpol start-up center with consulting facilities, all-round service and conference rooms as well as the Zollamt Studios studio building. There is a favorable price-performance ratio for property buyers, for renting commercial space and favorable property and trade tax rates.
The surroundings are also right
Offenbach is home to many educational institutions, including the University of Art and Design (art academy of the state of Hesse), the vocational academy, the administration and business academy and the adult education center.
Local recreational opportunities in the region such as the Taunus, Odenwald or Rheingau are within easy reach. The trade fair and congress location offers, for example, the Messe Offenbach (location of the International Leather Goods Fair), the Stadthalle Offenbach (location for international rock and pop concerts) or the Capitol Offenbach as well as numerous four- and three-star hotels with conference facilities.
A huge potential of qualified and motivated workers is available locally. The city is twinned with many cities in Europe, Asia and Central America. Offenbach's city administration is widely regarded as business-friendly.
Shopping in Offenbach
A wide range of goods makes Offenbach a worthwhile shopping destination with inviting restaurants and stores from well-known fashion brands. The KOMM shopping center in the heart of the city impresses with many stores under one roof. Three times a week, Offenbach's favorite square, Wilhelmsplatz, hosts a cozy weekly market with a wide range of fresh produce, which also attracts visitors from the surrounding area. The Ring-Center on Odenwaldring also offers a wide range of stores and food retailers with plenty of parking spaces on the doorstep.