Institutions and organizations in the Stuttgart region

Long-term securing of diversity, high quality of life, mobility and economic performance in the Stuttgart region can only be achieved by pooling all regional forces. The regional cooperation is founded in 1994 Stuttgart Region Association and other regional institutions are organized.
In addition to the Stuttgart Region Association, other organizations work hand in hand to further strengthen the Stuttgart Region as a location.
Find out about the partners' tasks and services here.

Organization & infrastructure

Stuttgart-Ulm railway project e. v.

The Stuttgart–Ulm railway project includes the reorganization of the Stuttgart railway junction (S21) and the new Wendlingen–Ulm line. The Stuttgart-Ulm Railway Project Association e. V. has set itself the goal of informing the residents of the state, the Stuttgart region and the state capital Stuttgart about the project. You can find the club's offers on the website.

www.its-projekt.de
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Dialogue forum for the churches in the Stuttgart region

The Evangelical and Catholic Churches participate in the dialogue forum in the design and further development of the Stuttgart region. The churches want to help ensure that people do not just experience the region as a one-sided business location, but can also contribute holistically: humanly, socially, culturally, with their work and with their faith.

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Airport Stuttgart GmbH

In one of the most economically powerful regions in Europe with eight million inhabitants within a radius of 90 kilometers, Stuttgart Airport is of outstanding importance for the mobility of citizens and for the economy in Baden-Württemberg. Around 9.500 people work in 250 companies and authorities at Stuttgart Airport - making the state airport one of the largest workplaces in the country. The company has received multiple awards for its sustainability efforts.

www.flughafen-stuttgart.de

Gigabit Region Stuttgart GmbH

Gigabit Region Stuttgart GmbH controls the broadband expansion in the Stuttgart region together with the special purpose associations of the districts of Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr as well as the state capital Stuttgart. It coordinates cooperation programs with the telecommunications industry, promotes smart region applications and provides the necessary know-how on fiber optic expansion for participating municipalities.

www.gigabit-region-stuttgart.de

Port of Stuttgart GmbH

The Stuttgart region is connected to the most important economic centers and major seaports in Europe through the Port of Stuttgart via European waterways and rail networks. In addition to inland waterway vessels, railways and trucks, a trimodal container terminal and two terminals for combined rail/road transport complete the transport offering.

www.hafenstuttgart.de

International Building Exhibition 2027 Stuttgart City Region

IBA'27 GmbH, based in Stuttgart, controls IBA'27. It provides impulses, advises, networks, supports, documents and develops the projects together with the partner organizations. It promotes exchange between projects and with experts in the region and from around the world. She also coordinates the work of the regional specialist forums and working groups as well as the board of trustees and is responsible for the overall communication of IBA'27.

www.iba27.de

Municipal Pool Region Stuttgart eV

In the Municipal Pool Region Stuttgart e. V., municipalities in the Stuttgart region have come together to support regional economic development and to ensure close coordination between municipal and regional economic development.

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Neckarhafen Plochingen GmbH

The Neckar harbor in Plochingen is the starting point of the navigable Neckar and an important transshipment point for goods from the Stuttgart region, large parts of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Vorarlberg and eastern Switzerland. Neckarhafen Plochingen GmbH is responsible for managing the port. It is responsible for the maintenance of the infrastructure, in particular for the maintenance of the water and bank areas as well as the track infrastructure.

www.neckarhafen-plochingen.de

Stuttgart Region Association

The Stuttgart Region Association is the political level of the Stuttgart region and, with its regional assembly elected directly by the citizens, is responsible for regional planning, regionally important economic and tourism development, essential parts of local public transport, as well as culture and sport.

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Transport and Tariff Association Stuttgart GmbH (VVS)

The Stuttgart Transport and Tariff Association (VVS) coordinates local public transport in the state capital Stuttgart as well as in the neighboring districts of Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Ludwigsburg and the Rems-Murr district. It ensures uniform conditions of transport and tariff regulations as well as a coordinated timetable.

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Business location

BioRegio STERN Management GmbH

BioRegio STERN Management GmbH is an economic developer for the life sciences industry. It promotes innovations and start-ups on a public mission. In the Stuttgart and Neckar-Alb regions, it is the central contact point for founders and entrepreneurs. The mix of biotechnology and medical technology companies as well as the regional clusters of automation technology, mechanical and plant engineering are unique.

www.bioregio-stern.de

Business Angels Region Stuttgart e. v.

The Business Angels Region Stuttgart (BARS) network provides contacts between selected innovative start-up projects and private investors. Experienced business angels invest in promising companies with their own capital in the early stages and support them with their entrepreneurial experience.

www.business-angels-region-stuttgart.de

Film Commission Region Stuttgart

The Film Commission Region Stuttgart is the central advice center for all matters relating to film production in the region. As a service center, it offers individual advice and information in the field of film. The offer includes project-related support in finding suitable filming locations, obtaining filming permits, cooperation with authorities as well as targeted information about technical and artistic film professionals, talents, producers and service providers from the region.

film.region-stuttgart.de

Chamber of Crafts Region Stuttgart

The Stuttgart Region Chamber of Crafts supports and represents around 30.000 craft businesses in the region. With close links between voluntary and full-time work, the organization represents the overall interest of the industry in politics and society and regulates the interests of the trade within the framework of self-administration.

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IG Metall Region Stuttgart

The IG Metall Region Stuttgart is a working group of the five IG Metall administrative offices in Esslingen, Göppingen-Geislingen, Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart and Waiblingen. It was created as a strategically coordinating working level in addition to the district and local organizational structure.

www.region-stuttgart.igm.de

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Stuttgart region

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Stuttgart Region represents around 160.000 member companies in its district. The IHK Region Stuttgart represents the interests and service providers for companies in the region and carries out tasks assigned by the state in a business-oriented and unbureaucratic manner.

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Competence and innovation centers in the Stuttgart region

The regional competence and innovation centers in the Stuttgart region moderate the dialogue between the various actors from business and science and initiate business-related collaborations.

competence centers.region-stuttgart.de

KulturRegion Stuttgart e. v.

The KulturRegion Stuttgart is an association of 43 cities and municipalities, the Stuttgart Region Association and three member associations. Since 1991 it has been organizing large-scale inter-communal cultural projects, thereby shaping the cultural image of the region.

www.kulturregion-stuttgart.de

Messe Stuttgart

The Stuttgart Trade Fair is one of the largest and most modern event halls in Europe. World market leaders, hidden champions and start-ups from all industries regularly meet on 120.000 m² of exhibition space.

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Pop office Stuttgart region

The Pop Office Region Stuttgart is an offer from the Economic Development Region Stuttgart GmbH and the Stuttgarter Jugendhaus gGmbH to promote pop music and pop culture and is a central contact point for artists and those involved in the industry. With the support of the cultural office of the state capital Stuttgart, the Pop Office Region Stuttgart promotes, develops and plans projects in pop music, pop and youth culture. In addition, it contributes significantly to the character and quality of the Stuttgart economic region, actively supports and accompanies youth culture and defines cultural spaces and offerings in the Stuttgart region.

www.popbuero.de
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Stuttgart Region Convention Bureau

The Stuttgart Convention Bureau (SCB) is the central and neutral contact in the state capital Stuttgart and the region for event planners from companies, associations, institutions and event agencies.

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Economic Development Region Stuttgart GmbH

The Economic Development Region Stuttgart GmbH (WRS) is the central contact for companies in the city of Stuttgart and the five surrounding districts. With its work, the WRS makes the qualities of the Stuttgart region known and promotes the economic development of the location with numerous projects and offers.

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Welcome Center Stuttgart and Welcome Service Region Stuttgart

The Welcome Center Stuttgart in the heart of the state capital is the central contact and initial advice center in the Stuttgart region. It offers support to all new citizens from home and abroad who want to live and work in the state capital or the Stuttgart region in order to make immigration and integration easier. The Welcome Center Stuttgart is also a central component of the Welcome Service Region Stuttgart (WSRS), which supports companies in recruiting and integrating international skilled workers.

welcome.region-stuttgart.de

Science location

BioRegio STERN Management GmbH

BioRegio STERN Management GmbH is an economic developer for the life sciences industry. It promotes innovations and start-ups on a public mission. In the Stuttgart and Neckar-Alb regions, it is the central contact point for founders and entrepreneurs. The mix of biotechnology and medical technology companies as well as the regional clusters of automation technology, mechanical and plant engineering are unique.

www.bioregio-stern.de

University and Science Region Stuttgart e. v.

Founded jointly by the universities, the Economic Development Region Stuttgart GmbH and the Stuttgart Region Association, the association strengthens the region's perception as a science location and improves the networking of scientific institutions.

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Competence and innovation centers in the Stuttgart region

The regional competence and innovation centers in the Stuttgart region moderate the dialogue between the various actors from business and science and initiate business-related collaborations.

competence centers.region-stuttgart.de

Feel-good location

Dialogue forum for the churches in the Stuttgart region

The Evangelical and Catholic Churches participate in the dialogue forum in the design and further development of the Stuttgart region. The churches want to help ensure that people do not just experience the region as a one-sided business location, but can also contribute holistically: humanly, socially, culturally, with their work and with their faith.

Website

Film and Media Festival gGmbH

The non-profit Film and Media Festival gGmbH (FMF) in Stuttgart has the task of promoting high-quality media content and organizing outstanding film and media events in order to strengthen the creative region in the long term. The events include the International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS) and the conference Raumwelten - platform for scenography, architecture and media in Ludwigsburg.

www.festival-gmbh.de

International Building Exhibition 2027 Stuttgart City Region

IBA'27 GmbH, based in Stuttgart, controls IBA'27. It provides impulses, advises, networks, supports, documents and develops the projects together with the partner organizations. It promotes exchange between projects and with experts in the region and from around the world. She also coordinates the work of the regional specialist forums and working groups as well as the board of trustees and is responsible for the overall communication of IBA'27.

www.iba27.de

Stuttgart Youth Region

The Stuttgart Youth Region is the association and working group of the city and district youth associations in the Stuttgart region. The youth rings support youth work and initiatives through know-how, infrastructure and contributions to opinion formation.

www.sjr-stuttgart.de

KulturRegion Stuttgart e. v.

The KulturRegion Stuttgart is an association of 43 cities and municipalities, the Stuttgart Region Association and three member associations. Since 1991 it has been organizing large-scale inter-communal cultural projects, thereby shaping the cultural image of the region.

www.kulturregion-stuttgart.de

Pop office Stuttgart region

The Pop Office Region Stuttgart is an offer from the Economic Development Region Stuttgart GmbH and the Stuttgarter Jugendhaus gGmbH to promote pop music and pop culture and is a central contact point for artists and those involved in the industry. With the support of the cultural office of the state capital Stuttgart, the Pop Office Region Stuttgart promotes, develops and plans projects in pop music, pop and youth culture. In addition, it contributes significantly to the character and quality of the Stuttgart economic region, actively supports and accompanies youth culture and defines cultural spaces and offerings in the Stuttgart region.

www.popbuero.de
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Regio Stuttgart Marketing and Tourism GmbH

Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH (SM) and Regio Stuttgart Marketing- und Tourismus GmbH (RSM) are responsible for the tourism marketing of the Stuttgart region. They promote tourism growth, make a significant contribution to improving the quality of life and support the further development of the Stuttgart region as an attractive, dynamic and vibrant metropolis.

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SportRegion Stuttgart e. v.

The SportRegion Stuttgart e. V. makes an important contribution to sports development in the region.
It advises municipalities and sports associations in particular on the preparation of regionally important sporting events, promotes innovative ideas and projects in sport and coordinates the dialogue between members.

www.sportregion-stuttgart.de

Welcome Center Stuttgart and Welcome Service Region Stuttgart

The Welcome Center Stuttgart in the heart of the state capital is the central contact and initial advice center in the Stuttgart region. It offers support to all new citizens from home and abroad who want to live and work in the state capital or the Stuttgart region in order to make immigration and integration easier. The Welcome Center Stuttgart is also a central component of the Welcome Service Region Stuttgart (WSRS), which supports companies in recruiting and integrating international skilled workers.

welcome.region-stuttgart.de