Facts and Figures
Residents |
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Residents of the city of Giessen (communal statistics 06/2017) |
84,677 |
Residents of the district of Giessen |
262,505 |
Residents of the administrative region (statistics of Hesse 12/2015) |
1,040,091 |
Resident population of the city of Giessen (statistics of Hesse 12/2015) |
Men: 48.94 % Women: 51.06 % Non-Germans: 16.97 % |
Key trade indices for the city of Giessen (©Michael Bauer Research GmbH, 2016) |
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Buying power index | 90,4 |
Centrality index |
192,7 |
Overnight stays in the city of Giessen (statistics of Hesse, 2017) |
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Overnight stays 2016 | 165,586 |
Tax assessments of the city of Giessen |
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Business tax collection rate | 420 % |
Property tax rate A | 330 % |
Property tax rate B | 600 % |
Employees in the city of Giessen subject to social security contributions (Agentur für Arbeit 07/2017) |
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Total | 47,449 |
Industry | 11.2 % |
Trade, hospitality and transportation | 19.6 % |
Company-related services | 18.6 % |
Public and private services | 50.3 % |
Others | 0.3 % |
Labour market of the city of Giessen (Agentur für Arbeit 11/2018) | |
Unemployed | 3,355 (7.4 %) |
Open positions |
1,450 |
Labour market of the district of Giessen (Agentur für Arbeit 11/2018) | |
Unemployed | 7,163 (5.0 %) |
Open positions | 2,941 |
Business in the city of Giessen (communal statistics 12/2016) |
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Total | 6,145 |
Business registrations 2016 | 644 |
Business deregistrations 2016 | 636 |
Largest private companies in the city of Giessen / approx. number of employees (IHK; own information; Helaba Study) |
Trade and Services |
Universitätsklinikum Gießen-Marburg GmbH Standort Gießen |
4,300 |
Volksbank Mittelhessen eG | 1,300 |
Sparkasse Giessen | 500 |
Mittelhess. Druck- und Verlags-GmbH | 400 |
Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH | 300 |
Industrial and construction companies |
Tucker GmbH | 900 |
Mettler Toledo GmbH | 500 |
Poppe GmbH & Co. KG | 370 |
Werth Messtechnik GmbH | 300 |
Canon Gießen GmbH | 250 |
Heyligenstaedt GmbH | 230 |
Faber & Schnepp (construction) | 200 |
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Universities | |
Student density 2018 | About 39,000 students (highest student density in Germany) |
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (JLU statistics) | |
Number of students winter term 2018 | 28,298 |
Of which female | 17,586 |
Of which foreign students | 2,717 |
Technical University Giessen-Friedberg (THM statistics) | |
Number of students winter term 2018 | 18,677 |
Of which are female | 5,673 |
Of which are foreign students | 2,879 |
Of which Campus Giessen | 11,276 |
Verwaltungsfachhochschule (administration; 12/2018) | |
Students at the Giessen site | 414 |
Hesse-wide information: Statistical Office of Hesse