Frankfurt – where creative industries feel home

In Frankfurt you are very well positioned to exploit opportunities within the creative economy. The city is home of a thriving digital media sector, a successful design industry, and vibrant film and games industries. Also Frankfurt is a major center for the creative industries within the State of Hesse and has expanded rapidly in recent years. The creative sector employs nearly 39,000 people, who are representing 6% of the total of the city’s workforce.

Our creative businesses generated sales of almost 6 billion euros in 2016. This makes Frankfurt the German city with the highest share of turnover in the creative sector in relation to the total turnover of the municipal sector. Frankfurt’s advertising market and software & games industry, with around 19,000 employees and a turnover of around 3.7 billion euros, make up the two largest creative sub-markets.

MASTER PLAN Creative Industries FRANKFURT 2021-2026

• MASTER PLAN Creative Industries FRANKFURT 2021-2026

Frankfurt received top rating in the European benchmark

The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor 2019 ranks Frankfurt on place 9 in the XL group (population: 500,000 up to 1,000,000) of 40 ranked cities. The monitor’s quantitative information is captured in 29 indicators relevant to nine dimensions reflecting three major facets of cities’ cultural, social and economic vitality:

• Interactive Tool – Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor

Creative and well-educated people with smart ideas are essential for the future of our society – and, of course, also for the economy. The students at the local universities and academies are enjoying a high-level education, making them fit for their future in the creative industries. A range of internships for media students can be found at Medienpraktikum Hessen.

Creative Industries Associations in Frankfurt

A

• AG DOK – Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dokumentarfilm
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jugendbuchverlage
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media-Analyse e.V. (ag.ma)

B

• Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
• Bund Deutscher Architekten BDA im Lande Hessen e.V.
• Bundesverband Jugend und Film e.V.

C

• Clubs am Main e.V.
• Cluster der Kreativwirtschaft in Hessen (CluK) e.V.

D

• Deutscher Designer Club e.V. (DDC)
• Deutscher Direktmarketing Verband (DDV) e.V.
• Deutscher Werkbund Hessen (DWB) e.V.
• Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF e.V.
• Digital Media Women e.V. Quartier RheinMain

F

• Fachverband Aussenwerbung e.V.
• Filmhaus Frankfurt e.V.
• Film- und Kinobüro Hessen e.V.
• Frankfurter Presse Club e.V.

G

• gamearea-FRM e.V.
• GEDOK Frankfurt Rhein Main e.V.
• German Design Council / Rat für Formgebung
• Gesamtverband Kommunikationsagenturen (GWA) e.V.

I

• Illustratoren Organisation e.V.
• Institut für Neue Medien (INM) e.V.

M

• Marketing Club Frankfurt e.V.
• Medienpraktika-Hessen
• Medienwerkstatt Frankfurt MEWI e.V.
• Medienzentrum Frankfurt e.V.
• MTP – Marketing zwischen Theorie und Praxis e.V.

V

• Verein Deutsche Fachpresse
• Verband Druck und Medien Hessen e.V.
• VUT – Regionalgruppen
• Vereinigung der Hessischen Filmwirtschaft e.V.

Information to the different Creative Industries Sectors

General Overview

• Digitalstrategie Hessen
• Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Hessen

Latest data report

• Datenreport 2021 Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Hessen / Creative Industries (pdf) – only in German

Creative Industries Reports

• 5. Hessischer Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbericht (pdf) – only in German

General Overview

• Initiative Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft der Bundesregierung – only in German
• Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes – only in German

Creative Industries Reports

• Monitoring Report 2020: Selected Economic Key Data on the Culture and Creative Industries (pdf) – only in German
• Creative industry innovations for more growth and added value in SMEs (pdf) – only in German

General Overview

• Creative Europe
• Publications of the European Commission
• UNESCO Creative Industries