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Germany’s maturing FinTech market provides excellent opportunities for international actors in a number of market segments including payments, investment, retail banking, and insurance.

Germany is the fourth-largest ICT market globally, with a projected revenue increase of 4.6% and an expected total turnover of EUR 233 billion in 2025. Companies are planning to increase their investments in digitalization despite ongoing economic challenges. Advances in automation, AI, smart manufacturing, quantum computing, and blockchain are driving Germany’s digital transformation. Learn more about your business opportunities in Germany’s digital economy.
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Read more about Germany's thriving machinery & equipment industry in our brand new industry overview.

Germany is Europe’s largest medical technology market and ranks third internationally. Home to Europe's largest hospital sector, Germany also boasts Europe's most innovative medical technology sector.

Germany's robotics and automation (R&A) sector has set record upon record – with almost machine-like regularity – over the past decade. Read more in our latest fact sheet.

Germany is Europe’s photonics giant, accounting for more than 40 percent of the continent’s production. It is also one of Germany’s most research-heavy and innovation-dependent sectors – creating a market worth more than EUR 50 billion in 2023. Optical and photonic technologies have enjoyed consistent growth in recent years – with new markets including augmented and virtual reality, digital health, autonomous driving, machine vision, and smart farming all creating new business opportunities.

Germany is seeking to become one of the leading chipmakers in Europe and the world. The country is the beating heart of the European semiconductor industry – ranking among the world’s top semiconductor production locations.

The additive manufacturing industry – also known as 3D printing – is a hugely growing sector around the world – nowhere more so than in Germany, Europe’s industrial powerhouse.

Read more about Germany's digital farming industry and find out how your business can grow in this new, thriving market.