With revenue of approximately 2 billion euros and about 18,500 employees, the skilled trades sector is an important part of Wiesbaden’s economy. In addition, it offers diverse and varied jobs with excellent career and development opportunities, generates tax revenue, and increases overall value creation in the region through economic ties with other businesses.

To ensure that the skilled trades sector in Wiesbaden can continue to operate successfully in the future, it needs a business environment conducive to small and medium-sized enterprises and an attractive location policy. The state capital of Wiesbaden has recognized the need for action and, together with the Wiesbaden Chamber of Skilled Trades and the Wiesbaden-Rheingau-Taunus District Skilled Trades Association, has developed the Wiesbaden Skilled Trades Agenda 2030, which aims to improve the economic framework conditions and the attractiveness of Wiesbaden as a business location for the skilled trades sector.

The Wiesbaden 2030 Crafts Agenda includes measures in the areas of skilled workers and the next generation of workers, business start-ups, land and energy, digitalization, transportation, and public procurement, which—depending on their scope—are to be implemented jointly by the city and the crafts sector in the short and medium term or by 2030.