01 — Local economy
Business in Düsseldorf
North Rhine-Westphalia's capital is a head-office city: Henkel, Metro, Ceconomy, Rheinmetall and Vodafone Germany are all based here, and it hosts one of continental Europe's largest Japanese business communities. Advertising agencies, law and audit firms and fashion showrooms cluster around the Königsallee, and Messe Düsseldorf stages trade fairs such as Medica, Boot and drupa.
Also known as Dusseldorf.
Where software helps: Distributors and Japanese subsidiaries based here often report to a parent in another currency and language, needing bilingual documents, intercompany invoicing and consolidated stock views across German and EU warehouses.