Editing Hanover (section)

===Key figures===
In 2012, the city generated a [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] of €29.5 billion, which is equivalent to €74,822 per employee. The [[Gross value added|gross value]] of production in 2012 was €26.4 billion, which is equivalent to €66,822 per employee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/Wahlen-Statistik/Statistikstellen-von-Stadt-und-Region/Statistikstelle-der-Landeshauptstadt-Hannover/Hannover-in-Zahlen/Wirtschaft |title=Hannovers Wirtschaft in Zahlen: Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung |access-date=13 September 2015 |date=10 September 2015 |publisher=Stadt Hannover |language=de |archive-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216200432/http://www.hannover.de/Leben-in-der-Region-Hannover/Politik/Wahlen-Statistik/Statistikstellen-von-Stadt-und-Region/Statistikstelle-der-Landeshauptstadt-Hannover/Hannover-in-Zahlen/Wirtschaft |url-status=live }}</ref>

Around 300,000 employees were counted in 2014. Of these, 189,000 had their [[primary residence]] in Hanover, while 164,892 commute into the city every day.<ref name="trendsUndFakten-2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.wirtschaftsfoerderung-hannover.de/content/download/559705/12852146/version/1/file/Trends_und_Fakten+2015.pdf |title=Alles im Blick: Trends und Fakten 2015 |periodical=Wirtschaftsförderung Hannover |publisher=Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Region Hannover, hannoverimpuls GmbH |access-date=13 September 2015 |language=de }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2014 the city was home to 34,198 businesses, of which 9,342 were registered in the [[German Trade Register]] and 24,856 counted as [[small business]]es.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hannover.ihk.de/fileadmin/data/Dokumente/Themen/Konjunktur_Statistik/IHK_Hannover_Gemeinden_1-1-2014.pdf |title=IHK Hannover: Anzahl der Betriebe in den Gemeinden per 01.01.2014 |publisher=IHK Hannover |access-date=13 September 2015 |language=de }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Hence, more than half of the metropolitan area's businesses in the [[German Trade Register]] are located in Hanover (17,485 total).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannover.ihk.de/fileadmin/data/Dokumente/Themen/Konjunktur_Statistik/IHK_Hannover_HR_WZ_2-Steller_Landkreise_1-1-2014.pdf|access-date=13 September 2015|title=IHK Hannover: Im Handelsregister eingetragene Betriebe per 1.1.2014|publisher=IHK Hannover|language=de}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>