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Smart-City-Ranking 2025: Exclusive Insights and Results

Actively Shaping Urban Transformation

For sustainable, resilient, and livable communities

We support municipalities in their transformation into sustainable, innovative, and resilient cities through strategic smart city consulting, data-driven urban development, and needs-based initiatives.

Key Areas of Focus

We specialize in four key areas that play a decisive role in shaping the transformation of sustainable cities and regions. Together, we refine strategic frameworks, strengthen risk management, and develop climate-neutral solutions or urban mobility concepts, tailored to the specific goals and needs of your municipality.

Smart City Consulting

Climate-neutral city

Disaster Management

Sustainable Mobility

The interdisciplinary Smart City Roundtable for municipal decision-makers.

As part of the urban.digital Workation in May 2026, we cordially invite you to the Smart City Roundtable on May 4, 2026, in Düsseldorf. The roundtable provides a shared platform for decision-makers from various departments and sectors to learn from one another based on data from the Haselhorst Smart City Ranking. The focus is on peer learning, cross-departmental exchange, and identifying concrete opportunities for action within one’s own municipality. We invite municipalities that take a holistic view of the Smart City concept and wish to shape progress collaboratively.

Registration

We're here to serve your community

Please feel free to contact us. Together, we’ll discuss your questions, challenges, and potential approaches to urban transformation—with no obligation and on equal terms. We look forward to talking with you about your city!

Dr. Lucía Wright

Director Urban Transformation

Leonie Schiermeyer

Associate Urban Transformation

Annika Schäfer

Consultant Urban Transformation

Corina Picker

Director Marketing & Communication

How smart is your city?

The Smart City Ranking shows how your city stacks up against others across Germany—based on data and presented transparently. To do this, we collect over 33,000 qualitative and quantitative data points annually and assess the level of smart city development in more than 400 German cities.

Would you like to know exactly where your city stands? After you submit your request, we will provide you with a detailed assessment of the current status, along with insights into your city’s strengths, potential, and areas for development.

Practice Brief: Monitoring and Evaluation for Smart Urban Development

We regularly collaborate with academic partners to address current challenges in urban transformation and compile the key findings into practical guides for you—offering in-depth insights into the latest smart city developments and clear recommendations for local government officials.