Kleve offers its citizens around 20,000 places of employment. Agriculture and forestry account for 1%, the manufacturing industry for 17.6%, trade and transport for 19.4% and other sectors of the economy for 62%, whereas public authorities and administrations make up a large proportion of these.
Industries with more than 30 employees provide a quarter of the jobs. The vast majority of employees work in small and medium-sized enterprises.

The comprehensive and high-value, high-quality offerings of the Kleve retailers ensure that the city has access to an extensive area of commercial influence – even into the Netherlands. Sufficient parking lots and parking houses are available at a very moderate cost. The image of Kleve as a shopping and cultural city reaches far beyond the borders of the region.

Retail establishments: 454, retail space: 123,230 square meters, sales: €379,6 million