Association of the Hessian business associations
The Association of Hessian Entrepreneurs' Associations (VHU) (VhU for short) is an interest group for business in the state of Hesse and an umbrella organization of around 80 employers and business associations with around 150,000 member companies and around 1.5 million employees. It sees itself as the state representative of the Federation of German Employers' Associations and the Federation of German Industry towards politics, the trade unions and the public. The VhU is based in Frankfurt am Main.