Why Germany
Why now, and why Germany first.
The shortage is structural and worsening. We start where the gap is deepest and the path to recognition is clearest, then expand from there.
Why now
The generation that built Europe’s trades is retiring, with too few to replace it.
34%
of Europe’s skilled-trade workers are already over 50, retiring by 2040.
This is a structural, demographic gap. The people who could fill it have trained abroad, but cannot finance the move.
The beachhead
Why Germany is the place to start.
An acute, regulated shortage
Germany has the deepest skilled-trades gap in Europe and a clear, regulated path to recognise foreign qualifications. The demand is real and the route is legible.
High wages from day one
Skilled trades earn a strong European wage from day one, which is what makes an income share work. We start with electricians and HVAC, the trades in deepest demand.
A widening gap
The clean-energy build-out and new data centres pull hard on the electrical trades, on top of a retiring generation.
Land and expand
Start narrow, then widen the aperture.
01
Electricians & HVAC
Germany. The beachhead trades.
02
Nurses & care
More professions.
03
Europe
Across the continent.
04
United States
And all ageing societies.
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