The joint municipality Lachendorf has already been a location for trade and industry for centuries. Distinguished by one of the most modern factories in the administrative district Celle, both the main village Lachendorf and the neighbouring municipalities have developed into a pulsating industrial location.

A mixture of industries from the trade and the service sector for the local and supra-local market, companies for drilling technology, waste disposal technology, retail trade companies and the Drewsen Spezialpapierfabrik, a company with global operations for the manufacture of special paper characterise the joint municipality Lachendorf.