NUTS-3 AT333 · Austria
Population
49,0112025
GDP
€2,115M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,021.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
AT333 · DE272
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Osttirol (42). Contrarian pick: Osttirol — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Economic base (73)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Osttirol may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
41.9
46.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.0
71.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.9
60.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.0
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.0
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.8
41.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.8% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,162
€44,586
Population density
24 /km²
1,146 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,902M
€1,881M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€32M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€520M
€318M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€465M
€287M
GVA — construction (F)
€138M
€178M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€429M
€287M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,600
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,300 PPS
40,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,300
€45,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,208M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,027M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,187M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€377M
€431M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€405M
€665M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,860M
€1,757M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,648
€81,161
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€568M
€469M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
25,900
26,560
Self-employed persons
3,800
2,140
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,600
3,810
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.0%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,600
25,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,029
1,723
Enterprise births
126
119
Enterprise deaths
141
135
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.0%
4.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.5%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.4%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,757,706
99,877
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
551 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,711 kt
991 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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175
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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379
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
15 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
97
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
31,005
28,781
Population aged 65+
10,960
10,686
Population aged under 15
7,046
6,726
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.3%
37.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
458
406
Deaths
494
565
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
60.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
1,153 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
45,384
40,719
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.3%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.3 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.0%
11.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
601 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
859 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
196 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.1 /100k
15.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
199 /100k
91.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
588 /100k
851 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
39 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,911 m
707 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
207 days/yr
95 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
9 days/yr