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CH057 · DE717

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NUTS-3 CH057 · Switzerland

Thurgau

Population

299,5092025

GDP

€20,948M2022

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

84.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

994.2 km²

NUTS-3 DE717 · Germany

Groß-Gerau

Population

268,3102025

GDP

€14,911M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.6%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

80%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

452.3 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Thurgau (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Groß-Gerau (67). Contrarian pick: Groß-Gerau — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 92).

#1Thurgau

Strengths

Digital readiness (98) · Labour market (96)

No red flags

#2Groß-Gerau

Strengths

Freight intensity (92) · Industrial base (92)

Red flags

Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)

Flood: 36% of population in the 100-year floodplain

Why you might not pick Thurgau

Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 64) — Groß-Gerau may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Thurgau 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
Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions

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

77.7

66.9

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

82.0

32.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

77.8

64.0

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

—

52.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

74.7

80.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

71.5

62.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

64.0

37.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

3.0% 5y

2.6% 5y

Population

1.4% 5y

0.5% 5y

Unemployment rate

7.2% 5y

1.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€69,941

€55,574

Population density

301 /km²

593 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€19,677M

€13,620M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€377M

€43M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€5,888M

€4,796M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€4,568M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€628M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€3,713M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

—

€30,100

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

49,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€55,800

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

—

€49,287M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

—

€7,586M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

—

€137,102M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€3,816M

—

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€2,734M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€1,341M

€1,707M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€19,382M

€13,275M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€149,136

€125,930

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€6,180M

€2,903M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

126,020

Self-employed persons

—

10,250

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

18,710

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

86.0%

78.6%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

5.4%

6.3%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.3%

3.6%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

174,800

140,500

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

9,276

Enterprise births

—

994

Enterprise deaths

—

913

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

4.5%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

—

3.4%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

4.5%

7.5%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

—

2.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

40.8%

37.9%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

44.4%

43.7%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

24.4%

10.5%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

23.5%

26.5%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

10.6%

9.8%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

100.0%

—

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

605,569

1,063,410

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

589 /1k

612 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,500

1,272

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

11,677 kt

14,941 kt

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

23 km/1000km²

—

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

501

474

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

194,566

173,766

Population aged 65+

58,757

53,184

Population aged under 15

46,186

41,360

Median age of population

43.2 yrs

43.6 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

30.2%

30.6%

Crude rate of total population change

14.4 /1k

1.5 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

13.0 /1k

3.0 /1k

Crude birth rate

9.0 /1k

9.2 /1k

Crude death rate

7.6 /1k

10.8 /1k

Live births

2,675

2,471

Deaths

2,246

2,888

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

53.9%

54.4%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.42

1.55

Population density (persons per km²)

346 /km²

607 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

359,721

295,501

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

16.2%

21.1%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.9 yrs

82.0 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

13.4%

16.4%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

487 /100k

—

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

861 /100k

974 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

192 /100k

229 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.3 /100k

1.5 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

12.2 /100k

38.8 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

458 /100k

251 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,373 /100k

851 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

34 /M

27 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

2.03

1.78

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.76

1.56

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.78

1.58

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

2.09

1.82

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

1.03

0.53

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.161/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

442 m

85 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

17 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

79 days/yr

51 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

10 days/yr

2 days/yr