NUTS-3 DE11B · Germany
Population
133,1692025
GDP
€6,603M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,311.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE11B · DE736
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Main-Tauber-Kreis (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Waldeck-Frankenberg (56). Contrarian pick: Waldeck-Frankenberg — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Industrial base (88) · Labour market (85)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Main-Tauber-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Waldeck-Frankenberg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Waldeck-Frankenberg · Manufacturing → Main-Tauber-Kreis · Office → Main-Tauber-Kreis · Residential → Main-Tauber-Kreis.
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
60.8
56.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.5
53.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
77.6
67.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
82.3
93.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.7
80.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
29.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.6
33.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.7% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€49,581
€47,574
Population density
102 /km²
84 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,031M
€6,741M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
€99M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,032M
€2,076M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,818M
€1,865M
GVA — construction (F)
€360M
€372M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,111M
€1,189M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
€26,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,200 PPS
42,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,600
€47,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€60,881M
€11,649M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€22,211M
€1,829M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€139,588M
€32,339M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,170M
€1,335M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,257M
€1,670M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,723M
€6,446M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,000
€89,621
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,461M
€1,555M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,390
87,590
Self-employed persons
6,080
7,490
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,280
20,640
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
80.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.9%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
72,500
80,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,705
5,474
Enterprise births
385
437
Enterprise deaths
371
464
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
7.3%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.8%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
4.9%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.0%
30.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
8.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
20.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.3%
8.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
602,463
2,047,581
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
636 /1k
642 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,545 kt
5,602 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,068
1,958
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
802
1,262
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
95
38
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)
82,036
95,967
Population aged 65+
32,742
38,168
Population aged under 15
18,391
20,991
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
48.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.9%
39.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
-0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
6.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
1,089
1,226
Deaths
1,647
2,163
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.3%
61.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
102 /km²
85 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
133,115
144,751
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.1%
24.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.6%
19.2%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
1,078 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
227 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.2 /100k
20.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
185 /100k
177 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
750 /100k
772 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
338 m
347 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr