NUTS-3 DE13A · Germany
Population
171,5792025
GDP
€6,345M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,135 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE13A · DE135
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Waldshut (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Rottweil (57). Contrarian pick: Rottweil — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 98).
Why you might not pick Waldshut
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Rottweil may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Waldshut 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
57.5
56.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
68.0
46.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.7
67.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
84.0
71.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
55.3
55.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
31.2
29.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.4% 5y
6.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,980
€52,268
Population density
151 /km²
181 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,796M
€6,695M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
€49M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,795M
€3,162M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,438M
€2,969M
GVA — construction (F)
€495M
€400M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,025M
€873M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
46,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,000
€52,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,625M
€24,625M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,717M
€4,717M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€57,940M
€57,940M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,249M
€1,156M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,170M
€1,056M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,496M
€6,349M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,886
€99,152
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,495M
€1,727M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,340
78,160
Self-employed persons
7,330
6,580
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,290
29,330
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.3%
82.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.0%
4.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
92,700
76,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,247
5,724
Enterprise births
511
455
Enterprise deaths
521
425
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
6.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.6%
37.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
42.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.0%
25.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
9.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
871,892
275,231
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
603 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,196 kt
5,291 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,054
1,541
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,197
1,099
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
68
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
106,330
87,411
Population aged 65+
39,346
31,390
Population aged under 15
25,903
21,436
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.0%
35.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.8 /1k
1.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
9.2 /1k
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
11.3 /1k
Live births
1,187
1,291
Deaths
1,873
1,592
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
1.66
Population density (persons per km²)
153 /km²
182 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
179,168
139,223
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.4%
18.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.1%
13.1%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
950 /100k
950 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
205 /100k
205 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.8 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.0 /100k
14.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
118 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,001 /100k
589 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
34 /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)
793 m
679 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
5 days/yr