NUTS-3 DE141 · Germany
Population
293,4832025
GDP
€14,644M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,089.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE141 · DEA1B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Reutlingen (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Kleve (67). Contrarian pick: Kleve — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Industrial base (95) · Labour market (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Reutlingen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Kleve may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kleve · Manufacturing → Reutlingen · Office → Reutlingen · Residential → Reutlingen.
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
69.8
66.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.3
74.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.1
49.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
68.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
90.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.5
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.2
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.4% 5y
8.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€49,896
€37,249
Population density
269 /km²
261 /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)
€13,376M
€10,956M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€63M
€634M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,022M
€2,089M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,793M
€1,655M
GVA — construction (F)
€719M
€754M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,127M
€2,267M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,600 PPS
33,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,100
€37,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,503M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,289M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€52,964M
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,035M
€2,535M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,409M
€2,677M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,683M
€10,087M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,217
€82,978
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,744M
€1,879M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,210
152,550
Self-employed persons
12,850
14,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,820
18,920
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.3%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
165,600
164,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,509
12,088
Enterprise births
920
1,054
Enterprise deaths
952
1,016
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.9%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.9%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.3%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.4%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.6%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
8.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
901,074
769,164
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
567 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,002 kt
10,107 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,605
2,132
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
547
662
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
5
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)
185,790
206,663
Population aged 65+
64,494
70,912
Population aged under 15
43,199
44,443
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
34.3%
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
10.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
12.0 /1k
Live births
2,558
2,573
Deaths
3,124
3,848
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
55.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
269 /km²
266 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
298,654
345,979
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.6%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.5 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.4%
16.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
195 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.9 /100k
34.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
201 /100k
363 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
938 /100k
1,427 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
22 /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)
692 m
22 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
36 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr