NUTS-3 DE212 · Germany
Population
1,505,0052025
GDP
€150,229M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
309.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE212 · AT130
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: München, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 74). Runner-up: Wien (69). Contrarian pick: Wien — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Economic base (98) · Labour market (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
#2Wien
Strengths
Economic base (92) · Digital readiness (88)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick München, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Wien may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → München, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → München, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Wien · Residential → München, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
74.2
69.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.8
67.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.3
51.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
36.7
30.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.3
61.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
85.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.6
62.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.7% 5y
1.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€99,820
€59,145
Population density
4,861 /km²
4,890 /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)
€137,220M
€107,861M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€30M
€71M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€25,729M
€11,434M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€23,189M
€6,799M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,719M
€4,678M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€39,232M
€31,947M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€28,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
89,900 PPS
53,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€100,900
€60,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€28,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€2,004M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€62,600M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€46,447M
€33,331M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€23,064M
€26,401M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€130,681M
€108,770M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€130,392
€113,788
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€39,825M
€29,022M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,203,650
1,127,400
Self-employed persons
87,460
114,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
113,320
59,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
75.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
17.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
9.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
884,400
1,055,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
80,686
144,099
Enterprise births
8,323
9,619
Enterprise deaths
8,244
8,358
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
3.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
8.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
46.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
51.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
20.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
30.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
11.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
98.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,681,341
19,500,454
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
363 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,602 kt
22,563 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,738
4,207
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
248
207
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
109 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,047,322
1,401,288
Population aged 65+
256,263
334,230
Population aged under 15
201,420
292,771
Median age of population
39.7 yrs
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.5%
23.9%
Crude rate of total population change
10.9 /1k
11.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude death rate
8.4 /1k
8.4 /1k
Live births
15,553
19,070
Deaths
12,509
16,917
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.7%
44.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
4,829 /km²
5,094 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,757,114
2,359,096
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
29.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
25.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
654 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
1,016 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.1 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
50.6 /100k
83.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
276 /100k
1,644 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,272 /100k
2,039 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
10 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
522 m
156 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
65 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
3 days/yr