NUTS-3 DE217 · Germany
Population
153,5952025
GDP
€5,725M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
581.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE217 · DE278
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Dachau (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Günzburg (57). Contrarian pick: Günzburg — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 88).
#1Dachau
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Demographic outlook (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
#2Günzburg
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Freight intensity (88)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Dachau
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Günzburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Günzburg · Manufacturing → Günzburg · Office → Dachau · Residential → Dachau.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
60.5
56.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.5
74.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
81.5
65.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.3
71.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.6
36.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.8% 5y
11.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,271
€51,053
Population density
264 /km²
169 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,229M
€6,055M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€70M
€81M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€845M
€1,699M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€674M
€1,468M
GVA — construction (F)
€462M
€467M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,240M
€966M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,700 PPS
45,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,800
€51,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,444M
€1,415M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,168M
€1,428M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,980M
€5,656M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,906
€94,860
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,518M
€1,508M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,080
73,140
Self-employed persons
7,540
6,150
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,080
18,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
84,400
75,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,161
5,229
Enterprise births
564
382
Enterprise deaths
570
412
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
9.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
494,005
967,040
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
639 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,059
723
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,594 kt
6,673 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
690
557
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
99,941
83,365
Population aged 65+
30,515
27,169
Population aged under 15
23,139
19,312
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.5%
32.6%
Crude rate of total population change
10.9 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.0 /1k
2.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
1,371
1,156
Deaths
1,527
1,368
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
55.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
264 /km²
171 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
159,246
134,010
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
11.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.4 /100k
6.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
160 /100k
81.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
427 /100k
580 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
39 /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)
524 m
556 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr