NUTS-3 DE225 · Germany
Population
78,7102025
GDP
€3,170M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
984.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE225 · DE71B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Odenwaldkreis (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Freyung-Grafenau (44). Contrarian pick: Freyung-Grafenau — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Industrial base (84) · Connectivity (80)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Odenwaldkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Freyung-Grafenau may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Freyung-Grafenau · Manufacturing → Freyung-Grafenau · Office → Odenwaldkreis · Residential → Odenwaldkreis.
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
44.3
49.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.0
44.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.6
69.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
66.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.7
80.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.8
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.4
26.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.7% 5y
1.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,273
€32,406
Population density
80 /km²
150 /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)
€2,895M
€2,778M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€64M
€28M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€829M
€857M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€778M
€770M
GVA — construction (F)
€308M
€179M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€424M
€364M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,300
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
28,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
€32,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,377M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,308M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,040M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€630M
€743M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€641M
€607M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,631M
€2,708M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,269
€81,873
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€795M
€592M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
39,930
39,530
Self-employed persons
4,300
4,190
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,210
9,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.5%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
42,300
46,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,476
3,625
Enterprise births
221
286
Enterprise deaths
233
348
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.2%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
949,249
323,532
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,074 kt
1,145 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,718
1,591
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,183
1,695
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
48,926
57,082
Population aged 65+
19,598
24,158
Population aged under 15
10,186
12,606
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
42.3%
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
-4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
632
728
Deaths
958
1,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.9%
64.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
151 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
74,711
94,989
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,108 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.5 /100k
8.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
63.7 /100k
84.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
276 /100k
400 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
27 /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)
715 m
403 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
107 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr