NUTS-3 DE23A · Germany
Population
72,2102025
GDP
€3,790M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,081.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE23A · DE229
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Tirschenreuth (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Regen (44). Contrarian pick: Regen — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 71).
Why you might not pick Tirschenreuth
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 16) — Regen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Tirschenreuth 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
49.7
43.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.0
71.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.5
65.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.7
55.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.4
37.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€52,484
€42,125
Population density
67 /km²
80 /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)
€3,462M
€2,973M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
€64M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,642M
€804M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,563M
€751M
GVA — construction (F)
€274M
€332M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€364M
€461M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,200
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,500 PPS
37,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,200
€42,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,986M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,348M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,166M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€608M
€663M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€473M
€648M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,235M
€2,702M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,791
€80,987
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€956M
€816M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,050
42,160
Self-employed persons
3,860
4,420
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,840
10,680
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
83.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
39,900
41,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,591
3,434
Enterprise births
168
193
Enterprise deaths
175
231
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.7%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.3%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
334,594
1,833,690
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
670 /1k
681 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,287 kt
2,068 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,255
893
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,738
1,156
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
97
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)
44,950
47,666
Population aged 65+
17,787
19,289
Population aged under 15
9,473
10,312
Median age of population
49.0 yrs
48.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.6%
40.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.6 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.4 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
13.5 /1k
Live births
563
581
Deaths
1,072
1,046
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
62.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
67 /km²
80 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
68,267
75,797
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.8%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.6%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,096 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
234 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.5 /100k
7.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
147 /100k
46.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
529 /100k
341 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
47 /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)
515 m
812 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
130 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
9 days/yr