NUTS-3 DE246 · Germany
Population
103,2152025
GDP
€2,973M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,276.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE246 · DE71B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Odenwaldkreis (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Bayreuth, Landkreis (42). Contrarian pick: Bayreuth, Landkreis — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 88).
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) — Bayreuth, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bayreuth, Landkreis · Manufacturing → Bayreuth, Landkreis · 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
42.4
49.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.0
44.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.4
69.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
66.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.0
80.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
31.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.2
26.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.7% 5y
1.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,804
€32,406
Population density
81 /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)
€2,716M
€2,778M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€107M
€28M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€715M
€857M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€579M
€770M
GVA — construction (F)
€182M
€179M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€481M
€364M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,700 PPS
28,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,800
€32,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,094M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,882M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,035M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€747M
€743M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€484M
€607M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,534M
€2,708M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,502
€81,873
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€842M
€592M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
35,400
39,530
Self-employed persons
4,630
4,190
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,150
9,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
56,000
46,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,683
3,625
Enterprise births
236
286
Enterprise deaths
285
348
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.1%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.7%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
614,435
323,532
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,709 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.
1,035
1,591
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,003
1,695
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
63,854
57,082
Population aged 65+
25,318
24,158
Population aged under 15
14,043
12,606
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.6%
42.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
-4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
764
728
Deaths
1,314
1,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
64.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
81 /km²
151 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
92,397
94,989
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.3%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,117 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
8.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
68.8 /100k
84.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
397 /100k
400 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
37 /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)
540 m
403 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr