NUTS-3 DE256 · Germany
Population
187,6332025
GDP
€7,075M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,973.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE256 · DE238
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ansbach, Landkreis (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Regensburg, Landkreis (55). Contrarian pick: Regensburg, Landkreis — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Labour market (86) · Industrial base (86)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ansbach, Landkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Regensburg, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ansbach, Landkreis 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
60.6
55.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
68.3
64.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
72.0
68.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
74.3
60.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.4
46.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
12.6% 5y
5.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,708
€33,141
Population density
95 /km²
141 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 80 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,463M
€5,940M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€193M
€141M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,219M
€1,564M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,878M
€1,398M
GVA — construction (F)
€587M
€539M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€920M
€1,170M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,700 PPS
30,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,900
€33,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,393M
€1,620M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,151M
€906M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,130M
€5,551M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,948
€92,437
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,522M
€1,641M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,540
73,310
Self-employed persons
8,520
8,330
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,270
16,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
83.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
101,300
110,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,152
7,051
Enterprise births
483
593
Enterprise deaths
558
545
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,433,464
316,041
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
670 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,961
1,881
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,542 kt
8,986 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,045
959
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
82
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)
118,721
124,234
Population aged 65+
41,029
42,488
Population aged under 15
27,883
29,491
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
34.2%
Crude rate of total population change
1.6 /1k
12.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
13.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
1,621
1,737
Deaths
2,136
1,947
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.61
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
141 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
187,196
190,596
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
14.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.0 /100k
4.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
88.6 /100k
91.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
444 /100k
393 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
38 /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)
424 m
324 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr