NUTS-3 DE259 · Germany
Population
168,8132025
GDP
€6,692M2023
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
798.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE259 · DE264
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Aschaffenburg, Landkreis (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Nürnberger Land (55). Contrarian pick: Nürnberger Land — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 87).
Strengths
Labour market (84) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (87) · Labour market (86)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Aschaffenburg, Landkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 13) — Nürnberger Land may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nürnberger Land · Manufacturing → Nürnberger Land · Office → Nürnberger Land · Residential → Aschaffenburg, Landkreis.
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
54.8
59.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.5
43.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
66.2
64.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.3
65.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
46.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.0
40.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.6% 5y
1.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,642
€45,064
Population density
211 /km²
244 /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)
€6,113M
€7,036M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€34M
€51M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,911M
€2,078M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,803M
€1,906M
GVA — construction (F)
€339M
€407M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,098M
€1,822M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€29,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,300 PPS
40,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,600
€45,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€12,277M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€2,933M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€34,752M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,503M
€1,796M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,227M
€882M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,798M
€6,625M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,681
€105,399
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,440M
€1,441M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,580
77,240
Self-employed persons
7,640
7,870
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,250
19,070
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
82.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
89,200
96,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,940
7,425
Enterprise births
531
573
Enterprise deaths
554
636
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
34.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
42.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
8.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
8.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
268,971
443,055
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
665 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,218
852
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,891 kt
4,840 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
722
498
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
53
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)
104,506
106,674
Population aged 65+
40,154
40,390
Population aged under 15
24,153
23,881
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
37.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.4 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
1,285
1,302
Deaths
2,069
1,960
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
60.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
212 /km²
246 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
155,228
163,908
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
16.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
13.2%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
1,004 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
208 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
8.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
129 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
443 /100k
382 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /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)
362 m
391 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr