NUTS-3 DE25B · Germany
Population
128,6322025
GDP
€4,997M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
896.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE25B · DE127
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Roth (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis (58). Contrarian pick: Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 83).
Why you might not pick Roth
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Roth 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
58.7
57.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.0
66.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
72.0
74.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.7
61.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
68.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.6
39.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
13.7% 5y
3.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,846
€37,116
Population density
143 /km²
129 /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)
€4,564M
€4,925M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€67M
€81M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,228M
€1,537M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,076M
€1,341M
GVA — construction (F)
€373M
€268M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€820M
€707M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,800 PPS
33,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,100
€37,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€31,701M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€6,099M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€83,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,186M
€1,067M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€890M
€1,266M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,329M
€4,676M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,384
€85,203
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,075M
€1,129M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,490
67,100
Self-employed persons
6,160
5,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,590
16,720
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
81.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
5.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
68,500
72,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,289
4,790
Enterprise births
353
371
Enterprise deaths
416
418
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
9.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
3.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
40.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
45.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
27.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
13.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
394,019
336,963
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
597 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,564 kt
3,724 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,144
969
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
889
667
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
80,286
90,356
Population aged 65+
29,556
34,607
Population aged under 15
18,790
20,300
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.8%
38.3%
Crude rate of total population change
1.5 /1k
-2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
1,023
1,124
Deaths
1,464
1,779
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
60.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
144 /km²
130 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
123,927
140,513
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
20.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
14.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
980 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.7 /100k
8.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
76.3 /100k
134 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
368 /100k
541 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
26 /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)
401 m
362 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
68 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr