NUTS-3 DE262 · Germany
Population
54,4812025
GDP
€6,178M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
35.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE262 · DE912
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt (49).
Strengths
Economic base (99) · Industrial base (99)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 13) — Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Salzgitter, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Schweinfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
51.0
49.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.3
26.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.4
57.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
60.0
65.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.3
52.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.0
54.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
29.4
38.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
15.4% 5y
12.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€113,395
€55,922
Population density
1,523 /km²
459 /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)
€5,643M
€5,362M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€20M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,960M
€3,162M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,858M
€2,881M
GVA — construction (F)
€217M
€152M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€580M
€626M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,800
€26,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
102,400 PPS
49,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€115,000
€56,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,277M
€22,342M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,933M
€7,903M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,752M
€43,988M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€805M
€629M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,079M
€774M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,313M
€5,077M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,854
€107,703
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,155M
€1,498M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,040
58,620
Self-employed persons
2,790
3,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,210
24,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,600
53,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,008
2,175
Enterprise births
140
213
Enterprise deaths
136
220
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
38.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.8%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
10.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
250,666
184,217
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
640 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,011 kt
5,300 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
351
403
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
644
384
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
87
59
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)
33,760
64,710
Population aged 65+
13,244
23,993
Population aged under 15
7,477
16,267
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
37.1%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.2 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
13.7 /1k
Live births
446
983
Deaths
725
1,434
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.71
Population density (persons per km²)
1,549 /km²
475 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
52,506
106,347
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.5%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
80.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
16.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,004 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
70.5 /100k
53.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
252 /100k
285 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,195 /100k
1,078 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
31 /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)
233 m
150 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr