NUTS-3 DE263 · Germany
Population
133,2582025
GDP
€10,079M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
88.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE263 · DE144
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ulm, Stadtkreis (Opportunity 69). Runner-up: Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (60). Contrarian pick: Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 66).
Strengths
Economic base (98) · Labour market (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Labour market (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ulm, Stadtkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ulm, Stadtkreis 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
59.9
69.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.5
63.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.6
70.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.0
54.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.7
71.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.0
70.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.8
52.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
1.9% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.1% 5y
3.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€75,638
€99,683
Population density
1,512 /km²
1,075 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,207M
€11,826M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
€23M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€985M
€3,280M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€696M
€3,026M
GVA — construction (F)
€210M
€304M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,020M
€3,215M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,800
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
68,300 PPS
89,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€76,600
€100,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,277M
€25,503M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,933M
€7,289M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,752M
€52,964M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,466M
€2,380M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,517M
€2,624M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,669M
€11,214M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,799
€102,894
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,885M
€3,310M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,210
132,690
Self-employed persons
7,580
7,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,670
21,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
83.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
82,800
77,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,546
5,183
Enterprise births
397
464
Enterprise deaths
391
463
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
3.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
6.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
40.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
47.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.8%
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
11.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,041,065
853,057
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
639 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
699
829
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,316 kt
4,425 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
525
638
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
91,190
87,104
Population aged 65+
27,415
25,145
Population aged under 15
14,653
17,633
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
40.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
28.9%
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.4 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
9.6 /1k
Live births
1,074
1,171
Deaths
1,484
1,241
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.1%
49.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.00
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
1,523 /km²
1,088 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
111,232
120,233
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.5%
16.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
12.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,004 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
195 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.4 /100k
97.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
373 /100k
294 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,866 /100k
2,373 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /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)
167 m
575 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr