NUTS-3 DE264 · Germany
Population
170,9452025
GDP
€7,703M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
700.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE264 · DEA28
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Euskirchen (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Aschaffenburg, Landkreis (59). Contrarian pick: Aschaffenburg, Landkreis — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 84).
Strengths
Labour market (84) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Euskirchen
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 15) — Aschaffenburg, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Euskirchen · Manufacturing → Aschaffenburg, Landkreis · Office → Aschaffenburg, Landkreis · 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
59.1
62.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.5
74.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.2
64.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.0
80.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.0
70.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
40.2
50.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.9% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€45,064
€33,434
Population density
244 /km²
162 /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)
€7,036M
€6,187M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€51M
€120M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,078M
€1,234M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,906M
€975M
GVA — construction (F)
€407M
€487M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,822M
€1,172M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,800
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,200 PPS
30,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,100
€33,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,277M
€34,670M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,933M
€6,008M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,752M
€125,036M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,796M
€1,409M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€882M
€1,766M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,625M
€5,788M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€105,399
€83,962
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,441M
€1,034M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,240
85,330
Self-employed persons
7,870
8,150
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,070
12,140
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
96,800
103,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,425
7,566
Enterprise births
573
683
Enterprise deaths
636
701
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
4.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
6.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
38.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
46.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.8%
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
27.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
10.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
443,055
691,848
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
585 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,840 kt
7,976 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
852
2,228
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
498
1,100
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
106,674
126,837
Population aged 65+
40,390
47,216
Population aged under 15
23,881
28,556
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
47.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.9%
37.2%
Crude rate of total population change
0.5 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
12.4 /1k
Live births
1,302
1,642
Deaths
1,960
2,514
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
59.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
246 /km²
163 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
163,908
149,850
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.5%
23.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
81.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
17.0%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,004 /100k
1,020 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.3 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.2 /100k
34.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
129 /100k
290 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
382 /100k
1,082 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
27 /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)
391 m
367 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
3 days/yr