NUTS-3 DE712 · Germany
Population
756,0212025
GDP
€90,525M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
251.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE712 · IE053
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: South-West (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt (72). Contrarian pick: Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Economic base (100) · Industrial base (100)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Economic base (99) · Demographic outlook (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick South-West
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 1) — Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
South-West 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
71.7
73.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.3
27.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.3
55.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
35.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.3
48.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
84.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.6
90.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
5.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
1.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€119,739
€161,397
Population density
3,009 /km²
64 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€82,686M
€119,927M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
€1,232M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,933M
€89,177M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,837M
€87,318M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,602M
€1,860M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€24,909M
€8,227M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€28,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
107,800 PPS
138,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€120,900
€163,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€43,613M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€27,811M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€41,142M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€3,737M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€1,869M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€36,304M
€12,047M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,930M
€7,383M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€80,595M
€121,374M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€126,592
€352,837
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€17,622M
€32,763M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
761,090
397,150
Self-employed persons
42,980
62,680
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,890
53,730
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
78.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
9.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
427,600
420,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
37,455
54,528
Enterprise births
4,045
5,747
Enterprise deaths
3,739
8,091
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
9.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
54.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
63.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
12.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
29.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
12.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
11,125,495
7,487,017
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
483 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,888 kt
27,792 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,974
1,679
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
393
215
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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13 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
43
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)
528,969
510,776
Population aged 65+
120,486
131,499
Population aged under 15
106,566
138,101
Median age of population
39.7 yrs
40.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
22.8%
25.7%
Crude rate of total population change
8.5 /1k
13.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
11.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.9 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
7.0 /1k
Live births
7,434
7,258
Deaths
6,246
5,400
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
42.9%
52.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
3,073 /km²
64 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
895,965
954,259
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
18.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
12.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
269 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
936 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
247 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
170 /100k
13.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
594 /100k
79.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,826 /100k
916 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.057/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
114 m
241 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
27 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
9 days/yr