NUTS-3 DE718 · Germany
Population
241,6642025
GDP
€17,430M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
486 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE718 · DE147
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Hochtaunuskreis (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Bodenseekreis (70). Contrarian pick: Bodenseekreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Air quality (96) · Economic base (95)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (99) · Economic base (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Hochtaunuskreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 6) — Bodenseekreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Hochtaunuskreis 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
72.4
69.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
42.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.2
77.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
96.3
68.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.0
90.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
70.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.4
46.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.2% 5y
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€72,124
€61,045
Population density
497 /km²
251 /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)
€15,921M
€12,312M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
€116M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,519M
€6,256M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,377M
€6,084M
GVA — construction (F)
€388M
€460M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,927M
€1,616M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
64,800 PPS
54,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,800
€61,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€25,503M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€7,289M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€52,964M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,919M
€2,105M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,153M
€1,758M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,518M
€11,674M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€141,932
€111,287
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,393M
€3,446M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,700
127,710
Self-employed persons
11,990
11,080
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,480
40,490
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
83.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
121,100
121,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,003
9,336
Enterprise births
1,087
757
Enterprise deaths
1,172
781
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
3.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
6.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
40.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
47.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
11.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
828,010
2,919,952
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,041 kt
3,132 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,525
2,266
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
631
1,026
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
149,818
135,822
Population aged 65+
56,671
53,952
Population aged under 15
35,175
31,030
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.8%
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
1,674
1,877
Deaths
2,763
2,357
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.3%
62.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
500 /km²
496 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
212,708
208,033
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
16.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
12.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
195 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.6 /100k
20.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
107 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
736 /100k
812 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /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)
377 m
443 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
69 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
7 days/yr