NUTS-3 DE719 · Germany
Population
420,9142025
GDP
€16,839M2023
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
1,395.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE719 · DE116
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rems-Murr-Kreis (Opportunity 69). Runner-up: Main-Kinzig-Kreis (64). Contrarian pick: Main-Kinzig-Kreis — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 63).
Strengths
Industrial base (87) · Labour market (85)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Quality of life (67) · Connectivity (64)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Rems-Murr-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Main-Kinzig-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Rems-Murr-Kreis · Manufacturing → Rems-Murr-Kreis · Office → Main-Kinzig-Kreis · Residential → Rems-Murr-Kreis.
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
64.4
69.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.8
73.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
66.8
69.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
62.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.3
70.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
34.8
37.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
0.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,005
€40,350
Population density
302 /km²
518 /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)
€15,381M
€16,242M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
€94M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,546M
€4,991M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,051M
€4,768M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,078M
€1,154M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,543M
€3,076M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
36,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
€40,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,195M
€3,982M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,957M
€2,944M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,992M
€15,413M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,371
€91,023
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,278M
€3,934M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
189,910
205,670
Self-employed persons
18,240
19,090
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,570
49,720
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
6.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
214,200
246,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,394
17,087
Enterprise births
1,554
1,392
Enterprise deaths
1,596
1,449
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
7.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
5.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
4.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
11.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
821,698
655,970
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
636 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,335 kt
8,464 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,858
1,720
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
679
390
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
34
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)
264,961
278,864
Population aged 65+
94,991
97,546
Population aged under 15
60,962
64,286
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
35.0%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.4 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
3,634
3,857
Deaths
4,874
4,726
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
58.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
301 /km²
513 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
413,005
427,473
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
12.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.5 /100k
26.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
217 /100k
144 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
765 /100k
687 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /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)
265 m
460 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr