NUTS-3 DE724 · Germany
Population
242,8052025
GDP
€11,922M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,268.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE724 · DEA15
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Marburg-Biedenkopf (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt (63). Contrarian pick: Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 78).
Why you might not pick Marburg-Biedenkopf
Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 36) — Mönchengladbach, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Marburg-Biedenkopf 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
66.2
62.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.5
64.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.8
46.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
47.0
46.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.0
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.0
41.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.1% 5y
3.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€49,099
€41,004
Population density
191 /km²
1,552 /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)
€10,889M
€10,008M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
€24M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,156M
€1,687M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,823M
€1,442M
GVA — construction (F)
€381M
€452M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,199M
€2,343M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,800 PPS
36,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,100
€41,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,597M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,976M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€25,139M
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,308M
€2,764M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,796M
€2,737M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,366M
€9,214M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,307
€82,206
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,844M
€1,717M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
132,440
140,650
Self-employed persons
9,800
10,890
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,430
15,620
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
136,400
136,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,561
9,887
Enterprise births
641
901
Enterprise deaths
659
962
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.6%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
8.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
538,147
314,923
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
641 /1k
567 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,943 kt
4,322 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,844
1,250
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
760
468
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
158,742
171,203
Population aged 65+
51,600
57,972
Population aged under 15
32,463
38,038
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
-1.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
1,916
2,445
Deaths
2,771
3,433
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.0%
56.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
193 /km²
1,573 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
238,435
266,758
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.4%
16.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,062 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.3 /100k
99.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
184 /100k
603 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
981 /100k
2,205 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
22 /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)
185 m
91 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
39 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr