NUTS-3 DE734 · Germany
Population
231,0732025
GDP
€9,054M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,299.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE734 · DEF0C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kassel, Landkreis (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Schleswig-Flensburg (54). Contrarian pick: Schleswig-Flensburg — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 72).
Strengths
Air quality (87) · Freight intensity (73)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kassel, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 23) — Schleswig-Flensburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Kassel, Landkreis 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
55.7
54.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
22.5
72.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.9
67.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
89.0
87.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
82.3
51.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
35.8
53.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.6% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,181
€36,045
Population density
178 /km²
103 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,270M
€6,765M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€66M
€265M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,451M
€1,372M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,203M
€592M
GVA — construction (F)
€287M
€520M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,436M
€1,278M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,900
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,000 PPS
32,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,300
€36,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,649M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,829M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,339M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,684M
€1,519M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,347M
€1,810M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,908M
€6,134M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,559
€88,019
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,908M
€1,663M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
100,780
90,240
Self-employed persons
8,870
10,590
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,940
9,330
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,100
104,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,251
7,940
Enterprise births
582
618
Enterprise deaths
642
674
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.6%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.8%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
681,344
2,175,693
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
642 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,795 kt
8,169 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,552
2,223
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
672
1,082
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
1
109
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
139,410
124,414
Population aged 65+
60,200
51,938
Population aged under 15
31,463
29,120
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
49.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
1.4 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
14.1 /1k
Live births
1,713
1,579
Deaths
3,251
2,886
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
65.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
179 /km²
100 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
197,066
166,584
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.0%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.5 /100k
25.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
272 /100k
233 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
656 /100k
823 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
29 /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)
256 m
24 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr