NUTS-3 DE922 · Germany
Population
221,2022025
GDP
€8,642M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,990.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE922 · DE21M
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Traunstein (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Diepholz (57). Contrarian pick: Diepholz — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 89).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Industrial base (96)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Traunstein
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Diepholz may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Traunstein 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
57.2
59.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.0
57.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.6
78.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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63.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
70.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.0
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.8% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.0% 5y
8.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,067
€53,522
Population density
111 /km²
114 /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)
€7,893M
€8,562M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€408M
€145M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,998M
€3,518M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,357M
€3,287M
GVA — construction (F)
€587M
€569M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,847M
€1,216M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,000 PPS
48,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,200
€54,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,132M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,692M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,013M
€176,106M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,594M
€1,606M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,460M
€1,510M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,403M
€8,154M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,556
€98,374
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,495M
€2,485M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
105,280
99,550
Self-employed persons
10,770
10,430
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,260
28,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
113,800
91,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,224
8,692
Enterprise births
718
666
Enterprise deaths
744
657
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.0%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.9%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
13.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
684,894
2,828,993
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,518 kt
8,389 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,751
1,111
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
792
634
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
137,046
108,121
Population aged 65+
52,622
42,376
Population aged under 15
31,534
24,647
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
39.2%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
18.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
21.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
1,805
1,464
Deaths
2,824
2,072
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
62.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
120 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
197,510
179,290
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
11.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,044 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.1 /100k
11.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
275 /100k
71.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,018 /100k
464 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
35 /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)
59 m
597 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
92 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr