NUTS-3 DE936 · Germany
Population
113,5982025
GDP
€3,117M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
653 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE936 · DE225
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Osterholz (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Freyung-Grafenau (44). Contrarian pick: Freyung-Grafenau — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Osterholz
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 19) — Freyung-Grafenau may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Osterholz 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
47.5
44.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.8
69.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.3
65.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
76.7
60.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.8
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.6
45.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,435
€40,273
Population density
174 /km²
80 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 80 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,847M
€2,895M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
€64M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€461M
€829M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€336M
€778M
GVA — construction (F)
€236M
€308M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€545M
€424M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,400
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,400 PPS
36,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,400
€40,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,211M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,023M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,011M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€691M
€630M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€813M
€641M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,628M
€2,631M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,969
€83,269
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€818M
€795M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,770
39,930
Self-employed persons
5,650
4,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,870
10,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
83.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,800
42,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,688
3,476
Enterprise births
289
221
Enterprise deaths
317
233
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.6%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.9%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.3%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.1%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
162,463
949,249
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
653 /1k
681 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
859
1,718
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,797 kt
2,074 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
756
2,183
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
70
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)
68,849
48,926
Population aged 65+
28,258
19,598
Population aged under 15
16,491
10,186
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.0%
40.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
794
632
Deaths
1,439
958
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.0%
60.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
176 /km²
80 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
93,540
74,711
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.1%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.4%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,033 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.1 /100k
2.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
63.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
665 /100k
276 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
47 /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)
42 m
715 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
107 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
7 days/yr