NUTS-3 DE94E · Germany
Population
354,8212025
GDP
€14,278M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,117.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE94E · DEA5B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Osnabrück, Landkreis (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Soest (64). Contrarian pick: Soest — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Osnabrück, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — Soest may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Osnabrück, 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
65.6
63.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
64.3
49.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.4
55.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
81.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
28.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.8
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.7% 5y
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,240
€44,781
Population density
168 /km²
226 /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)
€13,042M
€12,283M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€506M
€244M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,035M
€4,294M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,563M
€3,869M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,057M
€652M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,460M
€2,112M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,700 PPS
39,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,100
€44,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,047M
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,687M
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,034M
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,655M
€2,352M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,329M
€2,630M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,883M
€11,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,343
€90,761
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,843M
€2,633M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
177,050
156,510
Self-employed persons
14,990
12,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
42,860
36,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.6%
9.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
191,000
146,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,280
10,983
Enterprise births
957
878
Enterprise deaths
994
845
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.8%
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.4%
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.9%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
7.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
966,991
765,766
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
603 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,978 kt
16,138 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,313
2,384
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
934
794
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
220,743
189,157
Population aged 65+
81,007
69,469
Population aged under 15
53,071
41,671
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
3,161
2,387
Deaths
4,395
3,855
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
168 /km²
228 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
445,094
333,562
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
80.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.8%
19.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,034 /100k
1,106 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
256 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.5 /100k
41.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
197 /100k
263 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
770 /100k
1,283 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M
23 /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)
74 m
125 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
43 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr