NUTS-3 DEA19 · Germany
Population
165,6262025
GDP
€5,555M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
91.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA19 · DE238
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Regensburg, Landkreis (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt (54). Contrarian pick: Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 77).
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Resilience (67)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Regensburg, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 16) — Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Regensburg, 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
54.4
55.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.3
64.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.9
68.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
65.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
60.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.6
46.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
5.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,537
€33,141
Population density
1,804 /km²
141 /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)
€5,074M
€5,940M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€141M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,175M
€1,564M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€996M
€1,398M
GVA — construction (F)
€185M
€539M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,058M
€1,170M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,900 PPS
30,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,500
€33,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,315M
€1,620M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,337M
€906M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,671M
€5,551M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,288
€92,437
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€870M
€1,641M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,110
73,310
Self-employed persons
6,690
8,330
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,150
16,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
83.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
83,700
110,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,539
7,051
Enterprise births
496
593
Enterprise deaths
549
545
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
96,374
316,041
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
670 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,616 kt
8,986 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
689
1,881
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
416
959
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
105,406
124,234
Population aged 65+
36,963
42,488
Population aged under 15
23,257
29,491
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
34.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
12.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
13.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
1,298
1,737
Deaths
2,139
1,947
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
1.61
Population density (persons per km²)
1,843 /km²
141 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
155,390
190,596
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
14.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
69.2 /100k
4.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
288 /100k
91.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,220 /100k
393 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
38 /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)
188 m
324 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr