NUTS-3 DEA28 · Germany
Population
202,6092025
GDP
€6,774M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,252.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA28 · DE40H
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Euskirchen (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Teltow-Fläming (56). Contrarian pick: Teltow-Fläming — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 96).
Why you might not pick Euskirchen
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 15) — Teltow-Fläming may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Teltow-Fläming · Manufacturing → Teltow-Fläming · Office → Euskirchen · Residential → Teltow-Fläming.
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
62.6
56.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
74.3
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.1
54.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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55.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.7
71.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.3
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.2
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.0% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,434
€43,035
Population density
162 /km²
85 /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)
€6,187M
€6,985M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€120M
€104M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,234M
€2,204M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€975M
€1,842M
GVA — construction (F)
€487M
€550M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,172M
€1,721M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,100 PPS
38,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,800
€43,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€34,670M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€6,008M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€125,036M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,409M
€1,239M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,766M
€1,166M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,788M
€6,133M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,962
€95,805
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,034M
€1,872M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,330
84,250
Self-employed persons
8,150
8,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,140
15,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.8%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
103,900
91,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,566
6,635
Enterprise births
683
488
Enterprise deaths
701
601
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.0%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.3%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.8%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.1%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.3%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.8%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
691,848
601,780
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
585 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,976 kt
11,994 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,228
1,242
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,100
699
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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28 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
126,837
110,652
Population aged 65+
47,216
41,779
Population aged under 15
28,556
25,257
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
37.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
1,642
1,207
Deaths
2,514
2,252
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.7%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
163 /km²
85 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
149,850
181,474
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.7%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.0%
14.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,020 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
33.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
290 /100k
304 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,082 /100k
923 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
45 /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)
367 m
43 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
56 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr