NUTS-3 DEA31 · Germany
Population
118,5352025
GDP
€3,446M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
98.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA31 · DEB3F
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Kaiserslautern, Landkreis (51). Contrarian pick: Kaiserslautern, Landkreis — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 76).
Why you might not pick Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 25) — Kaiserslautern, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Bottrop, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Kaiserslautern, Landkreis · Residential → Kaiserslautern, Landkreis.
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
51.9
51.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.0
61.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.6
61.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
31.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.0
67.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
33.0
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.8
51.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.1% 5y
7.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€29,074
€27,209
Population density
1,205 /km²
165 /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)
€3,148M
€2,643M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€22M
€35M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€572M
€399M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€466M
€256M
GVA — construction (F)
€252M
€225M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€524M
€482M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,900 PPS
24,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,100
€27,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,727M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,530M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,763M
€49,098M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€819M
€773M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€960M
€730M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,897M
€2,459M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,112
€83,872
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€658M
€622M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
46,440
36,130
Self-employed persons
3,860
4,250
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,480
4,080
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.1%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.6%
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
62,200
55,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,433
3,518
Enterprise births
306
313
Enterprise deaths
321
319
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.3%
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.1%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.7%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.6%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
69,520
251,268
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
590 /1k
621 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,293 kt
2,409 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
527
744
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
445
700
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
33
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
73,323
64,589
Population aged 65+
28,840
25,387
Population aged under 15
16,372
16,367
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
4.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
11.0 /1k
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
983
1,171
Deaths
1,552
1,341
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
64.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2.06
Population density (persons per km²)
1,187 /km²
166 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
107,602
101,833
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.5%
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.3%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,053 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
45.4 /100k
14.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
557 /100k
169 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,359 /100k
655 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
25 /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)
64 m
256 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr