NUTS-3 DEA58 · Germany
Population
408,0462025
GDP
€17,194M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,056 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA58 · DE719
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Main-Kinzig-Kreis (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Märkischer Kreis (63). Contrarian pick: Märkischer Kreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Quality of life (67) · Connectivity (64)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Märkischer Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Märkischer Kreis · Manufacturing → Märkischer Kreis · Office → Main-Kinzig-Kreis · Residential → Märkischer Kreis.
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
62.8
64.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.5
61.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.3
66.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
47.3
62.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
87.3
64.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.8
34.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,136
€40,005
Population density
386 /km²
302 /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)
€15,705M
€15,381M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€83M
€62M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,929M
€3,546M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,559M
€3,051M
GVA — construction (F)
€558M
€1,078M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,034M
€3,543M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,400 PPS
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
€40,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,036M
€4,195M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,065M
€2,957M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,476M
€14,992M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,852
€94,371
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,367M
€3,278M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
211,540
189,910
Self-employed persons
15,790
18,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,390
32,570
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
197,400
214,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,618
16,394
Enterprise births
971
1,554
Enterprise deaths
1,110
1,596
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
348,374
821,698
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,412 kt
11,335 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,881
2,858
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
951
679
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
66
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)
255,640
264,961
Population aged 65+
95,466
94,991
Population aged under 15
56,940
60,962
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
46.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.3%
35.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
11.6 /1k
Live births
3,106
3,634
Deaths
5,434
4,874
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
386 /km²
301 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
455,063
413,005
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.1 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.6%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,106 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
256 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.9 /100k
30.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
255 /100k
217 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,122 /100k
765 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M
27 /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)
333 m
265 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
70 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr