NUTS-3 DEB38 · Germany
Population
49,5642025
GDP
€3,305M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
41.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEB38 · DE231
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt (48). Contrarian pick: Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 98).
Why you might not pick Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 26) — Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Amberg, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Speyer, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
49.9
48.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.0
53.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.3
69.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
29.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.0
63.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.2
42.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.6% 5y
7.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€66,677
€78,097
Population density
1,204 /km²
846 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,019M
€3,036M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2M
€7M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€733M
€1,260M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€591M
€1,218M
GVA — construction (F)
€82M
€151M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€540M
€296M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
59,000 PPS
70,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€66,300
€78,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€657M
€509M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,004M
€813M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,808M
€2,837M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,306
€94,113
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€710M
€839M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,050
36,790
Self-employed persons
2,620
2,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,640
10,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
83.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
26,300
23,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,079
1,646
Enterprise births
150
118
Enterprise deaths
183
102
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
286,962
100,327
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
670 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,604 kt
1,286 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
222
308
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
448
724
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
30,805
26,777
Population aged 65+
12,281
10,356
Population aged under 15
6,478
5,420
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
46.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.9%
38.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.2 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.6 /1k
14.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
13.8 /1k
Live births
427
328
Deaths
658
587
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.9%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
1,308 /km²
848 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
45,437
38,615
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
14.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
76.2 /100k
16.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
381 /100k
306 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,099 /100k
1,028 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /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)
107 m
407 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
86 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr