NUTS-3 DED41 · Germany
Population
245,6182025
GDP
€10,796M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
218.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DED41 · FRB01
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Cher (46). Contrarian pick: Cher — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 89).
Why you might not pick Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 22) — Cher may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Cher · Office → Cher · Residential → Chemnitz, 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
48.3
45.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.0
51.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.4
53.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
47.3
89.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.0
28.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.0
73.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
22.6
43.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.0% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,954
€32,630
Population density
1,124 /km²
41 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
2,332
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
197
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,861M
€8,628M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
€458M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,851M
€2,038M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,321M
€1,518M
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
€445M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,914M
€1,395M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,500
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,400 PPS
30,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,200
€32,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,850M
€20,283M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,837M
€2,604M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,479M
€46,136M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,404M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€194M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,394M
€2,120M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,157M
€2,172M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,284M
€8,572M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,689
€86,808
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,398M
€2,179M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
146,930
113,500
Self-employed persons
10,530
13,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,320
15,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
76.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.4%
6.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
127,100
130,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,287
16,983
Enterprise births
554
2,083
Enterprise deaths
617
1,671
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.3%
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.1%
51.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.0%
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
26.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
9.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
447,661
861,314
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
631 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,365 kt
8,464 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,205
1,221
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
491
412
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
25 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
145
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
145,199
170,176
Population aged 65+
67,981
81,638
Population aged under 15
32,438
44,479
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
48.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
48.0%
Crude rate of total population change
1.9 /1k
-3.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.8 /1k
1.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
1,656
2,374
Deaths
3,598
3,960
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.2%
74.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.66
Population density (persons per km²)
1,110 /km²
41 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
190,369
222,742
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.6%
15.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
82.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.2%
11.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
555 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,211 /100k
862 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
81.6 /100k
37.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
535 /100k
592 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,765 /100k
1,319 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
66 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
323 m
152 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
16 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
33 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr