NUTS-3 DEF04 · Germany
Population
79,8092025
GDP
€4,465M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
71.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEF04 · DE268
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kitzingen (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt (46). Contrarian pick: Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Industrial base (85)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Demographic outlook (99) · Freight intensity (91)
No red flags
Why you might not pick Kitzingen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 13) — Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kitzingen · Manufacturing → Kitzingen · Office → Kitzingen · Residential → Neumünster, 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
46.3
55.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.3
53.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
55.8
71.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.7
61.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
46.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.2
51.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.8% 5y
2.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€55,944
€48,289
Population density
1,115 /km²
133 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,078M
€4,026M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
€122M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€812M
€1,242M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€684M
€1,150M
GVA — construction (F)
€217M
€217M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,147M
€794M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
€29,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
50,300 PPS
43,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€56,400
€48,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
€12,277M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
€2,933M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
€34,752M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€981M
€841M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€909M
€810M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,698M
€3,791M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,517
€93,535
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,003M
€824M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,350
49,810
Self-employed persons
3,440
4,880
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,570
11,160
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
42,800
52,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,603
3,643
Enterprise births
201
281
Enterprise deaths
256
273
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
34.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
42.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
8.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
8.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
204,631
728,517
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
665 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
434
567
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,396 kt
7,204 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
544
621
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
65
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
51,016
57,635
Population aged 65+
18,429
20,361
Population aged under 15
10,364
13,291
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
35.3%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.4 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
11.6 /1k
Live births
642
795
Deaths
1,123
1,058
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
58.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
1,138 /km²
134 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
120,418
93,309
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
16.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
13.2%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
1,004 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
208 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
111 /100k
18.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
891 /100k
109 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,146 /100k
637 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /M
39 /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)
26 m
250 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr