NUTS-3 DEG05 · Germany
Population
65,9542025
GDP
€2,436M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
84 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEG05 · DE244
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 39). Runner-up: Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt (38). Contrarian pick: Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 63).
Strengths
Labour market (67) · Connectivity (63)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 19) — Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
38.0
39.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
57.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.9
67.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.7
57.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.5
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.0
26.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.5% 5y
8.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,934
€52,166
Population density
785 /km²
799 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,225M
€2,229M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€4M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€268M
€303M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€209M
€228M
GVA — construction (F)
€66M
€55M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€323M
€533M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,200
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,100 PPS
46,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,200
€52,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,609M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,167M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,299M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€546M
€474M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,020M
€859M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,057M
€2,080M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€130,668
€75,641
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€469M
€691M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
34,940
33,990
Self-employed persons
3,110
2,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,600
3,530
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.5%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
33,900
25,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,396
1,650
Enterprise births
150
107
Enterprise deaths
211
106
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.5%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.4%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.6%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.1%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.9%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
758,113
135,680
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
568 /1k
671 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
371 kt
1,604 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
294
435
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
446
930
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 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.
26
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
41,065
29,228
Population aged 65+
16,294
11,133
Population aged under 15
8,595
6,417
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
38.1%
Crude rate of total population change
6.5 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.4 /1k
12.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
14.6 /1k
Live births
386
390
Deaths
838
681
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
60.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.97
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
783 /km²
818 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
60,666
40,229
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.4%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,212 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
58.0 /100k
40.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
536 /100k
181 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,853 /100k
1,398 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
46 /M
37 /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)
224 m
552 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
93 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr