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NUTS-3 DEG0U · Germany

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Population

100,1052025

GDP

€3,312M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,009.9 km²

NUTS-3 DEG0L · Germany

Greiz

Population

93,7072025

GDP

€2,723M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.7%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

842.9 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Saalfeld-Rudolstadt (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Greiz (36). Contrarian pick: Greiz — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 86).

#1Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Strengths

Industrial base (88) · Connectivity (68)

No red flags

#2Greiz

Strengths

Freight intensity (86) · Industrial base (76)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 25) — Greiz may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Greiz · Manufacturing → Greiz · Office → Saalfeld-Rudolstadt · Residential → Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.

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

38.4

35.9

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

31.8

47.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

55.7

54.0

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

49.0

53.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

68.3

58.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

28.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

24.8

24.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

0.2% 5y

Population

0.6% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

7.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€33,083

€29,057

Population density

99 /km²

111 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€3,025M

€2,487M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€64M

€112M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€1,054M

€716M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€904M

€607M

GVA — construction (F)

€190M

€212M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€383M

€482M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€25,200

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

29,100 PPS

25,600 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€32,700

€28,700

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€14,609M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€3,167M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€42,299M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€503M

€396M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€831M

€569M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€2,299M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€86,801

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€524M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

43,920

37,510

Self-employed persons

4,250

4,300

Employment in manufacturing (C)

10,930

9,190

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

80.5%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

7.7%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

—

3.7%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

43,100

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

3,430

3,629

Enterprise births

174

179

Enterprise deaths

239

259

3-year enterprise survival rate

2.9%

1.9%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

2.6%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

4.7%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.3%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

30.4%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

35.6%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

8.1%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

19.9%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

7.3%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

342,426

162,827

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

568 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

2,732 kt

4,666 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

871

947

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

870

1,011

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

32 km/1000km²

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

56,932

52,280

Population aged 65+

31,382

30,323

Population aged under 15

11,791

11,104

Median age of population

54.1 yrs

55.1 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

55.1%

58.0%

Crude rate of total population change

-10.0 /1k

-8.3 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

1.3 /1k

3.2 /1k

Crude birth rate

5.0 /1k

5.4 /1k

Crude death rate

16.3 /1k

16.9 /1k

Live births

505

511

Deaths

1,641

1,593

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

75.8%

79.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.35

1.61

Population density (persons per km²)

101 /km²

112 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

—

78,404

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

23.4%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

80.7 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

17.4%

Health

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,212 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

228 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.0 /100k

1.1 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

20.8 /100k

15.9 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

206 /100k

152 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,013 /100k

569 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

46 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.78

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.56

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.58

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

1.82

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

—

0.53

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.161/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

541 m

316 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

4 days/yr

6 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

84 days/yr

67 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

3 days/yr