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NUTS-3 AT112 · Austria
Population
165,8052025
GDP
€6,823M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
1,785.2 km²
NUTS-3 DE21L · Germany
Population
139,3292025
GDP
€7,516M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
480.4 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Starnberg (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Nordburgenland (49). Contrarian pick: Nordburgenland — leads the set on Resilience (EU pctl 83).

Strengths
Labour market (97) · Air quality (92)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Resilience (83) · Demographic outlook (79)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Starnberg
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Nordburgenland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Starnberg 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
48.5
62.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
83.3
58.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.6
79.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
43.0
92.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
46.0
60.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
55.8
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.4
43.2

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
9.6% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€41,153
€53,946
Population density
93 /km²
290 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only

All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,135M
€6,865M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€203M
€25M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,260M
€1,508M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€653M
€1,433M
GVA — construction (F)
€472M
€305M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,309M
€1,328M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,200
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,600 PPS
48,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,300
€54,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,033M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€256M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€5,433M
€176,106M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,438M
€2,346M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,452M
€1,354M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,884M
€6,538M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,490
€101,327
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,873M
€1,993M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,500
77,500
Self-employed persons
9,500
8,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,200
15,160
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.9%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
81,500
72,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,314
9,614
Enterprise births
642
853
Enterprise deaths
545
889
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.4%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.2%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.4%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.5%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.2%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
13.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,757,918
702,400
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
692 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,218 kt
3,610 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3
628
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
451
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
104,696
85,940
Population aged 65+
38,430
33,399
Population aged under 15
22,679
19,990
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
38.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.9 /1k
2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
1,060
985
Deaths
1,878
1,492
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
62.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
101 /km²
327 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
153,232
124,477
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
11.0%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.3%
11.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
555 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,024 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
215 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.9 /100k
5.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
561 /100k
77.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,018 /100k
506 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
35 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.40
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.64
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.37
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.60
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.156/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.049/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
116 m
670 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
91 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
9 days/yr