NUTS-3 AT341 · Austria
Population
95,0292025
GDP
€6,134M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,871.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
AT341 · DE21J
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald (57). Contrarian pick: Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Labour market (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Economic base (94) · Freight intensity (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm 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
57.4
64.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.0
44.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.2
78.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
65.3
68.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
47.3
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.2
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
3.7% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.6% 5y
15.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€64,546
€53,628
Population density
51 /km²
172 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,515M
€6,406M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€55M
€90M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,900M
€2,590M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,270M
€2,216M
GVA — construction (F)
€477M
€366M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,586M
€1,099M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€31,000
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
57,400 PPS
48,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€64,800
€54,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,346M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,306M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,571M
€176,106M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€898M
€1,183M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€601M
€1,079M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,796M
€6,101M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€134,919
€116,695
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,500M
€1,859M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
49,200
62,790
Self-employed persons
6,600
6,190
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,800
14,530
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.4%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
49,700
71,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,831
5,148
Enterprise births
317
389
Enterprise deaths
270
444
3-year enterprise survival rate
1.9%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.4%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.6%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.3%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.6%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
13.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.8%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,273,048
281,054
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
543 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,370 kt
10,321 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
751
633
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
790
484
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 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.
63
34
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
61,435
84,668
Population aged 65+
18,612
25,723
Population aged under 15
14,982
20,390
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.3%
30.4%
Crude rate of total population change
0.1 /1k
9.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
10.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
8.4 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
841
1,214
Deaths
794
1,265
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
54.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
173 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
92,635
131,078
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.6%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.6%
11.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
484 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
863 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
196 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.2 /100k
8.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
91.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,129 /100k
475 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
17 /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)
1,873 m
465 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
231 days/yr
77 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
4 days/yr