NUTS-3 DE11C · Germany
Population
135,2352025
GDP
€5,946M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
629.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE11C · DE94B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Grafschaft Bentheim (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Heidenheim (58). Contrarian pick: Heidenheim — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Industrial base (94) · Freight intensity (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 12 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Grafschaft Bentheim
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 30) — Heidenheim may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Grafschaft Bentheim 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
57.8
61.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.0
83.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
72.0
56.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.3
67.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.0
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.2
68.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
8.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,969
€41,477
Population density
215 /km²
147 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,431M
€5,476M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€73M
€342M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,131M
€1,466M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,929M
€973M
GVA — construction (F)
€198M
€483M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€922M
€1,024M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,800
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,200 PPS
37,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,000
€41,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€60,881M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€22,211M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€139,588M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,157M
€1,103M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€951M
€1,058M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,154M
€4,989M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,480
€84,738
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,315M
€1,614M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,430
74,870
Self-employed persons
5,160
5,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,110
13,920
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.9%
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
75,000
78,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,201
4,862
Enterprise births
366
418
Enterprise deaths
362
397
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
7.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.8%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
4.9%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.0%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.4%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.3%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
241,943
692,381
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
636 /1k
623 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
744
815
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,927 kt
4,234 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
550
564
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
53
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)
84,869
91,235
Population aged 65+
30,885
31,514
Population aged under 15
19,481
21,794
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
0.0 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
4.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
1,097
1,267
Deaths
1,562
1,583
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
58.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
216 /km²
147 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
135,516
148,488
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.1%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.6%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.6 /100k
20.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
160 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
885 /100k
824 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
54 /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)
565 m
22 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
42 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr