NUTS-3 DE126 · Germany
Population
318,0352025
GDP
€25,323M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
147.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE126 · DE271
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mannheim, Stadtkreis (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (61). Contrarian pick: Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Economic base (97) · Demographic outlook (91)
Red flags
Flood: 21% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Economic base (89)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 30% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Mannheim, Stadtkreis
Flood: 21% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Mannheim, Stadtkreis 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
70.5
61.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.0
62.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.8
58.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
36.0
48.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.0
52.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
68.3
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.2
27.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.4% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€79,625
€55,442
Population density
2,160 /km²
2,009 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,131M
€15,248M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
€15M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,034M
€3,281M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,945M
€2,614M
GVA — construction (F)
€951M
€475M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,076M
€3,104M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
71,500 PPS
49,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€80,200
€56,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,701M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€6,099M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,032M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,186M
€3,840M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,877M
€4,533M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,964M
€14,244M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€107,657
€87,729
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,305M
€3,798M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
249,430
199,150
Self-employed persons
15,960
13,530
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,640
27,270
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.7%
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
175,100
182,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,568
11,216
Enterprise births
1,157
1,085
Enterprise deaths
1,182
1,013
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
9.1%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.0%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.6%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.5%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
9.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,479,216
1,177,702
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
597 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,290 kt
4,797 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,488
818
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
468
272
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
64
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)
217,277
202,262
Population aged 65+
59,485
58,990
Population aged under 15
41,273
39,853
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
41.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.4%
29.2%
Crude rate of total population change
5.6 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
9.2 /1k
Crude death rate
9.9 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
2,768
2,766
Deaths
3,135
3,150
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.4%
48.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
2,265 /km²
2,041 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
346,126
296,359
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.5%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.9%
11.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
980 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
63.2 /100k
51.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
387 /100k
235 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,341 /100k
1,296 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
26 /M
39 /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)
95 m
494 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
86 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
5 days/yr