NUTS-3 DE127 · Germany
Population
145,2632025
GDP
€5,392M2023
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
1,128.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE127 · DE938
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Heidekreis (53). Contrarian pick: Heidekreis — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 96).
Why you might not pick Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Heidekreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Heidekreis · Manufacturing → Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis · Office → Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis · Residential → Heidekreis.
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
57.7
52.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.3
62.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.7
57.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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70.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.7
67.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
68.3
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.2
47.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.2% 5y
4.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,116
€42,857
Population density
129 /km²
75 /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)
€4,925M
€5,532M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€81M
€189M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,537M
€906M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,341M
€662M
GVA — construction (F)
€268M
€377M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€707M
€1,363M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€28,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,000 PPS
37,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,100
€42,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,701M
€16,211M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€6,099M
€1,023M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,032M
€31,011M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,067M
€946M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,266M
€1,752M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,676M
€5,107M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,203
€86,228
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,129M
€1,589M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
67,100
75,160
Self-employed persons
5,940
7,220
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,720
9,890
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
80.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
72,800
71,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,790
4,715
Enterprise births
371
387
Enterprise deaths
418
395
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
9.1%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.5%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.0%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.6%
30.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
8.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.5%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
8.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
336,963
2,965,562
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
597 /1k
653 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,724 kt
6,803 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
969
1,091
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
667
772
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
50
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)
90,356
88,021
Population aged 65+
34,607
33,668
Population aged under 15
20,300
19,632
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
38.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.9 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
1,124
1,185
Deaths
1,779
1,979
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.8%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
75 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
140,513
161,254
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.5%
20.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.9%
14.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
980 /100k
1,033 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.9 /100k
39.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
134 /100k
461 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
541 /100k
1,143 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
26 /M
41 /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)
362 m
51 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr