NUTS-3 DE131 · Germany
Population
237,4602025
GDP
€14,845M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
154.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE131 · DE232
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (58). Contrarian pick: Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 15) — Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis · Residential → Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis.
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
64.2
57.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.5
41.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.5
58.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
64.0
39.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.0
50.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
55.3
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.4
31.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.6% 5y
3.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€62,516
€107,662
Population density
1,539 /km²
1,897 /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)
€13,560M
€14,887M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
€70M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,037M
€5,496M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,705M
€5,175M
GVA — construction (F)
€410M
€302M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,040M
€2,162M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
56,100 PPS
97,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€63,000
€109,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,625M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,717M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€57,940M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,843M
€3,276M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,213M
€3,581M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,858M
€13,913M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,075
€102,602
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,497M
€4,113M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
186,690
165,550
Self-employed persons
12,290
8,640
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,300
31,390
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.3%
83.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.0%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
142,600
94,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,733
6,606
Enterprise births
898
563
Enterprise deaths
851
531
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.6%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.0%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,123,388
1,356,231
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
670 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,247 kt
7,410 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
784
719
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
330
475
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
77
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
163,501
106,869
Population aged 65+
42,291
26,278
Population aged under 15
31,668
18,242
Median age of population
37.9 yrs
38.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.9%
24.6%
Crude rate of total population change
5.2 /1k
11.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
11.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude death rate
8.4 /1k
10.2 /1k
Live births
2,155
1,482
Deaths
1,984
1,540
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
45.2%
41.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
1,548 /km²
1,905 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
236,695
148,849
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.4%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.1%
14.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
950 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
205 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
96.5 /100k
87.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
440 /100k
321 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,266 /100k
2,481 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /M
38 /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)
243 m
342 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
86 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr