NUTS-3 DE135 · Germany
Population
140,2372025
GDP
€7,330M2023
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
774.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE135 · DE27B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ostallgäu (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Rottweil (57). Contrarian pick: Rottweil — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Industrial base (94) · Labour market (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ostallgäu
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Rottweil may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ostallgäu · Manufacturing → Ostallgäu · Office → Rottweil · Residential → Ostallgäu.
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
56.8
58.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
46.5
58.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.0
69.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.7
75.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
55.3
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
29.2
44.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.5% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.2% 5y
10.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€52,268
€47,147
Population density
181 /km²
102 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,695M
€6,117M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
€150M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,162M
€2,312M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,969M
€2,135M
GVA — construction (F)
€400M
€512M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€873M
€916M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,600 PPS
42,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,300
€47,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,625M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,717M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€57,940M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,156M
€1,196M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,056M
€1,031M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,349M
€5,714M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€99,152
€95,094
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,727M
€1,524M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
78,160
73,710
Self-employed persons
6,580
8,760
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,330
21,760
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.3%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.0%
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
76,200
79,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,724
6,641
Enterprise births
455
475
Enterprise deaths
425
520
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.6%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.8%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.0%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
9.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
275,231
3,398,376
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,291 kt
7,507 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,541
944
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,099
665
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
87,411
88,496
Population aged 65+
31,390
32,114
Population aged under 15
21,436
21,437
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
36.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
1,291
1,261
Deaths
1,592
1,416
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
60.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
1.59
Population density (persons per km²)
182 /km²
103 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
139,223
144,308
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.4%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.1%
11.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
950 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
205 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.3 /100k
6.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
118 /100k
39.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
589 /100k
393 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
34 /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)
679 m
809 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
110 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
10 days/yr