NUTS-3 DE142 · Germany
Population
233,5462025
GDP
€9,995M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
523.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE142 · DE721
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Tübingen, Landkreis (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Gießen, Landkreis (66). Contrarian pick: Gießen, Landkreis — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Connectivity (77)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Tübingen, Landkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Gießen, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Gießen, Landkreis · Manufacturing → Tübingen, Landkreis · Office → Tübingen, Landkreis · Residential → Gießen, Landkreis.
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
67.8
66.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.5
54.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.0
56.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
46.3
35.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
65.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.5
43.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.2
59.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
12.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,799
€45,405
Population density
446 /km²
315 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,130M
€11,132M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€51M
€37M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,108M
€2,036M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,927M
€1,744M
GVA — construction (F)
€364M
€478M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,315M
€2,319M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,400 PPS
40,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,100
€45,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,503M
€10,597M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,289M
€1,976M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€52,964M
€25,139M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,147M
€2,636M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,145M
€3,626M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,657M
€10,598M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,379
€88,075
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,555M
€2,907M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
123,440
146,520
Self-employed persons
9,140
11,490
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,180
19,740
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.3%
78.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
137,900
151,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,094
9,850
Enterprise births
686
887
Enterprise deaths
724
928
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.9%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.9%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.3%
32.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.4%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.6%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
428,700
418,065
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
641 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,249
1,750
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,054 kt
7,464 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
535
652
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
29
63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
154,755
175,795
Population aged 65+
45,541
55,971
Population aged under 15
33,250
36,652
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
41.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.4%
31.8%
Crude rate of total population change
2.8 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
11.2 /1k
Live births
2,046
2,332
Deaths
1,927
2,996
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.9%
52.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
450 /km²
315 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
220,941
433,767
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.6%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.5 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.4%
18.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
1,062 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
195 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.8 /100k
51.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
105 /100k
269 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
784 /100k
1,342 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
31 /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)
348 m
232 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr