NUTS-3 DE147 · Germany
Population
220,8042025
GDP
€13,479M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
878.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE147 · DEA57
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bodenseekreis (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Hochsauerlandkreis (62). Contrarian pick: Hochsauerlandkreis — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Industrial base (99) · Economic base (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bodenseekreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Hochsauerlandkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Hochsauerlandkreis · Manufacturing → Bodenseekreis · Office → Bodenseekreis · Residential → Bodenseekreis.
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
69.6
61.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.0
54.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
77.5
55.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
68.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
90.7
80.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.5
28.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.0
39.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
0.0% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.2% 5y
10.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€61,045
€44,916
Population density
251 /km²
132 /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)
€12,312M
€10,702M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
€214M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,256M
€3,433M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,084M
€2,957M
GVA — construction (F)
€460M
€642M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,616M
€1,746M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
54,500 PPS
40,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,100
€44,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,503M
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,289M
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€52,964M
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,105M
€2,194M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,758M
€2,472M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,674M
€9,864M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,287
€81,335
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,446M
€2,294M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,710
152,150
Self-employed persons
11,080
12,520
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,490
38,090
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.3%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
9.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
121,200
126,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,336
10,352
Enterprise births
757
712
Enterprise deaths
781
761
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.9%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.9%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.3%
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.4%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.6%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
7.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,919,952
3,569,719
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
603 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,132 kt
18,382 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,266
2,484
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,026
952
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
135,822
163,414
Population aged 65+
53,952
62,310
Population aged under 15
31,030
35,119
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.7%
38.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.3 /1k
3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
1,877
2,097
Deaths
2,357
3,322
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
59.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
496 /km²
134 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
208,033
247,055
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.6%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.5 yrs
80.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.4%
19.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
1,106 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
195 /100k
256 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.8 /100k
28.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
184 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
812 /100k
930 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
23 /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)
443 m
401 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr