NUTS-3 DE148 · Germany
Population
291,1022025
GDP
€15,172M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,636.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE148 · DEA1A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ravensburg (Opportunity 71). Runner-up: Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt (61).
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Industrial base (87)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Economic base (62)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 20 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Ravensburg
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ravensburg leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
70.5
61.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.3
58.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
79.6
44.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
35.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
86.0
77.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.5
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
30.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.2% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€52,120
€40,617
Population density
178 /km²
2,138 /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)
€13,858M
€13,289M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€189M
€6M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,362M
€3,031M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,062M
€2,639M
GVA — construction (F)
€787M
€427M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,254M
€2,431M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,800 PPS
36,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,600
€40,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,503M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,289M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€52,964M
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,449M
€3,643M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,817M
€3,751M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,141M
€12,234M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,388
€85,884
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,879M
€2,280M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
171,310
178,760
Self-employed persons
15,290
14,340
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,000
28,870
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.3%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
164,900
183,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,401
12,711
Enterprise births
941
1,078
Enterprise deaths
971
1,211
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.9%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.9%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.3%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.4%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.6%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
8.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,639,043
410,838
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
567 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,717 kt
4,785 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,137
1,655
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,078
462
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
185,007
230,512
Population aged 65+
62,725
75,601
Population aged under 15
43,370
52,080
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
32.8%
Crude rate of total population change
4.7 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
2,535
3,163
Deaths
2,944
4,323
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.3%
55.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
178 /km²
2,133 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
290,986
365,575
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.6%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.5 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.4%
16.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
938 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
195 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
1.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
117 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
419 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
747 /100k
2,343 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
22 /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)
738 m
291 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
94 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
5 days/yr