NUTS-3 DE214 · Germany
Population
113,9382025
GDP
€6,911M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
565.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE214 · DE12C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Freudenstadt (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Altötting (56). Contrarian pick: Altötting — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Industrial base (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Freudenstadt
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Altötting may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Freudenstadt 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
56.0
60.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.3
52.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.2
74.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
48.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.7
78.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
68.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.6
46.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.4% 5y
2.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€60,652
€46,308
Population density
201 /km²
140 /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)
€6,312M
€5,159M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€81M
€41M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,056M
€2,177M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,521M
€2,091M
GVA — construction (F)
€452M
€283M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€615M
€855M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
54,700 PPS
41,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,300
€46,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€31,701M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€6,099M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€83,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,178M
€947M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€931M
€856M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,011M
€4,898M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€109,393
€91,865
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,832M
€1,183M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,000
65,190
Self-employed persons
5,280
5,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,960
21,490
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
81.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
5.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
59,900
62,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,352
4,508
Enterprise births
341
367
Enterprise deaths
346
329
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
9.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
3.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
40.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
45.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
27.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
13.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
305,460
1,359,230
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
597 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,854 kt
3,460 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
695
1,226
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
610
1,005
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
48
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
70,944
77,457
Population aged 65+
26,059
27,078
Population aged under 15
16,935
17,423
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
35.0%
Crude rate of total population change
8.1 /1k
0.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.6 /1k
3.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
975
1,032
Deaths
1,377
1,348
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
57.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
202 /km²
140 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
118,429
116,970
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
20.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
14.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
980 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.8 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.9 /100k
19.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
61.9 /100k
91.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
585 /100k
714 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
26 /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)
445 m
666 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr