NUTS-3 DE21A · Germany
Population
140,1272025
GDP
€5,487M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
868.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE21A · AT334
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Erding (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Tiroler Oberland (55). Contrarian pick: Tiroler Oberland — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Economic base (88) · Demographic outlook (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Erding
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Tiroler Oberland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Erding 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
58.4
55.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.3
44.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.8
61.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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42.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
81.7
45.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
48.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
56.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
4.8% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
12.6% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,156
€55,724
Population density
161 /km²
32 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,012M
€5,397M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€128M
€48M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€617M
€795M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€442M
€306M
GVA — construction (F)
€361M
€478M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,363M
€2,448M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,100 PPS
49,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,400
€55,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€11,208M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€2,027M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€20,187M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,405M
€834M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,139M
€794M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,773M
€5,278M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,029
€115,318
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,455M
€1,611M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
60,960
56,500
Self-employed persons
7,600
8,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,340
3,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
82.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
78,400
58,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,228
8,669
Enterprise births
502
416
Enterprise deaths
478
352
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
1.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
2.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
32.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
37.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
20.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,379,101
12,700,756
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
551 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,771 kt
5,018 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,066
39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
761
36
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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15 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
92,886
71,177
Population aged 65+
26,142
19,983
Population aged under 15
21,099
16,558
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
43.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
28.1%
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
-0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.3 /1k
7.8 /1k
Live births
1,272
957
Deaths
1,305
844
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.9%
51.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
161 /km²
33 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
142,192
115,244
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
13.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
83.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
12.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
601 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
859 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
196 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.3 /100k
3.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
93.9 /100k
138 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
1,766 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
41 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
504 m
2,120 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
242 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
10 days/yr