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
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
868.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE21A · DE253
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Erding (58). Contrarian pick: Erding — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Labour market (86) · Economic base (77)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Erding may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
59.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.3
57.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
78.8
62.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
81.7
72.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
60.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
12.6% 5y
2.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,156
€47,055
Population density
161 /km²
2,112 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,012M
€5,675M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€128M
€9M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€617M
€1,224M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€442M
€1,095M
GVA — construction (F)
€361M
€188M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,363M
€1,255M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,100 PPS
42,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,400
€47,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€21,016M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€3,272M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€54,755M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,405M
€1,612M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,139M
€1,386M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,773M
€5,383M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,029
€99,512
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,455M
€1,337M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
60,960
65,640
Self-employed persons
7,600
5,720
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,340
10,040
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
82.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
78,400
75,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,228
4,909
Enterprise births
502
433
Enterprise deaths
478
450
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
6.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
45.4%
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%
25.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
11.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,379,101
325,604
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
594 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,771 kt
2,194 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
511
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
761
387
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
9
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
88,043
Population aged 65+
26,142
26,002
Population aged under 15
21,099
17,991
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
43.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.1%
29.5%
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
9.3 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
1,272
1,153
Deaths
1,305
1,398
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.9%
50.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
161 /km²
2,093 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
142,192
124,789
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
18.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
1,065 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
225 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.3 /100k
41.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
93.9 /100k
301 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
706 /100k
1,038 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
33 /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)
504 m
305 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr