NUTS-3 DE21H · Germany
Population
354,3962025
GDP
€52,413M2023
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
666.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE21H · DE112
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: München, Landkreis (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Böblingen (77). Contrarian pick: Böblingen — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Economic base (100) · Labour market (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (100) · Economic base (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick München, Landkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Böblingen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → München, Landkreis · Manufacturing → Böblingen · Office → München, Landkreis · Residential → Böblingen.
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
78.2
76.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.0
36.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
79.0
72.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.0
75.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.6
49.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.6% 5y
3.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€147,895
€86,382
Population density
532 /km²
643 /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)
€47,875M
€31,179M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
€41M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,593M
€17,883M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,086M
€17,666M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,620M
€743M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€13,390M
€4,894M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
132,900 PPS
77,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€149,200
€86,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€92,019M
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17,837M
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€176,106M
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€19,354M
€5,081M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,876M
€2,537M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€45,593M
€29,587M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€169,557
€155,991
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€13,894M
€7,551M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
322,930
230,390
Self-employed persons
24,940
15,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,270
77,710
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.9%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.4%
6.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
192,300
222,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,794
13,927
Enterprise births
2,263
1,231
Enterprise deaths
2,159
1,283
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.2%
7.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
8.9%
5.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
4.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.4%
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.2%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.5%
11.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,642,957
1,072,080
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
636 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,748 kt
11,238 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,435
1,430
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
405
362
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
227,679
251,294
Population aged 65+
74,461
82,786
Population aged under 15
52,256
61,087
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
32.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
9.9 /1k
Live births
2,739
3,769
Deaths
3,685
3,898
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
57.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
537 /km²
639 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
323,026
404,793
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.8%
12.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
931 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.6 /100k
25.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
156 /100k
123 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
575 /100k
746 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
27 /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)
550 m
436 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
3 days/yr