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 · DE254
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: München, Landkreis (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt (68). Contrarian pick: Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 74).
Strengths
Economic base (100) · Labour market (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Labour market (86)
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) — Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → München, Landkreis · Office → München, Landkreis · Residential → München, Landkreis.
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
67.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.0
59.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
79.0
57.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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30.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.0
71.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.6
48.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.6% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€147,895
€72,955
Population density
532 /km²
2,818 /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
€35,285M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
€37M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,593M
€5,932M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,086M
€5,105M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,620M
€1,273M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€13,390M
€9,732M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€34,700
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
132,900 PPS
65,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€149,200
€73,600
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)
€19,354M
€10,823M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,876M
€7,487M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€45,593M
€33,468M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€169,557
€99,819
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€13,894M
€8,312M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
322,930
406,850
Self-employed persons
24,940
25,650
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,270
45,670
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)
3.0%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
192,300
300,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,794
20,954
Enterprise births
2,263
1,867
Enterprise deaths
2,159
1,911
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.2%
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)
2,642,957
3,855,241
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
594 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,748 kt
14,693 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
1,827
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
405
345
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
7
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
227,679
351,658
Population aged 65+
74,461
107,104
Population aged under 15
52,256
70,746
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
30.5%
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
2,739
4,753
Deaths
3,685
5,834
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
50.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
537 /km²
2,854 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
323,026
533,411
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
0.3 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.6 /100k
59.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
156 /100k
413 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
575 /100k
1,701 /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)
550 m
312 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
3 days/yr