NUTS-3 DE226 · Germany
Population
126,0372025
GDP
€5,200M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,064.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE226 · DE275
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Aichach-Friedberg (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Kelheim (52). Contrarian pick: Kelheim — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Labour market (93) · Freight intensity (80)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Aichach-Friedberg
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Kelheim may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kelheim · Manufacturing → Kelheim · Office → Aichach-Friedberg · Residential → Kelheim.
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
51.7
56.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.3
75.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.9
68.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
72.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.3
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
22.8
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.8
46.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
11.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,260
€35,217
Population density
118 /km²
176 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,750M
€4,401M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€146M
€110M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,655M
€1,018M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,515M
€897M
GVA — construction (F)
€427M
€383M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€642M
€950M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,300
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,000 PPS
31,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,600
€35,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€15,377M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,308M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,040M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,013M
€1,164M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€867M
€776M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,316M
€4,111M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,649
€90,173
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,304M
€1,096M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,640
55,920
Self-employed persons
6,060
6,890
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,290
11,940
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.5%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
70,400
77,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,983
6,150
Enterprise births
380
459
Enterprise deaths
380
506
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.3%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.2%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
9.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
605,346
167,123
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
681 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,320 kt
6,096 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
642
818
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
509
598
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
54
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,344
86,125
Population aged 65+
25,784
29,375
Population aged under 15
18,909
21,303
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.7%
34.1%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
1,107
1,179
Deaths
1,313
1,327
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.9%
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
119 /km²
176 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
139,156
134,433
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
11.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,108 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.3 /100k
9.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.5 /100k
97.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
435 /100k
422 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
39 /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)
407 m
463 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
80 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr