NUTS-3 DE233 · Germany
Population
42,4442025
GDP
€2,922M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
70.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE233 · DE223
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt (40).
Why you might not pick Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 15) — Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Weiden i. d. Opf, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
39.8
45.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.3
63.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.8
59.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
33.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.7
50.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.2
42.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.2% 5y
8.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€68,834
€65,918
Population density
598 /km²
729 /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)
€2,669M
€2,950M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
€11M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€388M
€556M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€319M
€460M
GVA — construction (F)
€109M
€101M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€748M
€731M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,200
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,500 PPS
60,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€69,000
€68,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,986M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,348M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,166M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€600M
€626M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€817M
€927M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,494M
€2,681M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,775
€81,221
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€737M
€810M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,650
41,720
Self-employed persons
2,430
2,670
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,640
5,480
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
83.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
24,000
27,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,835
2,031
Enterprise births
116
165
Enterprise deaths
117
137
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.7%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.3%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
76,287
112,207
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
670 /1k
681 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,547 kt
2,874 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
285
272
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
672
555
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
80
84
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)
27,113
32,220
Population aged 65+
10,005
10,788
Population aged under 15
5,326
5,994
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
33.5%
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
30.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
35.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
12.9 /1k
Live births
377
395
Deaths
589
624
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
52.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
598 /km²
743 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
37,962
44,791
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.8%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.6%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,096 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
234 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
7.1 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.3 /100k
58.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
186 /100k
259 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,164 /100k
1,342 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
47 /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)
390 m
322 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
87 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr