NUTS-3 DE235 · Germany
Population
128,5342025
GDP
€6,366M2023
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
1,526.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE235 · DE938
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cham (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Heidekreis (53). Contrarian pick: Heidekreis — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 96).
Why you might not pick Cham
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 16) — Heidekreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Heidekreis · Manufacturing → Cham · Office → Heidekreis · Residential → Heidekreis.
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
55.5
52.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.5
62.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
75.9
57.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
93.0
70.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.0
67.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
30.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.2
47.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
4.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€49,528
€42,857
Population density
84 /km²
75 /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)
€5,815M
€5,532M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€130M
€189M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,050M
€906M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,917M
€662M
GVA — construction (F)
€669M
€377M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€783M
€1,363M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,200
€28,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,400 PPS
37,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,800
€42,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,986M
€16,211M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,348M
€1,023M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,166M
€31,011M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,148M
€946M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,036M
€1,752M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,434M
€5,107M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,780
€86,228
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,606M
€1,589M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,340
75,160
Self-employed persons
7,730
7,220
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,130
9,890
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
80.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
71,500
71,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,552
4,715
Enterprise births
337
387
Enterprise deaths
382
395
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.7%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.3%
30.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
8.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
8.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,482,222
2,965,562
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
670 /1k
653 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,466
1,091
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,914 kt
6,803 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,141
772
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
107
50
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
80,676
88,021
Population aged 65+
30,448
33,668
Population aged under 15
17,410
19,632
Median age of population
47.3 yrs
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
38.2%
Crude rate of total population change
2.4 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
14.0 /1k
Live births
1,035
1,185
Deaths
1,554
1,979
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
75 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
128,163
161,254
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.8%
20.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.6%
14.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,096 /100k
1,033 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
234 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.9 /100k
39.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
87.3 /100k
461 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
438 /100k
1,143 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
41 /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)
391 m
51 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
49 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr