NUTS-3 DE238 · Germany
Population
196,2132025
GDP
€6,503M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,390.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE238 · DEA19
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Regensburg, Landkreis (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt (54). Contrarian pick: Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 77).
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Resilience (67)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Regensburg, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 16) — Solingen, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Regensburg, Landkreis leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
55.4
54.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
64.8
67.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.6
48.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
65.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.0
77.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.0
36.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,141
€33,537
Population density
141 /km²
1,804 /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)
€5,940M
€5,074M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€141M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,564M
€1,175M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,398M
€996M
GVA — construction (F)
€539M
€185M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,170M
€1,058M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,200
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,100 PPS
29,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,700
€33,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,986M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,348M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€31,166M
€145,544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,620M
€1,315M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€906M
€1,337M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,551M
€4,671M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,437
€81,288
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,641M
€870M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,310
72,110
Self-employed persons
8,330
6,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,210
15,150
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
110,100
83,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,051
6,539
Enterprise births
593
496
Enterprise deaths
545
549
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.9%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.7%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.3%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.3%
8.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
316,041
96,374
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
670 /1k
567 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,986 kt
1,616 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,881
689
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
959
416
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
124,234
105,406
Population aged 65+
42,488
36,963
Population aged under 15
29,491
23,257
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
46.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.2%
35.1%
Crude rate of total population change
12.4 /1k
-2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.4 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
12.9 /1k
Live births
1,737
1,298
Deaths
1,947
2,139
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.9%
57.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
141 /km²
1,843 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
190,596
155,390
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.8%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.6%
16.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,096 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
234 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.6 /100k
69.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.3 /100k
288 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
393 /100k
1,220 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
22 /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)
324 m
188 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
43 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
6 days/yr