NUTS-3 DE242 · Germany
Population
72,9402025
GDP
€5,770M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
66 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE242 · DE222
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt (41). Contrarian pick: Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 19) — Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
46.1
40.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.8
52.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
63.2
57.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
43.0
21.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.0
59.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
31.0
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
25.2
26.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
6.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€79,099
€79,757
Population density
1,104 /km²
739 /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)
€5,270M
€3,864M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,164M
€675M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€760M
€604M
GVA — construction (F)
€236M
€274M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€781M
€865M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
70,500 PPS
71,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€79,200
€80,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,094M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,882M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,035M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,014M
€847M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,067M
€1,199M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,918M
€3,511M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,183
€79,097
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,634M
€1,060M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,680
56,100
Self-employed persons
4,070
3,390
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,540
7,340
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
83.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
42,400
30,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,818
2,574
Enterprise births
220
193
Enterprise deaths
202
185
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.1%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.7%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
429,802
480,582
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
681 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,818 kt
1,048 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
444
487
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
609
918
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
48,372
34,972
Population aged 65+
16,458
11,862
Population aged under 15
8,110
6,205
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
12.3 /1k
Live births
514
428
Deaths
919
649
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.8%
51.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
1.17
Population density (persons per km²)
1,090 /km²
815 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
59,074
45,044
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.3%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,117 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.9 /100k
30.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
155 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,212 /100k
1,278 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
37 /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)
351 m
345 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
79 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr