NUTS-3 DE244 · Germany
Population
46,7782025
GDP
€2,440M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
58.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE244 · DEG05
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 39). Runner-up: Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt (38). Contrarian pick: Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 63).
Strengths
Labour market (67) · Connectivity (63)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Hof, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 19) — Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Hof, 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
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
39.2
38.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
57.8
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.5
50.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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50.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
31.0
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
26.2
38.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.7% 5y
10.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€52,166
€36,934
Population density
799 /km²
785 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,229M
€2,225M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€303M
€268M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€228M
€209M
GVA — construction (F)
€55M
€66M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€533M
€323M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,900 PPS
33,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,700
€37,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,094M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,882M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,035M
€42,299M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€474M
€546M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€859M
€1,020M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,080M
€2,057M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€75,641
€130,668
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€691M
€469M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,990
34,940
Self-employed persons
2,370
3,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,530
2,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,600
33,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,650
2,396
Enterprise births
107
150
Enterprise deaths
106
211
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.1%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.7%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
135,680
758,113
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,604 kt
371 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
435
294
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
930
446
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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32 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
26
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)
29,228
41,065
Population aged 65+
11,133
16,294
Population aged under 15
6,417
8,595
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.5 /1k
13.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude death rate
14.6 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
390
386
Deaths
681
838
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.0%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
0.97
Population density (persons per km²)
818 /km²
783 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
40,229
60,666
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.3%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
17.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,117 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.9 /100k
58.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
536 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,398 /100k
1,853 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
37 /M
46 /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)
552 m
224 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
61 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr