NUTS-3 DE246 · Germany
Population
103,2152025
GDP
€2,973M2023
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
1,276.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE246 · DE247
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bayreuth, Landkreis (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Coburg, Landkreis (38). Contrarian pick: Coburg, Landkreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Industrial base (92) · Labour market (88)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Bayreuth, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Coburg, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bayreuth, Landkreis · Manufacturing → Coburg, Landkreis · Office → Bayreuth, Landkreis · Residential → Coburg, Landkreis.
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
42.4
37.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.0
35.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.4
61.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.0
55.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
31.0
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.2
17.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.7% 5y
0.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,804
€34,123
Population density
81 /km²
142 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 80 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,716M
€2,633M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€107M
€55M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€715M
€956M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€579M
€863M
GVA — construction (F)
€182M
€158M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€481M
€447M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,100
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,700 PPS
30,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,800
€34,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,094M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,882M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,035M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€747M
€613M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€484M
€405M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,534M
€2,457M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,502
€84,814
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€842M
€816M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
35,400
35,810
Self-employed persons
4,630
3,420
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,150
12,610
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
82.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
56,000
45,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,683
2,752
Enterprise births
236
182
Enterprise deaths
285
226
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.1%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.8%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.7%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
614,435
133,561
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
671 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,035
610
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,709 kt
3,086 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,003
722
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
63,854
51,909
Population aged 65+
25,318
21,161
Population aged under 15
14,043
11,398
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.6%
40.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.8 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
13.5 /1k
Live births
764
645
Deaths
1,314
1,141
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
81 /km²
143 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
92,397
77,043
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.3%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,117 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
230 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
8.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
68.8 /100k
105 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
397 /100k
569 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
37 /M
37 /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)
540 m
366 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr