NUTS-3 DE253 · Germany
Population
132,0362025
GDP
€6,213M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
62.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE253 · DE226
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Kelheim (52). Contrarian pick: Kelheim — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Labour market (86) · Economic base (77)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Kelheim may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kelheim · Manufacturing → Kelheim · Office → Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
59.1
51.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
57.0
60.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.4
60.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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72.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.7
61.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.8
43.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.5% 5y
3.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,055
€41,260
Population density
2,112 /km²
118 /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)
€5,675M
€4,750M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
€146M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,224M
€1,655M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,095M
€1,515M
GVA — construction (F)
€188M
€427M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,255M
€642M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,100 PPS
37,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,300
€41,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,612M
€1,013M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,386M
€867M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,383M
€4,316M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€99,512
€94,649
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,337M
€1,304M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
65,640
57,640
Self-employed persons
5,720
6,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,040
14,290
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
83.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
75,100
70,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,909
4,983
Enterprise births
433
380
Enterprise deaths
450
380
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
3.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
325,604
605,346
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
681 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,194 kt
5,320 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
511
642
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
387
509
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
51
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)
88,043
81,344
Population aged 65+
26,002
25,784
Population aged under 15
17,991
18,909
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.5%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.3 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
10.4 /1k
Live births
1,153
1,107
Deaths
1,398
1,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.0%
54.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
2,093 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
124,789
139,156
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.0 /100k
14.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
301 /100k
99.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,038 /100k
435 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /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)
305 m
407 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr