NUTS-3 DE25A · Germany
Population
101,0432025
GDP
€3,902M2023
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
1,273.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE25A · DE234
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Amberg-Sulzbach (48). Contrarian pick: Amberg-Sulzbach — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Labour market (86) · Freight intensity (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Amberg-Sulzbach may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Amberg-Sulzbach · Manufacturing → Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim · Office → Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim · Residential → Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim.
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
54.5
48.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.5
69.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.1
72.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
74.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.7
73.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
37.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
0.8% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
14.3% 5y
3.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,614
€34,848
Population density
79 /km²
83 /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)
€3,564M
€3,310M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€117M
€107M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€885M
€879M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€717M
€711M
GVA — construction (F)
€242M
€270M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€608M
€536M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€29,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
31,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
€34,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€14,986M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€3,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€31,166M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€971M
€864M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€741M
€653M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,380M
€3,093M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,914
€90,374
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€840M
€914M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,750
41,780
Self-employed persons
4,970
4,450
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,140
9,450
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
83.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
54,000
57,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,172
3,543
Enterprise births
280
245
Enterprise deaths
346
263
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
32.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
40.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
7.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
465,402
297,833
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
670 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,854 kt
6,087 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
617
1,433
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
611
1,378
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
46
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
63,211
65,212
Population aged 65+
23,189
24,247
Population aged under 15
14,643
14,523
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
37.2%
Crude rate of total population change
0.6 /1k
-1.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
12.3 /1k
Live births
826
933
Deaths
1,229
1,280
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
59.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
1.66
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
83 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
100,695
106,049
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
14.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
1,096 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.9 /100k
4.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
69.3 /100k
74.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
487 /100k
297 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
38 /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)
374 m
444 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr