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
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,273.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE25A · DE27A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Lindau (Bodensee) (53). Contrarian pick: Lindau (Bodensee) — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Labour market (86) · Freight intensity (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (95) · Labour market (93)
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) — Lindau (Bodensee) may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim 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
54.5
52.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.5
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.1
72.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
74.0
60.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.7
83.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
36.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
14.3% 5y
6.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,614
€47,207
Population density
79 /km²
225 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,564M
€3,554M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€117M
€44M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€885M
€1,370M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€717M
€1,303M
GVA — construction (F)
€242M
€192M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€608M
€474M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,000
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
42,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
€47,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€21,016M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,272M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,755M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€971M
€824M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€741M
€650M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,380M
€3,320M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,914
€90,853
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€840M
€885M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,750
44,810
Self-employed persons
4,970
4,810
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,140
13,960
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.9%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
54,000
46,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,172
3,898
Enterprise births
280
285
Enterprise deaths
346
314
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.5%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.6%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.3%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
9.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
465,402
1,454,816
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
594 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,854 kt
1,305 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
617
955
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
611
1,159
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
29
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)
63,211
51,305
Population aged 65+
23,189
19,432
Population aged under 15
14,643
11,674
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
37.9%
Crude rate of total population change
0.6 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
826
704
Deaths
1,229
1,043
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
290 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
100,695
78,411
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.6%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
11.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,065 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
225 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.9 /100k
13.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
69.3 /100k
80.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
487 /100k
647 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
39 /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
765 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
107 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
19 days/yr