NUTS-3 DE263 · Germany
Population
133,2582025
GDP
€10,079M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
88.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE263 · DE944
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (60). Contrarian pick: Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Labour market (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 26) — Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Osnabrück, 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
59.9
60.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.5
59.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.6
48.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.0
42.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.7
70.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.0
34.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.8
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.1% 5y
8.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€75,638
€61,717
Population density
1,512 /km²
1,370 /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)
€9,207M
€9,361M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
€12M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€985M
€1,397M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€696M
€1,086M
GVA — construction (F)
€210M
€546M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,020M
€2,267M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,800
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
68,300 PPS
55,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€76,600
€61,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,277M
€31,047M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,933M
€2,687M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,752M
€59,034M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,466M
€2,283M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,517M
€2,857M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,669M
€8,529M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,799
€81,881
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,885M
€2,759M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,210
132,450
Self-employed persons
7,580
5,980
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,670
12,690
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
5.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
82,800
98,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,546
6,180
Enterprise births
397
621
Enterprise deaths
391
548
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
30.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
38.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.8%
8.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
20.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
7.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,041,065
488,025
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
623 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,316 kt
4,838 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
699
759
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
525
457
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
91,190
113,210
Population aged 65+
27,415
32,178
Population aged under 15
14,653
20,669
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
40.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.1%
28.4%
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.4 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
1,074
1,412
Deaths
1,484
1,749
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.1%
46.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.00
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
1,523 /km²
1,382 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
111,232
152,182
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.5%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
20.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,004 /100k
1,034 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
1.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.4 /100k
103 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
373 /100k
439 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,866 /100k
2,388 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
54 /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)
167 m
72 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
55 days/yr
44 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr