NUTS-3 DE266 · Germany
Population
79,3752025
GDP
€4,067M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,021.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE266 · DE27A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lindau (Bodensee) (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Rhön-Grabfeld (51). Contrarian pick: Rhön-Grabfeld — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 84).
Strengths
Industrial base (95) · Labour market (93)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Industrial base (90) · Economic base (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lindau (Bodensee)
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Rhön-Grabfeld may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Rhön-Grabfeld · Manufacturing → Rhön-Grabfeld · Office → Lindau (Bodensee) · Residential → Lindau (Bodensee).
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
50.6
52.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.0
53.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.1
72.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
60.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
49.0
83.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.0
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.2
36.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.6% 5y
6.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€51,238
€47,207
Population density
78 /km²
225 /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)
€3,715M
€3,554M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€74M
€44M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,279M
€1,370M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,160M
€1,303M
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
€192M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€717M
€474M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,800
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,700 PPS
42,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
€47,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,277M
€20,600M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,933M
€3,395M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,752M
€49,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€684M
€824M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€734M
€650M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,498M
€3,320M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,047
€90,853
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€761M
€885M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,820
44,810
Self-employed persons
3,750
4,810
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,370
13,960
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
83.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
4.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
44,200
46,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,736
3,898
Enterprise births
193
285
Enterprise deaths
226
314
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
38.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.8%
7.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
22.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
9.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
602,155
1,454,816
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
639 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,498 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.
374
955
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
471
1,159
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
86
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)
48,720
51,305
Population aged 65+
19,545
19,432
Population aged under 15
11,110
11,674
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
37.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
637
704
Deaths
963
1,043
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.9%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.57
Population density (persons per km²)
78 /km²
290 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
74,096
78,411
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.5%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
11.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,004 /100k
989 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.8 /100k
13.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
80.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
575 /100k
647 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /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)
329 m
765 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
107 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
19 days/yr