NUTS-3 DE26C · Germany
Population
162,2162025
GDP
€5,730M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
965.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE26C · DE25B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Roth (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Würzburg, Landkreis (55). Contrarian pick: Würzburg, Landkreis — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Freight intensity (92) · Labour market (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Roth
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Würzburg, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Roth 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
55.1
58.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.0
69.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.8
72.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.3
77.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.4
59.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.2% 5y
13.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,321
€38,846
Population density
168 /km²
143 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 80 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,234M
€4,564M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€121M
€67M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€893M
€1,228M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€749M
€1,076M
GVA — construction (F)
€326M
€373M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,411M
€820M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€29,800
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,800 PPS
34,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,700
€39,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,277M
€21,016M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,933M
€3,272M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,752M
€54,755M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,596M
€1,186M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€887M
€890M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,928M
€4,329M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,283
€91,384
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,072M
€1,075M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,790
57,490
Self-employed persons
6,870
6,160
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,270
13,590
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.6%
82.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
90,500
68,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,872
5,289
Enterprise births
427
353
Enterprise deaths
497
416
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
6.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.8%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
25.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
11.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
467,306
394,019
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
594 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
890
1,144
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,092 kt
5,564 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
549
889
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
90
34
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)
99,756
80,286
Population aged 65+
38,573
29,556
Population aged under 15
23,887
18,790
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
36.8%
Crude rate of total population change
8.3 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.4 /1k
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
11.4 /1k
Live births
1,346
1,023
Deaths
1,532
1,464
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
60.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
167 /km²
144 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
154,366
123,927
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.5%
18.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.2%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,004 /100k
1,065 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
225 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
11.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
60.3 /100k
76.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
328 /100k
368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
33 /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)
379 m
401 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
74 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr