NUTS-3 DE274 · Germany
Population
44,1922025
GDP
€3,183M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
72.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE274 · DE223
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt (46).
Strengths
Economic base (95) · Freight intensity (94)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Memmingen, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Straubing, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Memmingen, 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
48.3
45.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.0
63.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.8
59.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
81.3
50.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
40.5
22.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.2
42.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
8.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€72,023
€65,918
Population density
612 /km²
729 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,907M
€2,950M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€37M
€11M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€950M
€556M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€899M
€460M
GVA — construction (F)
€214M
€101M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€503M
€731M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€29,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
64,600 PPS
60,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,500
€68,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,600M
€15,377M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,395M
€3,308M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,117M
€31,040M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€594M
€626M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€611M
€927M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,716M
€2,681M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,149
€81,221
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€724M
€810M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,660
41,720
Self-employed persons
2,350
2,670
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,210
5,480
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
83.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.4%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
25,000
27,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,897
2,031
Enterprise births
136
165
Enterprise deaths
140
137
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.1%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.8%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.1%
6.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
200,082
112,207
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
639 /1k
681 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,621 kt
2,874 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
244
272
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
552
555
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
84
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
27,804
32,220
Population aged 65+
9,911
10,788
Population aged under 15
6,477
5,994
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
33.5%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
30.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
35.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
12.9 /1k
Live births
431
395
Deaths
522
624
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
52.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
630 /km²
743 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
43,666
44,791
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.5%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.4%
12.3%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
989 /100k
1,108 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
211 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.2 /100k
58.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
186 /100k
259 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,017 /100k
1,342 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
47 /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)
605 m
322 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
87 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
3 days/yr