NUTS-3 DE403 · Germany
Population
57,1072025
GDP
€2,630M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
146.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE403 · DE926
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Holzminden (Opportunity 40). Runner-up: Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt (35). Contrarian pick: Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 76).
Strengths
Economic base (76) · Labour market (70)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Holzminden
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 23) — Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Holzminden 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
34.6
40.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
24.5
27.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.7
57.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.0
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
27.0
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.8
22.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.0% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,045
€42,706
Population density
389 /km²
94 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,402M
€2,558M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
€56M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€176M
€1,144M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€79M
€1,065M
GVA — construction (F)
€139M
€117M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€405M
€309M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,000
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,300 PPS
37,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,300
€42,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€23,042M
€29,132M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,607M
€2,692M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€47,281M
€55,013M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€511M
€431M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,162M
€501M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,109M
€2,399M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€73,651
€91,355
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€644M
€809M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
37,680
32,700
Self-employed persons
2,720
3,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
950
10,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
7.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
28,300
32,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,809
2,022
Enterprise births
108
143
Enterprise deaths
157
181
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.1%
4.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
2.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.2%
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
39.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.9%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.6%
10.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
129,881
196,571
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
711 kt
3,486 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
317
439
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
669
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
34,235
39,164
Population aged 65+
16,228
17,884
Population aged under 15
6,644
8,533
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.4%
45.7%
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
-7.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
17.1 /1k
Live births
307
478
Deaths
874
1,126
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.8%
67.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
396 /km²
95 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
32,622
61,191
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.0 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.7%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,113 /100k
1,044 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
140 /100k
19.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
578 /100k
228 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,957 /100k
825 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
45 /M
42 /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)
93 m
299 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr