NUTS-3 DE714 · Germany
Population
288,8502025
GDP
€21,087M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
204.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE714 · DEA41
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt (63). Contrarian pick: Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 78).
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Connectivity (81)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Wiesbaden, 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
72.7
62.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
62.0
51.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.1
54.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
38.3
45.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
81.3
64.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
36.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
39.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.6% 5y
5.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€73,004
€54,443
Population density
1,415 /km²
1,273 /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)
€19,261M
€16,490M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
€16M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,677M
€2,696M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,263M
€2,172M
GVA — construction (F)
€549M
€556M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,761M
€3,811M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
65,700 PPS
48,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€73,700
€54,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€18,145M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€5,057M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€52,413M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,584M
€4,091M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,678M
€5,320M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,774M
€15,215M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€112,792
€85,362
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,105M
€3,456M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
198,980
222,640
Self-employed persons
14,320
14,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,300
26,550
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
153,700
188,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,539
11,744
Enterprise births
1,217
946
Enterprise deaths
1,260
973
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
33.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
8.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,175,855
572,732
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
632 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,203 kt
7,272 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,702
1,455
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
589
439
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
190,168
216,817
Population aged 65+
57,472
67,444
Population aged under 15
41,210
47,344
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
31.1%
Crude rate of total population change
5.6 /1k
0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.5 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.4 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
11.3 /1k
Live births
2,705
3,108
Deaths
2,967
3,761
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.9%
52.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
1,448 /km²
1,280 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
301,971
349,734
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
16.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
1,001 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.1 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
97.1 /100k
108 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
424 /100k
407 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,753 /100k
2,106 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
38 /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)
112 m
112 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
46 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr