NUTS-3 DE715 · Germany
Population
274,1692025
GDP
€9,762M2023
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
715.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE715 · DEF0F
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bergstraße (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Stormarn (58). Contrarian pick: Stormarn — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 74).
Strengths
Connectivity (71) · Quality of life (68)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
#2Stormarn
Strengths
Connectivity (74) · Industrial base (67)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 12 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Bergstraße
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Stormarn may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Stormarn · Manufacturing → Stormarn · Office → Bergstraße · Residential → Bergstraße.
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
65.0
58.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.5
60.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.3
61.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
67.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.7
74.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.8
41.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.9% 5y
10.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,604
€42,339
Population density
383 /km²
323 /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)
€8,916M
€9,551M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€60M
€74M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,284M
€2,234M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,916M
€2,042M
GVA — construction (F)
€662M
€595M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,870M
€2,696M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,800 PPS
37,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,600
€42,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,247M
€2,203M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,794M
€1,749M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,691M
€8,660M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,522
€92,152
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,900M
€2,349M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,290
121,690
Self-employed persons
12,400
12,250
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,740
20,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
137,800
127,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,313
10,693
Enterprise births
963
917
Enterprise deaths
1,017
986
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
596,852
368,785
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,885 kt
6,266 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,382
1,588
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
504
643
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
23
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
170,496
151,881
Population aged 65+
64,975
59,274
Population aged under 15
38,698
35,819
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
39.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
3.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
12.5 /1k
Live births
2,169
1,747
Deaths
3,333
3,088
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.8%
62.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
386 /km²
323 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,274
203,824
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.8 /100k
28.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
158 /100k
305 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
571 /100k
1,088 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
29 /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
41 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr