NUTS-3 DE71B · Germany
Population
93,8462025
GDP
€3,041M2023
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
625.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE71B · DE91B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Odenwaldkreis (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Wolfenbüttel (45).
Strengths
Industrial base (84) · Connectivity (80)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Odenwaldkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Wolfenbüttel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Wolfenbüttel · Manufacturing → Odenwaldkreis · Office → Odenwaldkreis · Residential → Odenwaldkreis.
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
49.3
44.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.5
51.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.9
54.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
66.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.3
53.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
62.8
54.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
26.4
44.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.2% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,406
€26,313
Population density
150 /km²
164 /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)
€2,778M
€2,843M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€28M
€103M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€857M
€637M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€770M
€483M
GVA — construction (F)
€179M
€175M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€364M
€371M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,100
€26,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,700 PPS
23,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,200
€26,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€49,287M
€22,342M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,586M
€7,903M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€137,102M
€43,988M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€743M
€666M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€607M
€891M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,708M
€2,692M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,873
€86,731
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€592M
€794M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
39,530
38,590
Self-employed persons
4,190
4,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,230
4,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.6%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.3%
6.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
46,100
60,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,625
3,060
Enterprise births
286
263
Enterprise deaths
348
316
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.4%
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.5%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.9%
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
38.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.5%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
10.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
323,532
97,364
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
640 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,145 kt
3,209 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,591
695
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,695
588
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
76
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)
57,082
72,494
Population aged 65+
24,158
29,729
Population aged under 15
12,606
16,067
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.3%
41.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.3 /1k
-2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
13.4 /1k
Live births
728
839
Deaths
1,313
1,588
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.4%
63.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
151 /km²
164 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
94,989
102,526
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.1%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
80.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
16.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
974 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
229 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
16.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
84.9 /100k
222 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
400 /100k
921 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
31 /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)
403 m
153 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
59 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr