NUTS-3 DE724 · Germany
Population
242,8052025
GDP
€11,922M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,268.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE724 · DE404
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Marburg-Biedenkopf (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt (57). Contrarian pick: Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 85).
Strengths
Economic base (85) · Labour market (70)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Marburg-Biedenkopf
Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 36) — Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Marburg-Biedenkopf 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
66.2
56.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.5
50.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.8
52.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
47.0
40.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
62.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.0
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.0
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€49,099
€51,693
Population density
191 /km²
988 /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)
€10,889M
€8,723M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
€9M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,156M
€437M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,823M
€100M
GVA — construction (F)
€381M
€240M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,199M
€1,516M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,800 PPS
46,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,100
€52,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,597M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,976M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€25,139M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,308M
€2,626M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,796M
€3,896M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,366M
€7,660M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,307
€85,288
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,844M
€2,338M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
132,440
118,200
Self-employed persons
9,800
8,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,430
2,390
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
136,400
99,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,561
6,943
Enterprise births
641
648
Enterprise deaths
659
646
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.6%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.5%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.6%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.4%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
538,147
1,318,350
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
641 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,943 kt
2,477 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,844
735
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
760
398
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
28 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
78
33
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)
158,742
120,046
Population aged 65+
51,600
37,970
Population aged under 15
32,463
26,738
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
42.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
31.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
1,916
1,427
Deaths
2,771
1,859
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.0%
53.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
193 /km²
1,079 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
238,435
172,216
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.4%
14.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,062 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.3 /100k
48.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
184 /100k
370 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
981 /100k
1,266 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
45 /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)
185 m
43 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr