NUTS-3 DE734 · Germany
Population
231,0732025
GDP
€9,054M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,299.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE734 · AT223
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kassel, Landkreis (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Östliche Obersteiermark (42). Contrarian pick: Östliche Obersteiermark — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Industrial base (95) · Freight intensity (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kassel, Landkreis
Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 23) — Östliche Obersteiermark may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Kassel, Landkreis 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
55.7
42.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
22.5
43.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.9
51.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
89.0
32.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
82.3
31.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
66.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
35.8
23.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
3.2% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.6% 5y
2.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,181
€48,442
Population density
178 /km²
49 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,270M
€6,801M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€66M
€157M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,451M
€2,729M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,203M
€2,432M
GVA — construction (F)
€287M
€450M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,436M
€1,094M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,900
€30,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,000 PPS
42,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,300
€48,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,649M
€15,264M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,829M
€3,445M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,339M
€31,076M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,684M
€1,099M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,347M
€1,273M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,908M
€6,650M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,559
€110,928
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,908M
€1,930M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
100,780
74,200
Self-employed persons
8,870
7,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,940
21,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
11.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
5.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,100
75,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,251
7,681
Enterprise births
582
479
Enterprise deaths
642
425
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
5.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
3.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.6%
34.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
43.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.8%
23.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
10.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
94.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
681,344
709,455
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
642 /1k
626 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,795 kt
8,446 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,552
4
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
672
3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
19 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
1
63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
139,410
95,740
Population aged 65+
60,200
41,560
Population aged under 15
31,463
18,848
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
49.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
43.4%
Crude rate of total population change
1.4 /1k
-7.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
-0.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,713
1,035
Deaths
3,251
2,041
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
63.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
179 /km²
49 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
197,066
118,359
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.0%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
723 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
954 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.5 /100k
12.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
272 /100k
348 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
656 /100k
731 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
256 m
693 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
104 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
6 days/yr