NUTS-3 DE736 · Germany
Population
155,1262025
GDP
€7,380M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,836.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE736 · DE11B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Main-Tauber-Kreis (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Waldeck-Frankenberg (56). Contrarian pick: Waldeck-Frankenberg — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Industrial base (88) · Labour market (85)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Main-Tauber-Kreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Waldeck-Frankenberg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Waldeck-Frankenberg · Manufacturing → Main-Tauber-Kreis · Office → Main-Tauber-Kreis · Residential → Main-Tauber-Kreis.
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
56.3
60.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.3
61.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.2
77.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
93.0
82.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
80.3
60.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.8
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.8
42.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.2% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
3.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,574
€49,581
Population density
84 /km²
102 /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)
€6,741M
€6,031M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€99M
€101M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,076M
€2,032M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,865M
€1,818M
GVA — construction (F)
€372M
€360M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,189M
€1,111M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,900
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,400 PPS
44,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
€49,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€11,649M
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,829M
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,339M
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,335M
€1,170M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,670M
€1,257M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,446M
€5,723M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,621
€91,000
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,555M
€1,461M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,590
76,390
Self-employed persons
7,490
6,080
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,640
22,280
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.7%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
80,600
72,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,474
4,705
Enterprise births
437
385
Enterprise deaths
464
371
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
7.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
5.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
4.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.6%
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.8%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.2%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.8%
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.0%
11.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,047,581
602,463
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
642 /1k
636 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,602 kt
4,545 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,958
1,068
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,262
802
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
95
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)
95,967
82,036
Population aged 65+
38,168
32,742
Population aged under 15
20,991
18,391
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
39.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.0 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
12.4 /1k
Live births
1,226
1,089
Deaths
2,163
1,647
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.6%
62.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
102 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
144,751
133,115
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.0%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
12.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
227 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
11.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
185 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
772 /100k
750 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
27 /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)
347 m
338 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
67 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr