NUTS-3 DE911 · Germany
Population
252,9622025
GDP
€21,673M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
193.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE911 · DE118
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Heilbronn, Landkreis (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt (63). Contrarian pick: Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Industrial base (96)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Heilbronn, Landkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Heilbronn, 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
63.2
77.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.5
54.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.6
77.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.0
64.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.5% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€85,677
€77,107
Population density
1,306 /km²
321 /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)
€19,796M
€24,924M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€19M
€132M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,152M
€10,028M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,796M
€9,393M
GVA — construction (F)
€399M
€732M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,622M
€6,946M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
76,200 PPS
69,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€85,500
€77,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,342M
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,903M
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,988M
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€10,160M
€5,282M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,445M
€1,804M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,744M
€23,651M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€134,319
€154,827
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,530M
€6,036M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
173,540
185,550
Self-employed persons
9,850
14,280
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,050
63,430
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
6.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
138,400
199,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,798
12,421
Enterprise births
680
1,022
Enterprise deaths
689
1,059
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
7.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
5.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
4.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.1%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
11.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
713,198
880,413
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
636 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,072 kt
14,024 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
956
1,750
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
378
495
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
57
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)
167,215
225,816
Population aged 65+
54,662
73,890
Population aged under 15
31,085
54,171
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
32.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.5 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
10.2 /1k
Live births
2,041
3,110
Deaths
2,982
3,603
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.3%
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
1,319 /km²
322 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
292,231
347,560
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.5 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.7%
12.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
72.6 /100k
13.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
432 /100k
100 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,815 /100k
610 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /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)
75 m
277 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr