NUTS-3 DE913 · Germany
Population
129,5602025
GDP
€23,817M2023
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
206.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE913 · DE211
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt (66).
Strengths
Economic base (100) · Industrial base (100)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 31% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Flood: 31% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Wolfsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
65.5
69.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
32.8
44.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.7
71.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.0
25.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.0
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.4
48.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€183,831
€161,513
Population density
628 /km²
1,050 /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)
€21,755M
€20,829M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€11M
€13M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16,385M
€15,040M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€16,165M
€14,916M
GVA — construction (F)
€145M
€247M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,229M
€1,628M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
164,900 PPS
146,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€185,100
€164,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,342M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,903M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,988M
€176,106M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,653M
€2,072M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,331M
€1,828M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€20,598M
€19,836M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€194,311
€190,338
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,077M
€6,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,830
125,160
Self-employed persons
2,690
5,610
Employment in manufacturing (C)
71,080
46,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
67,400
79,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,487
4,348
Enterprise births
253
369
Enterprise deaths
233
383
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.1%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
13.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
626,058
652,502
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,843 kt
3,816 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
612
607
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
472
430
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
53
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
81,461
93,916
Population aged 65+
28,708
26,094
Population aged under 15
19,391
21,175
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
27.8%
Crude rate of total population change
1.6 /1k
11.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
11.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
10.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
1,074
1,453
Deaths
1,612
1,408
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
50.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
635 /km²
1,080 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
133,105
143,213
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.5 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.7%
11.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
81.2 /100k
48.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
954 /100k
196 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,493 /100k
1,271 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
35 /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)
63 m
368 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
81 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr