NUTS-3 DE918 · Germany
Population
125,6232025
GDP
€4,447M2023
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
1,268.3 km²
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Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Northeim (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Ilm-Kreis (44). Contrarian pick: Ilm-Kreis — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 95).
Why you might not pick Northeim
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 30) — Ilm-Kreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ilm-Kreis · Manufacturing → Ilm-Kreis · Office → Northeim · Residential → Northeim.
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
45.8
44.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.0
35.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.2
50.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
89.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
62.7
68.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
54.5
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.0
47.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
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Population
1.0% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.4% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,399
€36,986
Population density
99 /km²
133 /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)
€4,062M
€3,603M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€231M
€92M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,039M
€1,383M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€896M
€1,289M
GVA — construction (F)
€200M
€178M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€686M
€543M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,800
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,300 PPS
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,200
€36,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€22,342M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,903M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,988M
€42,299M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€854M
€557M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,051M
€850M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,846M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,127
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,135M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
62,830
51,380
Self-employed persons
6,490
4,490
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,700
16,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.6%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
62,500
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,956
3,481
Enterprise births
304
188
Enterprise deaths
292
249
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.9%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.0%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.9%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.1%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.8%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.8%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
304,976
369,211
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
568 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
758
641
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,492 kt
3,755 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
603
601
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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32 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
27
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)
75,552
64,172
Population aged 65+
34,000
29,398
Population aged under 15
16,071
13,087
Median age of population
50.8 yrs
49.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.0%
45.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.5 /1k
-3.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude death rate
15.9 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
913
541
Deaths
2,000
1,548
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.3%
66.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
134 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
113,534
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.5 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.7%
17.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.0 /100k
22.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
279 /100k
520 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
880 /100k
1,195 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
46 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
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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)
130 m
443 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
76 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr