NUTS-3 DE926 · Germany
Population
65,5812025
GDP
€2,801M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
694.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE926 · DE403
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Holzminden (Opportunity 40). Runner-up: Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt (35). Contrarian pick: Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 76).
Strengths
Economic base (76) · Labour market (70)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Holzminden
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 23) — Frankfurt (Oder), Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Holzminden 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
40.3
34.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
27.8
24.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.4
46.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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28.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.3
50.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
22.6
30.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
7.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,706
€46,045
Population density
94 /km²
389 /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)
€2,558M
€2,402M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€56M
€10M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,144M
€176M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,065M
€79M
GVA — construction (F)
€117M
€139M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€309M
€405M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,700 PPS
41,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,300
€46,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,132M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,692M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€55,013M
€47,281M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€431M
€511M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€501M
€1,162M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,399M
€2,109M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,355
€73,651
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€809M
€644M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,700
37,680
Self-employed persons
3,320
2,720
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,100
950
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.9%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,500
28,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,022
1,809
Enterprise births
143
108
Enterprise deaths
181
157
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.2%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.5%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.0%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.5%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
39.9%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.7%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
7.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
196,571
129,881
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
584 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,486 kt
711 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
439
317
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
669
555
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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28 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
68
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)
39,164
34,235
Population aged 65+
17,884
16,228
Population aged under 15
8,533
6,644
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
49.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.7%
47.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.7 /1k
0.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
10.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
5.4 /1k
Crude death rate
17.1 /1k
15.3 /1k
Live births
478
307
Deaths
1,126
874
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.5%
66.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.50
1.08
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
396 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,191
32,622
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.9%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.4%
14.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,044 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
3.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.7 /100k
140 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
228 /100k
578 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
825 /100k
1,957 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
45 /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)
299 m
93 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr