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DE933 · DEA29

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NUTS-3 DE933 · Germany

Harburg

Population

265,8642025

GDP

€7,998M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

81.7%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,251.8 km²

NUTS-3 DEA29 · Germany

Heinsberg

Population

263,6812025

GDP

€8,373M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.9%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

622.4 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Heinsberg (Opportunity 67). Runner-up: Harburg (59). Contrarian pick: Harburg — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 72).

#1Heinsberg

Strengths

Connectivity (83) · Resilience (75)

No red flags

#2Harburg

Strengths

Resilience (72) · Labour market (72)

Red flags

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Heinsberg

Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 24) — Harburg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Heinsberg 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

59.4

66.9

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

72.3

75.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

51.7

60.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

71.7

83.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

30.8

70.3

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

65.8

57.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

0.5% 5y

0.6% 5y

Population

0.9% 5y

0.6% 5y

Unemployment rate

0.6% 5y

4.0% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€30,082

€31,753

Population density

212 /km²

424 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€7,305M

€7,648M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€142M

€146M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€685M

€1,551M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€506M

€1,215M

GVA — construction (F)

€691M

€648M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€2,187M

€1,421M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€28,400

€28,000

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

27,000 PPS

28,500 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€30,300

€32,000

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€16,211M

€34,670M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€1,023M

€6,008M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€31,011M

€125,036M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€1,992M

€1,925M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€1,608M

€1,956M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€6,744M

€7,154M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€81,587

€79,473

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€2,099M

€1,278M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

104,890

111,420

Self-employed persons

13,630

10,560

Employment in manufacturing (C)

7,470

16,860

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

80.2%

78.8%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

—

6.8%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.3%

3.9%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

134,700

136,000

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

10,445

9,669

Enterprise births

937

794

Enterprise deaths

943

864

3-year enterprise survival rate

3.8%

3.7%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.0%

4.0%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

3.5%

6.3%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.5%

2.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

31.6%

38.8%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

30.9%

46.1%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

8.3%

11.3%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

21.1%

27.8%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

8.4%

10.5%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

751,893

259,236

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

653 /1k

585 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

8,694 kt

7,905 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,785

1,968

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

671

746

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

166,299

166,095

Population aged 65+

61,436

60,073

Population aged under 15

38,129

37,513

Median age of population

47.4 yrs

46.6 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

36.9%

36.2%

Crude rate of total population change

4.1 /1k

5.8 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

7.6 /1k

10.2 /1k

Crude birth rate

7.9 /1k

8.1 /1k

Crude death rate

11.4 /1k

12.4 /1k

Live births

2,102

2,117

Deaths

3,028

3,257

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

59.9%

58.8%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.53

1.45

Population density (persons per km²)

214 /km²

420 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

220,668

250,528

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

20.1%

23.7%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

80.7 yrs

81.3 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

14.4%

17.0%

Health

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,033 /100k

1,020 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

242 /100k

240 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

1.5 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

42.7 /100k

23.3 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

297 /100k

225 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

973 /100k

980 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

41 /M

27 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.78

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.56

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.58

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.82

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.53

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.161/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.055/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

47 m

48 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

5 days/yr

9 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

48 days/yr

36 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

3 days/yr

2 days/yr