NUTS-3 DE942 · Germany
Population
49,2022025
GDP
€4,106M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
112.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE942 · DE251
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt (45). Contrarian pick: Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Economic base (96) · Labour market (86)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Emden, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Ansbach, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
45.4
49.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
26.0
38.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.0
66.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
69.0
41.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.3
72.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.4
39.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.7% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€83,444
€75,810
Population density
438 /km²
405 /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)
€3,750M
€2,821M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€21M
€8M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,824M
€699M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,670M
€651M
GVA — construction (F)
€104M
€50M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€600M
€403M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
73,700 PPS
69,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€82,700
€77,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,047M
€21,016M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,687M
€3,272M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,034M
€54,755M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€624M
€522M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€577M
€1,140M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,417M
€2,676M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,423
€83,426
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,105M
€665M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
42,420
38,920
Self-employed persons
2,280
2,040
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,230
6,570
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
82.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.6%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
27,100
22,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,362
1,500
Enterprise births
114
88
Enterprise deaths
124
91
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
6.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.8%
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
45.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.4%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.9%
25.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
11.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
263,207
100,402
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
594 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,106 kt
1,134 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
251
293
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
510
719
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
45
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)
31,340
25,745
Population aged 65+
10,949
9,274
Population aged under 15
6,913
5,723
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
36.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.1 /1k
25.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.6 /1k
31.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
389
362
Deaths
662
583
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
454 /km²
402 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
47,944
39,277
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
18.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.8%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,034 /100k
1,065 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
225 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
57.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
103 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,704 /100k
1,393 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M
33 /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)
2 m
443 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
73 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr