NUTS-3 DE94B · Germany
Population
144,5432025
GDP
€5,995M2023
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
980.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE94B · DE12A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Grafschaft Bentheim (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Calw (60). Contrarian pick: Calw — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 79).
Why you might not pick Grafschaft Bentheim
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 30) — Calw may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Grafschaft Bentheim · Manufacturing → Grafschaft Bentheim · Office → Calw · Residential → Calw.
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
61.8
59.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
83.8
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.2
71.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.3
78.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
68.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.8
42.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.8% 5y
4.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,477
€35,571
Population density
147 /km²
201 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,476M
€5,239M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€342M
€58M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,466M
€1,403M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€973M
€1,292M
GVA — construction (F)
€483M
€350M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,024M
€1,015M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,100 PPS
31,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
€35,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€31,047M
€31,701M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,687M
€6,099M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,034M
€83,032M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,103M
€1,085M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,058M
€1,327M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,989M
€4,975M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,738
€88,005
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,614M
€1,202M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,870
69,110
Self-employed persons
5,560
6,530
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,920
15,140
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
81.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
5.6%
5.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
78,900
81,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,862
5,986
Enterprise births
418
503
Enterprise deaths
397
519
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
5.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
9.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
3.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.8%
40.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
38.2%
45.6%
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%
27.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.5%
13.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
692,381
929,326
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
597 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
815
1,259
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,234 kt
3,806 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
564
781
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
42
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
91,235
101,026
Population aged 65+
31,514
36,172
Population aged under 15
21,794
24,053
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
35.8%
Crude rate of total population change
2.3 /1k
0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.5 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
1,267
1,499
Deaths
1,583
1,772
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
59.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
1.65
Population density (persons per km²)
147 /km²
202 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
148,488
147,009
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
26.3%
20.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.6 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.8%
14.9%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,034 /100k
980 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
15.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
160 /100k
91.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
824 /100k
514 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
54 /M
26 /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)
22 m
613 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
83 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr