NUTS-3 DE94C · Germany
Population
169,1032025
GDP
€5,895M2023
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
1,069.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DE94C · DE257
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Erlangen-Höchstadt (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Leer (52). Contrarian pick: Leer — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 69).
Strengths
Labour market (86) · Connectivity (73)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Erlangen-Höchstadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 12) — Leer may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Leer · Manufacturing → Erlangen-Höchstadt · Office → Erlangen-Höchstadt · Residential → Erlangen-Höchstadt.
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
51.6
54.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.0
46.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.5
68.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.0
73.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.8
38.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.3% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.5% 5y
14.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,863
€44,524
Population density
158 /km²
247 /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)
€5,385M
€5,626M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€233M
€28M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€579M
€1,286M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€393M
€1,210M
GVA — construction (F)
€470M
€189M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,552M
€1,528M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€30,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,000 PPS
39,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,800
€44,500
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)
€1,260M
€1,804M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,291M
€789M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,906M
€5,336M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,505
€95,198
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,587M
€1,325M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,970
68,010
Self-employed persons
7,120
5,540
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,530
18,180
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%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
91,200
73,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,515
4,754
Enterprise births
414
396
Enterprise deaths
486
380
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.3%
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)
1,488,540
291,556
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
623 /1k
594 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,365 kt
3,207 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,346
754
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
796
545
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
105,417
85,884
Population aged 65+
38,981
31,151
Population aged under 15
24,705
21,290
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
46.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.0%
36.3%
Crude rate of total population change
0.0 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
0.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
1,457
1,114
Deaths
2,244
1,392
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
61.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
159 /km²
248 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
164,728
130,266
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
1.2 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.3 /100k
10.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
184 /100k
74.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
723 /100k
557 /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)
-1 m
300 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
74 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr