NUTS-3 DE94D · Germany
Population
132,0082025
GDP
€4,622M2023
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
1,065.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DE94D · DE127
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Oldenburg, Landkreis (55). Contrarian pick: Oldenburg, Landkreis — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 82).
Why you might not pick Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Oldenburg, Landkreis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Oldenburg, Landkreis · Manufacturing → Oldenburg, Landkreis · Office → Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis · Residential → Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis.
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
55.2
57.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.3
66.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.8
74.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
79.0
61.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.0
68.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.8
39.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.7% 5y
3.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,013
€37,116
Population density
124 /km²
129 /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)
€4,222M
€4,925M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€249M
€81M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,098M
€1,537M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€842M
€1,341M
GVA — construction (F)
€315M
€268M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€877M
€707M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,300 PPS
33,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
€37,100
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)
€839M
€1,067M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€844M
€1,266M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,847M
€4,676M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,710
€85,203
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,244M
€1,129M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,750
67,100
Self-employed persons
6,170
5,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,460
16,720
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)
71,700
72,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,852
4,790
Enterprise births
379
371
Enterprise deaths
425
418
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
3.6%
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)
426,202
336,963
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.
1,289
969
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,152 kt
3,724 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
977
667
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
82,912
90,356
Population aged 65+
30,388
34,607
Population aged under 15
18,708
20,300
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
47.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
38.3%
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
-2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.4 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
1,053
1,124
Deaths
1,722
1,779
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
60.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
124 /km²
130 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
119,472
140,513
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
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.3 /100k
8.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
212 /100k
134 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
752 /100k
541 /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)
24 m
362 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
68 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr