NUTS-3 DEA14 · Germany
Population
231,4062025
GDP
€11,077M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
137.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA14 · DE114
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Göppingen (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt (61). Contrarian pick: Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 79).
Strengths
Labour market (85) · Industrial base (84)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 18 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Göppingen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 18 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 6) — Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Göppingen · Office → Göppingen · Residential → Göppingen.
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
60.5
60.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.8
61.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
42.7
70.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.7
71.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
60.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.4
26.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.8% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,867
€37,560
Population density
1,682 /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)
€10,118M
€8,879M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
€62M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,664M
€2,649M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,227M
€2,449M
GVA — construction (F)
€298M
€763M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,640M
€1,638M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,800 PPS
33,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,100
€37,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€60,881M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€22,211M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€139,588M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,237M
€2,002M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,255M
€1,765M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,315M
€8,426M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,827
€86,167
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,736M
€2,150M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,920
118,770
Self-employed persons
9,420
10,710
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,580
29,840
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
82.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
6.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,400
143,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,846
9,788
Enterprise births
825
841
Enterprise deaths
848
888
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
7.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
5.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
4.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
38.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
11.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
266,461
493,394
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
636 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,807 kt
5,729 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
817
1,210
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
353
468
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
38
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
147,816
161,900
Population aged 65+
51,534
58,779
Population aged under 15
32,056
38,130
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
36.3%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
-1.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
1.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
12.0 /1k
Live births
1,981
2,231
Deaths
2,987
3,107
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
1,710 /km²
404 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
220,255
264,734
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
12.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
938 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
23.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
525 /100k
186 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,116 /100k
755 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
27 /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)
37 m
556 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
77 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
6 days/yr