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
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2 regions side-by-side
DEA14 · DE139
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Lörrach (60). Contrarian pick: Lörrach — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 89).
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Strengths
Labour market (89) · Connectivity (82)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 26) — Lörrach may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Lörrach · Office → Lörrach · Residential → Lörrach.
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
60.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.8
72.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
42.7
70.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.3
79.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.7
82.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
55.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.4
30.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.8% 5y
1.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,867
€38,394
Population density
1,682 /km²
295 /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
€8,356M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
€45M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,664M
€2,495M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,227M
€2,170M
GVA — construction (F)
€298M
€383M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,640M
€1,777M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,800 PPS
34,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,100
€38,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€24,625M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€4,717M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€57,940M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,237M
€1,935M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,255M
€1,721M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,315M
€7,923M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,827
€90,237
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,736M
€2,155M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,920
107,190
Self-employed persons
9,420
9,310
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,580
23,130
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
82.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
4.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,400
131,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,846
8,051
Enterprise births
825
705
Enterprise deaths
848
717
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
6.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
37.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
42.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
25.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
9.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
266,461
1,203,657
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
603 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,807 kt
3,496 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
817
1,661
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
353
697
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
147,816
150,493
Population aged 65+
51,534
52,002
Population aged under 15
32,056
35,768
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
34.6%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
1,981
1,780
Deaths
2,987
2,500
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
1,710 /km²
296 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
220,255
244,576
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
18.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
13.1%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
950 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
205 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
35.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
525 /100k
194 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,116 /100k
1,368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
34 /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
649 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
80 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
14 days/yr