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
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
137.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA14 · DEF03
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt (57). Contrarian pick: Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 90).
Why you might not pick Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 26) — Lübeck, 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 → Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Krefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
57.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.8
32.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
42.7
57.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.3
62.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
78.7
53.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.4
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.8% 5y
4.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,867
€57,841
Population density
1,682 /km²
1,045 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,118M
€11,459M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€23M
€11M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,664M
€2,285M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,227M
€2,031M
GVA — construction (F)
€298M
€422M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,640M
€3,792M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,800 PPS
51,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,100
€57,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,237M
€2,065M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,255M
€2,884M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,315M
€10,390M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,827
€97,634
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,736M
€2,818M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,920
137,800
Self-employed persons
9,420
9,840
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,580
19,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
117,400
116,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,846
7,374
Enterprise births
825
640
Enterprise deaths
848
620
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
266,461
2,374,463
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,807 kt
7,486 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
817
884
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
353
408
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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35 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
54
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
147,816
139,081
Population aged 65+
51,534
51,120
Population aged under 15
32,056
26,688
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
45.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
36.8%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
1,981
1,606
Deaths
2,987
3,008
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
1,710 /km²
1,142 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
220,255
200,415
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
70.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
525 /100k
535 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,116 /100k
2,126 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
29 /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
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr