NUTS-3 DEA1A · Germany
Population
358,1932025
GDP
€14,549M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
167.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA1A · AT311
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 61). Runner-up: Innviertel (58). Contrarian pick: Innviertel — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Connectivity (77) · Economic base (62)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 20 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Industrial base (95) · Demographic outlook (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt
Long-run slide: down 20 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 15) — Innviertel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Wuppertal, Kreisfreie Stadt leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
61.0
57.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.8
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.1
61.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
35.7
67.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
77.0
41.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
56.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.0
44.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.2% 5y
1.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
3.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,617
€46,393
Population density
2,138 /km²
106 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,289M
€12,486M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
€402M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,031M
€4,728M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,639M
€4,553M
GVA — construction (F)
€427M
€907M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,431M
€2,065M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€30,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
41,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,600
€46,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€20,073M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€4,866M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€40,429M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,643M
€2,596M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,751M
€1,788M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,234M
€12,053M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,884
€103,855
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,280M
€3,507M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
178,760
141,500
Self-employed persons
14,340
16,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,870
46,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
81.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
11.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
4.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
183,100
158,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,711
16,147
Enterprise births
1,078
1,111
Enterprise deaths
1,211
716
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
3.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
4.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
2.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
34.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
40.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
21.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
10.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
94.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
410,838
1,143,179
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
645 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,785 kt
10,619 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,655
34
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
462
11
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
51
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
230,512
194,137
Population aged 65+
75,601
59,682
Population aged under 15
52,080
45,512
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.8%
30.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
9.2 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
9.4 /1k
Live births
3,163
2,739
Deaths
4,323
2,820
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
54.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
2,133 /km²
108 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
365,575
316,315
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
13.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
11.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
621 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
987 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
218 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
117 /100k
5.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
419 /100k
186 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,343 /100k
478 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.049/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
291 m
402 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
76 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr