NUTS-3 DEA1C · Germany
Population
490,9102025
GDP
€27,193M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
404.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEA1C · DK013
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mettmann (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Nordsjælland (68). Contrarian pick: Nordsjælland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Governance (99) · Talent & skills (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Mettmann
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 24) — Nordsjælland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Mettmann · Manufacturing → Nordsjælland · Office → Nordsjælland · Residential → Nordsjælland.
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
71.8
67.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.8
60.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.2
71.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
50.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
82.3
64.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
43.8
98.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.8
56.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
3.8% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.7% 5y
1.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€55,393
€57,574
Population density
1,212 /km²
329 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,838M
€24,399M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€25M
€49M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,969M
€8,467M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,632M
€8,219M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,344M
€1,065M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,011M
€4,562M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,100
€30,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,500 PPS
44,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,600
€57,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€40,936M
€37,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,526M
€9,284M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€145,544M
€83,324M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€2,565M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€483M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,869M
€5,244M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,620M
€5,013M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€22,867M
€25,087M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€109,705
€141,098
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,261M
€6,024M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
261,580
201,710
Self-employed persons
22,240
14,650
Employment in manufacturing (C)
47,380
25,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.8%
84.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.1%
13.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
6.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
239,600
251,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,212
35,367
Enterprise births
1,855
2,543
Enterprise deaths
1,894
3,546
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
3.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
4.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
11.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.0%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
58.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.9%
64.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
35.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.3%
39.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.7%
14.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
97.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
825,599
1,368,442
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
567 /1k
416 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,250
2,901
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,338 kt
5,863 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
458
607
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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69 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
301,646
283,582
Population aged 65+
120,560
115,880
Population aged under 15
68,704
78,755
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
47.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
40.9%
Crude rate of total population change
2.3 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
3,754
3,886
Deaths
6,523
5,030
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.7%
68.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.73
Population density (persons per km²)
1,217 /km²
354 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
437,531
400,804
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
233 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,075 /100k
979 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
254 /100k
250 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
52.7 /100k
15.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
403 /100k
570 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,217 /100k
1,882 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
12 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
0.84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
€0.122/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
€0.043/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
—
5,163 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
121 m
29 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr