NUTS-3 DEA2A · Germany
Population
274,0572025
GDP
€11,712M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
917.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEA2A · DEF0D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oberbergischer Kreis (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Segeberg (57). Contrarian pick: Segeberg — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 71).
#2Segeberg
Strengths
Connectivity (71) · Freight intensity (71)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 26 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Oberbergischer Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 25) — Segeberg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Segeberg · Manufacturing → Oberbergischer Kreis · Office → Oberbergischer Kreis · Residential → Oberbergischer Kreis.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
66.4
57.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.0
67.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.3
52.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
85.7
71.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.3
35.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
38.4
47.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.1% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.2% 5y
5.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,737
€39,336
Population density
299 /km²
210 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 83 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,698M
€10,188M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€79M
€148M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,760M
€2,367M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,437M
€2,027M
GVA — construction (F)
€463M
€624M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,448M
€2,736M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
€28,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,100 PPS
35,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,800
€39,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€34,670M
€27,063M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€6,008M
€2,460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€125,036M
€61,661M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,790M
€2,250M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,158M
€2,063M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,007M
€9,238M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,399
€91,168
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,788M
€2,505M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
145,050
131,210
Self-employed persons
11,670
13,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,590
20,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.8%
6.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
139,800
150,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,023
10,949
Enterprise births
754
959
Enterprise deaths
786
1,041
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.0%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.3%
4.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.8%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.1%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.3%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
27.8%
21.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
8.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
457,173
553,481
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
585 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,980 kt
10,970 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,608
1,701
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
952
600
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.
33
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
170,712
179,249
Population aged 65+
62,452
64,155
Population aged under 15
40,893
40,158
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
35.8%
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.5 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
12.4 /1k
Live births
2,330
2,147
Deaths
3,460
3,496
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
58.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.56
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
301 /km²
213 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
273,154
259,205
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.7%
20.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.3 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.0%
16.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,020 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
30.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
171 /100k
246 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
855 /100k
1,093 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /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)
363 m
22 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
48 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
3 days/yr