NUTS-3 DEA35 · Germany
Population
227,8592025
GDP
€8,253M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,109.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA35 · DE922
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Coesfeld (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Diepholz (57). Contrarian pick: Diepholz — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 89).
Why you might not pick Coesfeld
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 29) — Diepholz may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Diepholz · Manufacturing → Diepholz · Office → Diepholz · Residential → Coesfeld.
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
65.3
57.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
77.3
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.3
57.6
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
84.3
75.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
33.0
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.8
47.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
12.9% 5y
9.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€36,221
€39,067
Population density
205 /km²
111 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 81 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,539M
€7,893M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€313M
€408M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,712M
€1,998M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,453M
€1,357M
GVA — construction (F)
€465M
€587M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,513M
€1,847M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,600 PPS
35,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,600
€39,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,727M
€29,132M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,530M
€2,692M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€59,763M
€55,013M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,718M
€1,594M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,818M
€1,460M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,937M
€7,403M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,349
€87,556
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,575M
€2,495M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
106,810
105,280
Self-employed persons
10,200
10,770
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,760
17,260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.1%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
4.6%
7.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
120,100
113,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,464
8,224
Enterprise births
611
718
Enterprise deaths
682
744
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.3%
4.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
2.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.1%
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
39.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.7%
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.6%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
10.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
656,264
684,894
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
590 /1k
584 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,319
1,751
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,155 kt
11,518 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,018
792
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
33
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)
141,453
137,046
Population aged 65+
52,986
52,622
Population aged under 15
33,420
31,534
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.5%
38.4%
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.3 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
1,890
1,805
Deaths
2,591
2,824
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
61.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
204 /km²
112 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
213,834
197,510
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.5%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.3%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,053 /100k
1,044 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.0 /100k
33.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
308 /100k
275 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
976 /100k
1,018 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
42 /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)
83 m
59 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
46 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr