NUTS-3 DEA51 · Germany
Population
358,6762025
GDP
€15,967M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
146 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEA51 · DE71C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Offenbach, Landkreis (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt (63). Contrarian pick: Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 75).
Strengths
Economic base (80) · Connectivity (75)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Offenbach, Landkreis
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Offenbach, Landkreis 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
63.3
70.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.0
53.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
45.2
64.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
75.3
74.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
28.0
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
35.8
46.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
0.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€44,516
€48,007
Population density
2,456 /km²
1,000 /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)
€14,584M
€15,699M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€16M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,971M
€2,173M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,633M
€1,806M
GVA — construction (F)
€581M
€945M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,084M
€5,587M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,700
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,900 PPS
43,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,800
€48,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,556M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,134M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€86,336M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,895M
€4,783M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,051M
€2,196M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,443M
€15,302M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,305
€101,694
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,127M
€3,346M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
200,060
179,890
Self-employed persons
13,820
16,380
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,870
20,140
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.5%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
179,200
183,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,924
16,107
Enterprise births
1,095
1,566
Enterprise deaths
1,071
1,558
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.3%
37.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.4%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.7%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
746,674
856,500
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
603 /1k
612 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,470
1,267
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,354 kt
8,030 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
410
354
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
18
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)
232,063
226,671
Population aged 65+
80,338
78,384
Population aged under 15
46,275
52,967
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
45.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
34.6%
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
4.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.1 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
2,923
3,242
Deaths
4,534
3,823
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
57.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
2,468 /km²
1,012 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
351,460
353,434
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.6%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.1 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.6%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,106 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
256 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
68.1 /100k
35.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
558 /100k
317 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,884 /100k
686 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M
27 /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)
111 m
128 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
14 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr