NUTS-3 DEB1C · Germany
Population
61,6082025
GDP
€2,480M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
688.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB1C · DE24A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cochem-Zell (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Kronach (38). Contrarian pick: Kronach — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Connectivity (87) · Labour market (80)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cochem-Zell
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 14) — Kronach may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Cochem-Zell · Manufacturing → Kronach · Office → Cochem-Zell · Residential → Kronach.
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
51.7
38.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
35.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.0
67.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
87.0
56.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.0
31.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.6
15.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.9% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,261
€42,317
Population density
89 /km²
99 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 80 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,266M
€2,495M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
€57M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€343M
€982M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€190M
€924M
GVA — construction (F)
€224M
€93M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€498M
€300M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,600
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
37,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
€42,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,756M
€14,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,010M
€1,882M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€33,032M
€27,035M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€424M
€612M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€734M
€451M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,114M
€2,328M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,595
€85,676
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€542M
€774M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,590
33,590
Self-employed persons
3,130
3,250
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,050
12,550
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.8%
82.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
32,100
35,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,512
2,468
Enterprise births
170
162
Enterprise deaths
195
194
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
1.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.7%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.2%
34.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.0%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
21.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.1%
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,758,034
171,512
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
660 /1k
671 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
649
502
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,290 kt
2,285 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,053
778
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
78
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
37,730
39,927
Population aged 65+
15,980
17,075
Population aged under 15
7,898
7,543
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
51.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.4%
42.8%
Crude rate of total population change
1.1 /1k
-7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.9 /1k
0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
14.2 /1k
Live births
462
405
Deaths
877
923
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
61.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
87 /km²
100 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
46,538
60,040
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.2%
17.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.9 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
13.7%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,059 /100k
1,117 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
242 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.6 /100k
12.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.1 /100k
126 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
575 /100k
574 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
39 /M
37 /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)
377 m
560 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
98 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr