NUTS-3 DEB34 · Germany
Population
177,2222025
GDP
€14,067M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
76.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DEB34 · DE211
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 70). Runner-up: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt (63). Contrarian pick: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 77).
Strengths
Economic base (100) · Industrial base (100)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 31% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Strengths
Industrial base (99) · Economic base (97)
No red flags
Why you might not pick Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Flood: 31% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
62.7
69.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.5
44.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.5
71.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
21.3
25.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.3
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
57.5
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
32.4
48.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.6% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€79,373
€161,513
Population density
2,327 /km²
1,050 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,849M
€20,829M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
€13M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,006M
€15,040M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,641M
€14,916M
GVA — construction (F)
€379M
€247M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,593M
€1,628M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,700
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
71,700 PPS
146,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€80,500
€164,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€20,699M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,472M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€49,098M
€176,106M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,975M
€2,072M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,886M
€1,828M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,952M
€19,836M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€116,972
€190,338
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,023M
€6,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,950
125,160
Self-employed persons
5,900
5,610
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,260
46,860
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.3%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.4%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
99,100
79,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,724
4,348
Enterprise births
515
369
Enterprise deaths
510
383
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.3%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.8%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.9%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.8%
13.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
316,503
652,502
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
621 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,488 kt
3,816 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
845
607
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
477
430
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
53
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)
115,946
93,916
Population aged 65+
33,627
26,094
Population aged under 15
27,649
21,175
Median age of population
41.6 yrs
40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
27.8%
Crude rate of total population change
8.0 /1k
11.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
11.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
10.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
1,789
1,453
Deaths
1,903
1,408
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
50.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
2,354 /km²
1,080 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
181,361
143,213
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.2%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.2 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
11.8%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
69.4 /100k
48.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
351 /100k
196 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,813 /100k
1,271 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
25 /M
35 /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)
95 m
368 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
81 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr