NUTS-3 DEF0D · Germany
Population
283,5622025
GDP
€11,154M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,351.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DEF0D · DE716
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Darmstadt-Dieburg (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Segeberg (57). Contrarian pick: Segeberg — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 71).
Strengths
Connectivity (70) · Resilience (65)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
#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 Darmstadt-Dieburg
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 10) — Segeberg may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Segeberg · Manufacturing → Segeberg · Office → Darmstadt-Dieburg · Residential → Darmstadt-Dieburg.
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
57.2
64.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
67.8
64.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.6
62.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.0
70.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
62.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.0
47.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.0% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,336
€33,576
Population density
210 /km²
463 /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)
€10,188M
€9,263M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€148M
€77M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,367M
€1,693M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,027M
€1,523M
GVA — construction (F)
€624M
€638M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,736M
€2,561M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,800
€30,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,400 PPS
30,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,700
€33,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,063M
€49,287M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,460M
€7,586M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,661M
€137,102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,250M
€2,647M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,063M
€1,646M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,238M
€9,028M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,168
€95,338
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,505M
€1,974M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,210
113,200
Self-employed persons
13,460
11,880
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,200
18,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.3%
78.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
6.0%
6.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
150,500
154,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,949
11,275
Enterprise births
959
1,015
Enterprise deaths
1,041
1,102
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
3.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
7.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
2.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
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
9.2%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.5%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.6%
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
553,481
506,968
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
593 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,970 kt
7,317 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,701
1,120
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
600
371
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
179,249
190,795
Population aged 65+
64,155
67,534
Population aged under 15
40,158
43,692
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
46.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
35.4%
Crude rate of total population change
4.6 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.3 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
12.4 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
2,147
2,357
Deaths
3,496
3,260
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
213 /km²
459 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
259,205
292,433
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.9%
21.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.8 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.8%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,015 /100k
974 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
251 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.5 /100k
16.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
246 /100k
152 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,093 /100k
553 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
29 /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)
22 m
161 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr