NUTS-3 ES417 · Spain
Population
90,1832025
GDP
€2,825M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,301.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES417 · DE21D
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Soria (38). Contrarian pick: Soria — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Air quality (97)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Soria
Strengths
Freight intensity (97) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 2) — Soria may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Garmisch-Partenkirchen · Manufacturing → Soria · Office → Garmisch-Partenkirchen · Residential → Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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
37.8
54.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.8
55.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.8
78.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
58.0
96.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
15.3
67.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.3
77.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.2
49.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
6.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,330
€39,990
Population density
9 /km²
88 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,578M
€3,262M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€40M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€700M
€315M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€519M
€234M
GVA — construction (F)
€175M
€159M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€567M
€666M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,500
€34,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,300 PPS
35,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,500
€40,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,527M
€92,019M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,707M
€17,837M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,274M
€176,106M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€435M
€732M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€606M
€1,350M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,594M
€3,106M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€69,565
€80,308
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€620M
€947M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,700
46,450
Self-employed persons
7,200
5,830
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,800
3,480
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.7%
83.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.7%
5.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.5%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
43,400
46,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,755
5,353
Enterprise births
389
369
Enterprise deaths
346
423
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
5.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.3%
8.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.1%
47.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
57.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.3%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.8%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
13.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
882,604
3,170,890
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
601 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,449 kt
2,322 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
514
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
576
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 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.
140
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
56,232
54,894
Population aged 65+
23,482
22,885
Population aged under 15
10,469
11,517
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
49.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.8%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
5.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
12.5 /1k
Live births
480
647
Deaths
1,148
1,117
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
9 /km²
89 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
57,615
87,485
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.8 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
11.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
343 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
749 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
212 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
352 /100k
72.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
699 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M
35 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
967 m
908 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
135 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
15 days/yr