NUTS-3 DE117 · Germany
Heilbronn, Stadtkreis
Export region data (CSV)Heilbronn, Stadtkreis generates €8.8bn of GDP across 132k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (94th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (36.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability64.2
Market access90
Economic scale54
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
65.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability86
Diversification31
Demographic stability88
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
65
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access55
Market access90
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
60
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary58
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers68
Scientists & engineers83
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.9 µg/m³
PM1013.9 µg/m³
NO223.1 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
64.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy94
Jobs78.5
Education81.5
Health65
Safety36.7
Connectivity50
Environment43.7
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
42.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 29.2%Diversified · HHI 2376
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 18.4%Construction 3.8%Trade · transport · ICT 29.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.2%Public · health · education 24.1%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,026M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,478M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,097M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — construction (F)
€306M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,345M
2023 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,800
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
59,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 94
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€67,200
2023 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€60,881M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€22,211M
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€139,588M
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,946M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,934M
2023 · EU pctl 60
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,270
2023 · EU pctl 44
Self-employed persons
6,430
2023 · EU pctl 21
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,510
2023 · EU pctl 30
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,034
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise births
455
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
460
2023 · EU pctl 25
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
26
2012 · EU pctl 62
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
210 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 76
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
7.3%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
549,315
2024 · EU pctl 34
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
636 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
531
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
402
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
87,321
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
25,092
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged under 15
19,573
2025 · EU pctl 28
Median age of population
40.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
1,258
2024 · EU pctl 35
Deaths
1,418
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.2%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
1,318 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 92
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
938 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
66.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
217 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,421 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
160 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
58 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 40
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 93
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 10
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