NUTS-3 DE141 · Germany
Reutlingen
Reutlingen generates €15bn of GDP across 293.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (93th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (58.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader82 → 83 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base95
Labour market93
Economic base83
Connectivity75
Quality of life74
Talent & skills71
Air quality68
Demographic outlook59
Governance56
Resilience54
Growth momentum42
Energy cost36
Freight intensity30
Cost advantage12
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
69.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability74.1
Market access90
Economic scale73
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability44
Labour stability83
Diversification19
Demographic stability71
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
Airport access72
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary75
Lifelong learning46
Knowledge workers76
Scientists & engineers85
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.4 µg/m³
PM1011.1 µg/m³
NO215.1 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)
74.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy85.5
Jobs93
Education80.5
Health68
Safety58.7
Connectivity64
Environment69
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
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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: Industry · 37.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2531
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 37.5%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 15.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.7%Public · health · education 18%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€14,644M2023
6.7% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€12,683M2025
0.2% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Population
293,4832025
0.0% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Unemployment rate
2.8%2025
3.7% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Employment
157,2102023
0.6% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Productivity / employee
€98,2172025
3.3% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€13,376M2023
8.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,376M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€63M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,022M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,793M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€719M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,127M
2023 · EU pctl 65
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,000
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 83
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,100
2023 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€25,503M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,289M
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€52,964M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,035M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,409M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,683M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,217
2025 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,744M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,210
2023 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
12,850
2023 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,820
2023 · EU pctl 83
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
165,600
2025 · EU pctl 64
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,509
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise births
920
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise deaths
952
2023 · EU pctl 48
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.3%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
27.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
901,074
2024 · EU pctl 50
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
639 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 72 · 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.
1,605
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,002 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
547
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
185,790
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged 65+
64,494
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
43,199
2025 · EU pctl 59
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 38
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
2,558
2024 · EU pctl 64
Deaths
3,124
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
2024 · EU pctl 69
Population density (persons per km²)
269 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
298,654
2100 · EU pctl 65
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
938 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
195 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
201 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
938 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
692 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 12
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 67
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 66
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
16.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 18
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