NUTS-3 DE211 · Germany
Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity70Momentum48Resilience44Quality of life71vs nearest peer: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Kreisfreie Stadt →
Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €23bn of GDP across 141.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 69.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (99th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (26.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader96 → 100 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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)
Economic base100
Industrial base100
Labour market97
Talent & skills77
Quality of life71
Demographic outlook69
Connectivity60
Governance56
Growth momentum48
Freight intensity46
Resilience44
Energy cost36
Air quality26
Cost advantage2
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)
69.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.4
Livability71.3
Market access75
Economic scale84
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability5
Labour stability95
Diversification0
Demographic stability77
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)
59.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density53
Airport access51
Market access75
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)
77
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary92
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers90
Scientists & engineers93
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.5 µg/m³
PM1016.9 µg/m³
NO220.1 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)
71.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy99
Jobs92.5
Education91.5
Health70.5
Safety65.7
Connectivity53
Environment26.7
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
48.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 72.2%Concentrated · HHI 5453
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 72.2%Construction 1.2%Trade · transport · ICT 7.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 9.9%Public · health · education 8.8%
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)
€22,803M2023
19.5% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€19,836M2025
0.2% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Population
141,1852025
1.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Unemployment rate
2.9%2025
7.4% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Employment
125,1602023
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Productivity / employee
€190,3382025
3.3% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
Gross value added
€20,829M2023
21.2% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,829M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,040M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,916M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€247M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,628M
2023 · EU pctl 55
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€34,700
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
146,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 100
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€164,200
2023 · EU pctl 100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€92,019M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€17,837M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€176,106M
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,072M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,828M
2023 · EU pctl 58
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,836M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€190,338
2025 · EU pctl 100
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,045M
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,160
2023 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
5,610
2023 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,860
2023 · EU pctl 86
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.9%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
79,300
2025 · EU pctl 32
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,348
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
369
2023 · EU pctl 17
Enterprise deaths
383
2023 · EU pctl 19
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
57.2%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
652,502
2024 · EU pctl 39
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · 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.
607
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,816 kt
2025 · EU pctl 27
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
430
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
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)
93,916
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
26,094
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
21,175
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
40.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,453
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
1,408
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.3%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
1,080 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
143,213
2100 · EU pctl 32
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
931 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
196 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,271 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · 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)
368 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 66
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 87
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
11.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
31.3%
2021 · EU pctl 99
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