NUTS-3 DE248 · Germany
Forchheim
Export region data (CSV)Forchheim generates €4.6bn of GDP across 116.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 0.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (85th EU percentile) and weakest for health (30th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.6
Livability67.8
Market access69
Economic scale28
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)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability59
Diversification9
Demographic stability44
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)
78
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density85
Airport access80
Market access69
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary28
Lifelong learning13
Knowledge workers41
Scientists & engineers42
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
67.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy70.5
Jobs84.5
Education58.5
Health30
Safety78
Connectivity85
Environment—
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
39.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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 · 42.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2742
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 42.6%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 12.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 21%Public · health · education 17.4%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,239M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€54M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,804M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,682M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — construction (F)
€219M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€534M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,100
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,100
2023 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,094M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,882M
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€27,035M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€889M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€739M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,160
2023 · EU pctl 15
Self-employed persons
5,160
2023 · EU pctl 14
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,930
2023 · EU pctl 35
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,287
2023 · EU pctl 15
Enterprise births
313
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise deaths
335
2023 · EU pctl 15
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 12
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
48
2012 · EU pctl 75
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
428 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 95
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
384,287
2024 · EU pctl 25
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
671 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 87 · 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.
951
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
819
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
72,987
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
26,342
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
16,855
2025 · EU pctl 21
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 59
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
909
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,332
2024 · EU pctl 15
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
181 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.3%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,117 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
78.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
531 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
37 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
285 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
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