NUTS-3 DE255 · Germany
Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt
Opportunity46Momentum43Resilience44Quality of life62vs nearest peer: Frankenthal (Pfalz), Kreisfreie Stadt →
Schwabach, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €1.8bn of GDP across 40.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (80.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader84 → 75 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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)
Labour market86
Connectivity77
Industrial base74
Economic base73
Demographic outlook68
Talent & skills63
Quality of life62
Air quality57
Governance56
Resilience44
Growth momentum43
Energy cost36
Freight intensity24
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)
46.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.2
Livability62.2
Market access74
Economic scale6
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability62
Diversification37
Demographic stability41
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)
77
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density69
Airport access88
Market access74
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)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning38
Knowledge workers65
Scientists & engineers81
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)
57
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1012.4 µg/m³
NO214.2 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)
62.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy80.5
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety42
Connectivity69
Environment58
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
43.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.2 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 29.4%Diversified · HHI 2334
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 25%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 16%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.4%Public · health · education 23.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€1,847M2023
8.8% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,600M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Population
40,8352025
0.4% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
42.3% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
23,1202023
0.8% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Productivity / employee
€83,9702025
3.3% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Gross value added
€1,687M2023
10.4% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,687M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — industry (B–E)
€422M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€397M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€101M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€271M
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
40,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 73
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,200
2023 · EU pctl 76
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€21,016M
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,272M
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€54,755M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€497M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€395M
2023 · EU pctl 7
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,600M
2025 · EU pctl 7
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,970
2025 · EU pctl 50
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€398M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
23,120
2023 · EU pctl 3
Self-employed persons
2,080
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,420
2023 · EU pctl 13
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
21,800
2025 · EU pctl 2
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,764
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
125
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
162
2023 · EU pctl 4
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 45
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
103,300
2024 · EU pctl 4
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
594 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
716 kt
2025 · EU pctl 3
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
244
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
598
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
25,489
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
9,476
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged under 15
5,870
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
-3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
341
2024 · EU pctl 2
Deaths
504
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
998 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
39,030
2100 · EU pctl 2
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,065 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
225 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
4.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
102 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
800 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · 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)
355 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 23
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 61
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 14
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.3%
2021 · EU pctl 9
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