NUTS-3 DE258 · Germany
Fürth, Landkreis
Fürth, Landkreis generates €3.2bn of GDP across 117.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (83th EU percentile) and weakest for health (41th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable31 → 33 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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)
Demographic outlook97
Labour market86
Connectivity75
Quality of life64
Talent & skills63
Governance56
Resilience55
Industrial base48
Growth momentum37
Energy cost36
Economic base20
Freight intensity13
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)
48.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37
Livability64.3
Market access75
Economic scale17
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability69
Labour stability62
Diversification46
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density63
Airport access88
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)
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
64.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy54
Jobs75
Education70
Health41
Safety83
Connectivity63
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
37
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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. · 32%Diversified · HHI 2274
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 20%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 17%Finance · real estate · prof. 32%Public · health · education 22.3%
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)
€3,225M2023
1.0% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,794M2025
0.2% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Population
117,7192025
0.1% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Unemployment rate
3.7%2025
27.6% 1y 10.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Employment
36,8202023
0.2% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Productivity / employee
€92,0732025
3.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Gross value added
€2,946M2023
2.5% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
All indicators · 80 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,946M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€26M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — industry (B–E)
€590M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€492M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€228M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€502M
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
24,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 20
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,400
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
€942M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€658M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,794M
2025 · EU pctl 18
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,073
2025 · EU pctl 70
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€694M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
36,820
2023 · EU pctl 8
Self-employed persons
5,030
2023 · EU pctl 13
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,410
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
61,600
2025 · EU pctl 21
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,589
2023 · EU pctl 16
Enterprise births
393
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
390
2023 · EU pctl 20
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
199,988
2024 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
594 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 49 · 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.
622
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,469 kt
2025 · EU pctl 8
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
528
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
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)
72,166
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
28,503
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged under 15
17,050
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 65
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
924
2024 · EU pctl 22
Deaths
1,409
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.1%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
Population density (persons per km²)
383 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
132,141
2100 · EU pctl 29
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
86.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
420 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
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)
370 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
69 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
4.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.2%
2021 · EU pctl 41
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