NUTS-3 DE273 · Germany
Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt
Kempten (Allgäu), Kreisfreie Stadt generates €4.4bn of GDP across 67.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (95th EU percentile) and weakest for education (43th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader94 → 92 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)
Economic base94
Labour market93
Connectivity76
Demographic outlook72
Quality of life70
Freight intensity64
Energy cost62
Air quality62
Governance56
Resilience45
Talent & skills41
Industrial base27
Growth momentum21
Cost advantage10
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)
48.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth20.8
Livability70.1
Market access76
Economic scale26
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability87
Diversification15
Demographic stability23
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)
76
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density74
Airport access78
Market access76
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)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary43
Lifelong learning15
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers58
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)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.56.7 µg/m³
PM10—
NO213.7 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)
70.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy92
Jobs95
Education43
Health57
Safety67
Connectivity74
Environment63
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
20.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.1 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 34.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2594
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 15%Construction 2.1%Trade · transport · ICT 34.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.4%Public · health · education 23.5%
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)
€4,420M2023
4.4% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,771M2025
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Population
67,6452025
2.6% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Unemployment rate
2.8%2025
12.0% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Employment
51,2002023
0.5% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Productivity / employee
€90,3512025
3.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Gross value added
€4,037M2023
5.9% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,037M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€6M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — industry (B–E)
€605M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€475M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€83M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,407M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,100
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
60,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 94
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€67,400
2023 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,600M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,395M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€49,117M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€985M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€950M
2023 · EU pctl 30
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,771M
2025 · EU pctl 27
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,351
2025 · EU pctl 66
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,006M
2025 · EU pctl 26
Labour market
Employment, total persons
51,200
2023 · EU pctl 17
Self-employed persons
3,820
2023 · EU pctl 7
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,310
2023 · EU pctl 16
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.4%
2019 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
38,900
2025 · EU pctl 8
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,828
2023 · EU pctl 6
Enterprise births
234
2023 · EU pctl 9
Enterprise deaths
206
2023 · EU pctl 6
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 35
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
354,320
2025 · EU pctl 22
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.
440
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,337 kt
2025 · EU pctl 15
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
651
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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)
43,270
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged 65+
15,155
2025 · EU pctl 6
Population aged under 15
9,220
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 20
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of total population change
25.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
28.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude birth rate
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
662
2024 · EU pctl 12
Deaths
866
2024 · EU pctl 7
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
1,060 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
63,470
2100 · EU pctl 8
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
989 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
211 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
109 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,000 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
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)
€0.138/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
2026-S1 · EU pctl 40
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
658 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
92 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Environment
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 58
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 27
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.4%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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