NUTS-3 DE719 · Germany
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig-Kreis generates €17bn of GDP across 420.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (77th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (55.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable72 → 68 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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)
Quality of life67
Connectivity64
Talent & skills63
Industrial base62
Air quality62
Resilience62
Economic base61
Demographic outlook57
Labour market57
Governance56
Freight intensity46
Energy cost36
Growth momentum35
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)
64.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.8
Livability66.8
Market access79
Economic scale77
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)
61.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability71
Labour stability76
Diversification54
Demographic stability46
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)
64.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access37
Market access79
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 tertiary61
Lifelong learning52
Knowledge workers70
Scientists & engineers68
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)
62
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.3 µg/m³
PM1013.1 µg/m³
NO210.2 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)
66.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy75.5
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety55.3
Connectivity77
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
34.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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. · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2225
Agriculture 0.4%Industry 23.1%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 23%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.3%Public · health · education 19.2%
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)
€16,839M2023
1.6% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€14,992M2025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Population
420,9142025
0.4% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Unemployment rate
3.5%2025
6.1% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Employment
189,9102023
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Productivity / employee
€94,3712025
3.3% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Gross value added
€15,381M2023
0.2% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,381M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,546M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,051M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — construction (F)
€1,078M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,543M
2023 · EU pctl 79
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)
35,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
2023 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€49,287M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,586M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€137,102M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,195M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,957M
2023 · EU pctl 74
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€14,992M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,371
2025 · EU pctl 74
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,278M
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
189,910
2023 · EU pctl 71
Self-employed persons
18,240
2023 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,570
2023 · EU pctl 74
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
214,200
2025 · EU pctl 73
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,394
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise births
1,554
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
1,596
2023 · EU pctl 63
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 47
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
821,698
2024 · EU pctl 47
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.
2,858
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,335 kt
2025 · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
679
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
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)
264,961
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged 65+
94,991
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged under 15
60,962
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
3,634
2024 · EU pctl 76
Deaths
4,874
2024 · EU pctl 73
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
301 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
413,005
2100 · EU pctl 75
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
974 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
229 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
217 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
765 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · 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)
265 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
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 53
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 31
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
33.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
10.6%
2021 · EU pctl 88
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