NUTS-3 DE71A · Germany
Main-Taunus-Kreis
Export region data (CSV)Main-Taunus-Kreis generates €17bn of GDP across 238.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 71.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (57th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
71.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47
Livability68.6
Market access92
Economic scale78
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)
52.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability83
Labour stability77
Diversification3
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)
81
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density57
Airport access94
Market access92
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
68.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy92.5
Jobs64.5
Education74.5
Health58
Safety65
Connectivity57
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
47
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 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. · 42.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3221
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 7.5%Construction 3.5%Trade · transport · ICT 35.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 42.1%Public · health · education 11.5%
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).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,829M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€13M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,195M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,010M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — construction (F)
€548M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,593M
2023 · EU pctl 87
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)
64,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,800
2023 · EU pctl 96
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)
€6,662M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,819M
2023 · EU pctl 58
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,200
2023 · EU pctl 58
Self-employed persons
11,290
2023 · EU pctl 39
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,380
2023 · EU pctl 27
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,834
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise births
1,031
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise deaths
1,053
2023 · EU pctl 51
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
85
2012 · EU pctl 88
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
372 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 92
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
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)
954,909
2024 · EU pctl 52
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.
1,121
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
470
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
151,458
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged 65+
51,875
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
35,442
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Live births
1,983
2024 · EU pctl 53
Deaths
2,437
2024 · EU pctl 40
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.7%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
1,080 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
368 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
959 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
174 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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