Information about data sources and calculations

Data (filter options) Description Data source and calculation
Business location Filter by state, district or municipality. Several municipalities, districts or states can be selected.
Use case example: All municipalities in Baden-WĂŒrttemberg and Bavaria
"Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 01.01.2024", destatis.de, 2024
Proximity search Filter based on a defined location and radius.
Use case example: All municipalities within a radius of 100km around Frankfurt
Proximity (or radius) is the distance (beeline) between two coordinates.
Distance motorway Filter by distance to the nearest motorway junction.
Use case example: All municipalities that are a maximum of 5km away from the nearest motorway junction.
Beeline between two coordinate points. When specifying distances from municipalities to an infrastructure point, the geographical center of the municipality is used as a reference point.
Nearby motorway Filter for nearby motorways (e.g. A8, A1)
Use case example: All municipalities that are a maximum of 5km away from the nearest A8 motorway junction.
Motorways whose nearest junction is a maximum of 10 kilometers from the reference coordinate. Beeline between two coordinate points. When specifying distances from municipalities to an infrastructure point, the geographical center of the municipality is used as a reference point.
Distance freight village Filter by distance to the nearest freight village.
Use case example: All municipalities that are a maximum of 20km away from the nearest freight transport center.
Beeline between two coordinate points. When specifying distances from municipalities to an infrastructure point, the geographical center of the municipality is used as a reference point.
Modality (freight village) Filter by freight village modality (bimodal = road, rail; trimodal = road, rail, waterway) "GVZ-Standorte Deutschland", gvz-org.de, 2025
Distance port Filter by distance to the nearest sea/inland port.
Use case example: All municipalities that are a maximum of 50km away from the nearest sea/inland port.
Beeline between two coordinate points. When specifying distances from municipalities to an infrastructure point, the geographical center of the municipality is used as a reference point.
Modality (port) Filter by port modality (bimodal = road, rail; trimodal = road, rail, waterway) "BinnenhÀfen in Deutschland", explortal-logistics.net, 2025
Distance airport Filter by distance to the nearest airport.
Use case example: All municipalities that are a maximum of 50km away from the nearest airport.
Beeline between two coordinate points. When specifying distances from municipalities to an infrastructure point, the geographical center of the municipality is used as a reference point.
Industrial and commercial area Filter by size of industrial/commercial area.
Use case example: All municipalities that have at least 30ha of industrial/commercial area.
"SiedlungsflĂ€che nach Art der tatsĂ€chlichen Nutzung - 01.01.2024", regionalstatistik.de, 2025
Residential building area Filter by size of residential building area.
Use case example: All municipalities that have at least 50ha of residential building area.
"SiedlungsflĂ€che nach Art der tatsĂ€chlichen Nutzung - 01.01.2024", regionalstatistik.de, 2025
Agricultural area Filter by size of agricultural area.
Use case example: All municipalities that have at least 50ha of agricultural area.
"SiedlungsflĂ€che nach Art der tatsĂ€chlichen Nutzung - 01.01.2024", regionalstatistik.de, 2025
Municipality area Filter by municipality area size.
Use case example: All municipalities that have at least 100kmÂČ of community area.
"Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 01.01.2024", destatis.de, 2024
Urbanization Filter by the level of population density of a municipality (densely populated, medium population density, sparsely populated) "Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 01.01.2024", destatis.de, 2024
Land tax B Filter by the municipal land tax B (%).
Use case example: All municipalities that have a land tax B below 300%.
Status: Januar 2024, "HebesÀtze der Realsteuern", regionalstatistik.de, 2025
Business tax Filter by the municipality's business tax rate (%).
Use case example: All municipalities that have a trade tax level of less than 300%.
Status: Januar 2024, "HebesÀtze der Realsteuern", regionalstatistik.de, 2025
Unemployment rate Filter by district unemployment rate
Use case example: All municipalities with an unemployment rate in the district < 5%.
Status: Februar 2025, statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2025
Population Filter by the population of the municipalities.
Use case example: All communities with more than 200,000 inhabitants.
"Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 01.01.2024", destatis.de, 2024
Labour - total Filter by the number of employees (subject to social insurance contributions) in the district.
Use case example: All municipalities whose district has more than 200,000 employees.
Status: August 2024, "Sozialversicherungspflichtig BeschÀftigte nach Beruf", statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2025
Labour by job specification

Filter by labour with a certain job specification.

Definitions:

  • Expert: Highly complex activities - Degree-requiring occupations (at least 4 years)
  • Specialist: Complex specialist activities - Master craftsman, technician - Degree-requiring occupations (3 years)
  • Skilled worker: Professional activities - Apprenticeships (3 years)
  • Helper: Helper and semi-skilled activities - Without specialist training - semi-skilled activity - Vocational training (1 year)
Status: August 2024, "Sozialversicherungspflichtig BeschÀftigte nach Beruf", statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2025
Gross salary by job specification

Filter by average monthly gross salary for a certain job specification.

Definitions:

  • Expert: Highly complex activities - Degree-requiring occupations (at least 4 years)
  • Specialist: Complex specialist activities - Master craftsman, technician - Degree-requiring occupations (3 years)
  • Skilled worker: Professional activities - Apprenticeships (3 years)
  • Helper: Helper and semi-skilled activities - Without specialist training - semi-skilled activity - Vocational training (1 year)
Status: Januar 2024, "Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, LĂ€nder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen)", statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2025