Nexiga

Nexiga GmbH is a location intelligence provider that describes real-world markets and target groups throughout Germany, accurate to the house level. Nexiga created the first microgeographic database in Germany, providing a variety of data for all postal and administrative structures in Germany.

Esri uses demographic and socioeconomic updates and forecasts provided by Nexiga GmbH to create an advanced demographics dataset for Germany.

Release date and vintage

The dataset was updated in February 2026; the vintage of the data provided by Nexiga is 2025.

Update frequency

Nexiga updates the data that Esri uses for the German advanced demographics dataset approximately every year.

Available geographies

See the Geography levels section in the Germany topic.

Attribute summaries

The following table contains a summary description of the available field categories in the German advanced demographics dataset. See Germany for more information about this dataset, such as use cases and related documents.

Field category	Data category	Description
Population by Age	Age	An estimate of the regional total, female, and male population grouped by age—for example, population age 3-5 years.
Population by Broad Age Groups	Age	An estimate of the regional total, female, and male population grouped by broad age categories—for example, population age 25-49 years.
Companies by Size	Business	Provides an estimate of regional businesses grouped by the number of employees and the number of businesses per square kilometer.
Business Type	Business	An estimate of regional businesses grouped by specific business categories, such as retail businesses or small trade.
Businesses by Industry Segments	Business	An estimate of regional businesses grouped by specific industry categories, such as pharmacies or electricians.
Household Totals	Households	Provides the estimated total regional households and average number of household members. A household is typically defined as a person or group of people who occupy the same housing unit.
Households by Size	Households	An estimate of regional households grouped by the number of household members (up to three or more).
Households with Children	Households	An estimate of regional households composed of children and parents living in the same household, grouped by the children's age ranges—for example, households with children ages 6 to 14.
Households by Social Stratum	Households	An estimate of regional households grouped by broad social stratum categories, such as middle class.
Households by Lifestyle	Households	An estimate of regional households grouped by lifestyle categories particular to consumption, such as households with two incomes and no children.
Households by Other Characteristics	Households	An estimate of regional households grouped by specific characteristics not categorized elsewhere, such as households with an academic titular or foreign head of household or households that refuse media advertisements.
Households by Landlord/Tenant Age	Households, Housing	An estimate of regional households grouped by specific landlord or tenant age ranges, such as households with a landlord or tenant age 30-39 years.
Housing Ownership	Housing	Provides an estimate of regional housing units that are rented or owned and the regional average and aggregate cold rent amounts. Cold rent is the base amount owed for rent without including utilities or other operating costs.
Households by Yearly Net Income	Income	An estimate of regional households grouped by specific yearly net income amount categories.
General Purchasing Power	Income	A sum of regional per capita disposable income based on the earner's place of residence. Includes a per capita disposable income amount, a per capita regional index that compares the region's disposable income overall value to the national value, a per MM €, and a forecast that estimates the region's future ability to accumulate disposable income.
Vehicles by Usage	Jobs	An estimate of regional vehicles grouped by types of use categories, such as vehicles available for private use or for commercial or business use.
Employment - Commuters	Jobs	Information about the region's business commuting habits. Provides the regional estimated daytime and nighttime population, estimated regional inbound and outbound commuters, commuters per 1,000 regional residents, and measures that compare the commuters to the day and nighttime population.
Population Totals	Population	Provides the estimated regional total, female, and male population, the population density per square kilometer, and the estimated regional births and deaths for the reporting year.
Population Projections	Population	Five, 10, and 15-year forecasts of the regional total population (2030, 2035, and 2040).
Foreigners by Ancestry	Race/Ethnicity	An estimate of the regional non-German population grouped by broad region of ancestry categories, such as ancestry from Northern and Western Europe.
Retail Purchasing Power	Retail Centrality	An estimate of the regional per capita disposable income available for spending on retail goods based on the earner's place of residence. Includes a per capita disposable income amount, a per capita regional index that compares the region's disposable income available for spending on retail goods to the national amount available, a per MM €, and a forecast that estimates the region's future ability to accumulate disposable income.
Retail Turnover Key Figures	Retail Centrality	An estimate of regional consumer expenditures based on business location (point of sale) addresses. Includes a per-inhabitant amount spent for specific sectors, a per-inhabitant regional index that compares regional spending to the national average spent in the same sectors, a per MM €, and a forecast that estimates future spending.
Retail Centrality	Retail Centrality	The centrality index is retail turnover in a region compared to local retail purchasing power. If a region spends more than it accumulates, it has a lower number than a region that accumulates more disposable income than it spends. A centrality index of 100 indicates a balance of retail turnover with purchasing power. This variable includes the index, a per MM €, and a per capita €.
Financial Spending	Spending	An estimate of regional spending or investments in financial products and services, grouped by specific categories—for example, the regional amount spent [in €] per inhabitant on contributions to life insurance. Each value includes a per MM €, spending € per inhabitant, a per MM population value, and an index.