NUTS-3 DK011 · Denmark
Population
831,4232025
GDP
€76,296M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
183 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DK011 · BE100
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Byen København (68). Contrarian pick: Byen København — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Economic base (98) · Talent & skills (94)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Governance (99) · Talent & skills (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 1) — Byen København may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
68.2
72.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.0
52.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.6
47.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
32.5
44.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.3
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
98.3
94.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.2
48.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.3% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.9% 5y
0.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€91,766
€85,045
Population density
4,543 /km²
7,940 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€67,613M
€97,893M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
€24M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,042M
€4,645M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,563M
€1,922M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,472M
€2,170M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€25,173M
€21,683M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
71,300 PPS
76,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€92,200
€85,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
€21,248M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
€475M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
€55,797M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,894M
€8,004M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,917M
€6,538M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€22,226M
€40,663M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,697M
€28,707M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€69,517M
€92,575M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€138,018
€152,854
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,692M
€22,391M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
571,440
729,700
Self-employed persons
26,670
85,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,540
18,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
67.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
30.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.7%
12.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
539,500
587,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
62,479
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Enterprise births
5,678
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Enterprise deaths
7,059
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3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.6%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.2%
8.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
3.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
56.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
63.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
23.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
41.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
12.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
92.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
12,221,225
7,372,971
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
389 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,476
627
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,226 kt
6,822 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
178
49
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
69 km/1000km²
68 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
11
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
609,404
881,244
Population aged 65+
102,812
165,217
Population aged under 15
119,207
225,248
Median age of population
34.2 yrs
36.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
16.9%
18.7%
Crude rate of total population change
10.5 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
1.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
13.3 /1k
11.1 /1k
Crude death rate
5.9 /1k
6.7 /1k
Live births
11,013
14,034
Deaths
4,849
8,526
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
36.4%
44.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.36
Population density (persons per km²)
4,753 /km²
7,827 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
878,020
1,568,829
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
33.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
23.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
233 /100k
678 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
979 /100k
914 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
250 /100k
214 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
54.9 /100k
443 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
619 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
6,085 /100k
4,651 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M
9 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.046/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
7,923 kDKK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
3 m
81 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
35 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr