NUTS-3 ITC13 · Italy
Population
168,3282025
GDP
€5,639M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
909.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITC13 · ITC31
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Biella (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Imperia (44). Contrarian pick: Imperia — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 61).
#1Biella
Strengths
Industrial base (82) · Connectivity (71)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 27 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Imperia
Strengths
Demographic outlook (61) · Cost advantage (55)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 24 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Biella
Long-run slide: down 27 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 15) — Imperia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Biella · Manufacturing → Biella · Office → Biella · Residential → Imperia.
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
49.1
44.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
30.8
35.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.5
45.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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52.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.0
32.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.0
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
35.8
50.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.3% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.9% 5y
13.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,502
€29,075
Population density
185 /km²
183 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,066M
€5,468M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€45M
€294M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,456M
€368M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,356M
€237M
GVA — construction (F)
€267M
€390M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€905M
€1,418M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,400
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,700 PPS
30,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,400
€29,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€44,851M
€12,797M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,323M
€1,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,911M
€21,326M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€734M
€1,152M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€90M
€45M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,568M
€1,748M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€824M
€1,251M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,167M
€5,432M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,665
€80,292
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,615M
€1,353M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,300
77,100
Self-employed persons
16,300
24,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,300
3,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
72.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.3%
20.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
4.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
76,000
94,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,839
17,745
Enterprise births
814
1,386
Enterprise deaths
674
1,021
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.6%
3.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.2%
23.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.3%
28.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
11.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.0%
17.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
4.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
339,609
3,247,302
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
723 /1k
563 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,164 kt
1,309 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,447
13
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
860
6
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
36 km/1000km²
70 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
101,001
127,007
Population aged 65+
51,066
60,145
Population aged under 15
16,261
22,196
Median age of population
53.4 yrs
52.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.6%
47.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
10.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
4.7 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
792
1,212
Deaths
2,480
2,906
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
64.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
181 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
109,051
192,608
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
19.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
17.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
353 /100k
345 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
892 /100k
867 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
218 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.3 /100k
47.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
1,439 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
41 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
413 m
789 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
37 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
13 days/yr