NUTS-3 NL114 · Netherlands
Population
139,1912025
GDP
€4,856M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
769.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NL114 · ES242
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oost-Groningen (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Teruel (41). Contrarian pick: Teruel — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 100).
#2Teruel
Strengths
Freight intensity (100) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Oost-Groningen
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 38) — Teruel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oost-Groningen 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
50.4
40.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.5
49.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.3
62.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.0
16.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.5
61.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.2
58.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
4.6% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,888
€31,776
Population density
181 /km²
9 /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)
€4,358M
€3,946M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
€472M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€962M
€697M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€635M
€461M
GVA — construction (F)
€297M
€296M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€685M
€930M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,100
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
35,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,200
€32,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,193M
€9,383M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€504M
€1,967M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,058M
€22,292M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€353M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€73M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€820M
€613M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,324M
€939M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€3,899M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€74,553
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€984M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,000
61,800
Self-employed persons
11,400
13,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,700
7,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.1%
76.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.7%
24.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
8.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
66,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,850
9,140
Enterprise births
946
666
Enterprise deaths
594
635
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
3.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
3.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.0%
41.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.3%
49.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.8%
15.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.2%
22.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
7.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.5%
97.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
565,236
1,427,216
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
507 /1k
499 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,235 kt
14,306 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
672
52
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
46 km/1000km²
18 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
483
38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
119
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,125
85,581
Population aged 65+
36,050
33,547
Population aged under 15
19,016
16,963
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
39.2%
Crude rate of total population change
9.2 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.8 /1k
12.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,062
880
Deaths
1,837
1,762
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
9 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
81,521
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
19.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
84.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.6%
13.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
352 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
812 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
264 /100k
226 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
8.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
237 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
122 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
1,342 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
26 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr