NUTS-3 NL323 · Netherlands
Population
202,4912025
GDP
€8,706M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
179.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL323 · NL126
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: IJmond (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Zuidoost-Friesland (64). Contrarian pick: Zuidoost-Friesland — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 97).
#1IJmond
Strengths
Talent & skills (97) · Labour market (95)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick IJmond
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 25) — Zuidoost-Friesland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zuidoost-Friesland · Manufacturing → Zuidoost-Friesland · Office → IJmond · Residential → IJmond.
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
64.7
63.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.9
61.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
69.0
65.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
96.5
79.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.8
62.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.0% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€42,994
€50,867
Population density
1,127 /km²
191 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,813M
€8,741M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€69M
€256M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,974M
€1,547M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,394M
€1,418M
GVA — construction (F)
€514M
€628M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,367M
€1,752M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
€24,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,000 PPS
43,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,100
€51,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€41,901M
€6,262M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,039M
€616M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€104,822M
€13,205M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€855M
€630M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€76M
€149M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,913M
€1,947M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,509M
€1,988M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,464M
€7,865M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,737
€96,443
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,638M
€2,211M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
92,200
105,600
Self-employed persons
18,300
18,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,700
11,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.4%
85.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.8%
7.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
113,500
104,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,427
20,392
Enterprise births
2,255
1,502
Enterprise deaths
1,274
946
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
2.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
38.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.6%
48.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.4%
24.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.5%
27.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
10.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
99.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
833,336
926,921
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
428 /1k
545 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,242 kt
7,658 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
352
759
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
174
396
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
108 km/1000km²
63 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
33
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
126,405
116,886
Population aged 65+
45,779
46,211
Population aged under 15
30,307
28,383
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
39.5%
Crude rate of total population change
5.8 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
11.6 /1k
Live births
1,884
1,668
Deaths
2,272
2,224
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
63.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.59
1.66
Population density (persons per km²)
1,239 /km²
191 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
193,256
163,301
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
14.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.8%
14.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
990 /100k
1,018 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.3 /100k
15.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
147 /100k
124 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
957 /100k
655 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.77
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
1.72
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
1.73
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
1.92
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
0.63
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
4 m
2 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
36 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr