NUTS-3 NL32A · Netherlands
Population
237,3472025
GDP
€10,519M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
117 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL32A · EE008
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Agglomeratie Haarlem (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Lõuna-Eesti (42). Contrarian pick: Lõuna-Eesti — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 75).
Strengths
Talent & skills (97) · Labour market (95)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (75) · Energy cost (73)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Agglomeratie Haarlem
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 1) — Lõuna-Eesti may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Agglomeratie Haarlem · Manufacturing → Lõuna-Eesti · Office → Agglomeratie Haarlem · Residential → Agglomeratie Haarlem.
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
73.0
42.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.0
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.1
51.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
29.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
73.0
37.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
96.5
69.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.0
63.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
0.6% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
4.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€44,318
€22,878
Population density
2,029 /km²
19 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,440M
€6,448M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€5M
€294M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,266M
€1,202M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,150M
€1,076M
GVA — construction (F)
€196M
€480M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,878M
€1,210M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
€15,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,100 PPS
24,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,400
€22,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€41,901M
€9,522M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,039M
€822M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€104,822M
€20,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,403M
€786M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€388M
€324M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,902M
€1,450M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,624M
€1,811M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€5,377M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€49,822
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€1,862M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
111,100
155,070
Self-employed persons
25,600
20,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,000
26,490
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.4%
81.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.8%
20.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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7.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
174,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
38,640
30,498
Enterprise births
3,487
3,989
Enterprise deaths
1,942
8,167
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
7.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.6%
44.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.4%
23.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.5%
25.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
9.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,881,930
1,017,177
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
428 /1k
635 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
898 kt
6,142 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
459
7,023
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
108 km/1000km²
5 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
193
2,183
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
152
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
150,227
201,581
Population aged 65+
48,822
68,572
Population aged under 15
38,298
51,537
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
42.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.5%
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
-4.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
0.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
2,183
2,454
Deaths
2,512
4,080
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.0%
59.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
2,078 /km²
21 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
214,008
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
21.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
79.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.8%
19.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
990 /100k
1,322 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
238 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
6.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
806 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.36
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.54
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.52
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.60
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.87
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.119/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
10 m
46 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
121 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr