NUTS-3 NL32B · Netherlands
Population
1,480,8142025
GDP
€172,452M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
898.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NL32B · IE061
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Groot-Amsterdam (Opportunity 85). Runner-up: Dublin (81). Contrarian pick: Dublin — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Economic base (99) · Talent & skills (97)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Groot-Amsterdam
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 4) — Dublin may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Dublin · Manufacturing → Groot-Amsterdam · Office → Dublin · Residential → Dublin.
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
84.6
81.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.0
35.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
73.0
59.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
39.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
73.3
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
96.5
93.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
70.4
90.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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8.8% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
1.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
4.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€116,458
€179,790
Population density
1,649 /km²
1,674 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€154,765M
€266,418M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€365M
€121M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,462M
€33,956M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,722M
€30,163M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,265M
€4,961M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€45,776M
€127,354M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
€28,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
101,600 PPS
154,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,500
€182,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€41,901M
€79,048M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,039M
€19,258M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€104,822M
€82,802M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€10,391M
€18,530M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€15,041M
€102,443M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€66,831M
€77,488M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€21,874M
€22,537M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€265,045M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€321,103
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€71,681M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,137,900
969,470
Self-employed persons
162,700
85,130
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,900
56,080
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.4%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.8%
12.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
876,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
276,005
136,809
Enterprise births
29,147
17,816
Enterprise deaths
14,327
29,902
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.5%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
11.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
63.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.6%
70.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.4%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.5%
36.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
14.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
96.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
27,583,942
10,856,401
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
428 /1k
426 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,809 kt
43,654 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,854
4,819
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
108 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
193
310
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
14
3
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)
1,035,513
1,061,263
Population aged 65+
238,358
215,682
Population aged under 15
206,943
279,310
Median age of population
38.2 yrs
38.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.0%
20.3%
Crude rate of total population change
5.4 /1k
23.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
19.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude death rate
7.1 /1k
6.0 /1k
Live births
14,502
15,065
Deaths
10,486
9,164
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
43.0%
46.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
1,985 /km²
1,665 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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1,860,816
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.8%
10.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
990 /100k
907 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
70.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
235 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
2,352 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
22 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.057/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
3 m
74 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
18 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr