NUTS-3 NL363 · Netherlands
Population
447,6012025
GDP
€22,921M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
298.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NL363 · FRF31
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (Opportunity 77). Runner-up: Meurthe-et-Moselle (56). Contrarian pick: Meurthe-et-Moselle — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Digital readiness (94) · Talent & skills (93)
No red flags
Why you might not pick Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 19) — Meurthe-et-Moselle may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek 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
77.0
56.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.3
49.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.1
42.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
67.3
56.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.3
48.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.3
54.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.8
46.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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1.7% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€51,208
€33,903
Population density
1,500 /km²
138 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,264
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
180
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,570M
€22,075M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€248M
€170M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,362M
€3,169M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,969M
€2,037M
GVA — construction (F)
€820M
€1,200M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,833M
€3,803M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
€22,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,000 PPS
31,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
€33,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
€16,068M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
€1,764M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
€37,107M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,022M
€3,838M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€449M
€546M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,335M
€6,614M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,202M
€7,119M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€21,947M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€91,004
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€5,548M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
227,000
277,200
Self-employed persons
40,500
27,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,300
22,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
24.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
7.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
333,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
53,473
40,849
Enterprise births
4,725
5,984
Enterprise deaths
2,581
4,566
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
6.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
2.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
35.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
48.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
10.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,606,917
1,395,691
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
440 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
866
4,176
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,073 kt
16,818 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
194
572
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
134 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
76
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)
290,147
459,560
Population aged 65+
92,219
155,663
Population aged under 15
65,235
114,880
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
41.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.8%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
-1.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
0.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
9.6 /1k
Live births
3,875
5,858
Deaths
4,084
7,010
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.31
Population density (persons per km²)
1,567 /km²
139 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
759,466
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
20.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
15.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
566 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
946 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
46.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
359 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
1,546 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
28 /M
51 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
0 m
375 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr