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 · FRK21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (Opportunity 77). Runner-up: Ain (64). Contrarian pick: Ain — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
Strengths
Digital readiness (94) · Talent & skills (93)
No red flags
#2Ain
Strengths
Talent & skills (90) · Energy cost (88)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 19) — Ain 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
63.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
80.3
73.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.1
60.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
67.3
68.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.3
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.3
89.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.8
55.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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2.5% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€51,208
€31,102
Population density
1,500 /km²
120 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,988
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
193
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,570M
€19,246M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€248M
€277M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,362M
€4,922M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,969M
€3,635M
GVA — construction (F)
€820M
€1,326M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,833M
€3,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,000 PPS
29,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
€31,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,022M
€3,671M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€449M
€181M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,335M
€5,616M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,202M
€3,817M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€19,242M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€92,456
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€4,857M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
227,000
237,300
Self-employed persons
40,500
29,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,300
39,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
16.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
331,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
53,473
45,285
Enterprise births
4,725
6,149
Enterprise deaths
2,581
4,795
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
3.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
5.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,606,917
2,369,876
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
3,108
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,073 kt
16,993 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
194
449
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
134 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
290,147
426,826
Population aged 65+
92,219
134,758
Population aged under 15
65,235
130,582
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
41.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.8%
31.6%
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
7.8 /1k
Live births
3,875
6,214
Deaths
4,084
5,405
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
1,567 /km²
123 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
708,642
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
18.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
771 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
24.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
572 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
1,245 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
28 /M
47 /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
273 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
24 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
45 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr