NUTS-3 NL415 · Netherlands
Population
511,9702025
GDP
€26,579M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
959.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL415 · FRK21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Midden-Noord-Brabant (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Ain (64). Contrarian pick: Ain — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 90).
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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 Midden-Noord-Brabant
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 31) — Ain may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Midden-Noord-Brabant 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
78.3
63.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
81.0
73.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.4
60.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
43.0
68.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.7
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.5
89.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.8
55.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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2.5% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€51,915
€31,102
Population density
534 /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)
€23,853M
€19,246M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€598M
€277M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,205M
€4,922M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,021M
€3,635M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,263M
€1,326M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,052M
€3,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,700 PPS
29,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,100
€31,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,094M
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,238M
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€73,167M
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,879M
€3,671M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€349M
€181M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,995M
€5,616M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,095M
€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
288,900
237,300
Self-employed persons
46,500
29,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,300
39,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
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)
61,820
45,285
Enterprise births
5,560
6,149
Enterprise deaths
3,036
4,795
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.9%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
3.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.5%
5.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.9%
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
54.7%
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.1%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.5%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,821,655
2,369,876
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
565 /1k
—
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,462 kt
16,993 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
977
3,108
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
191
449
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
102 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
331,747
426,826
Population aged 65+
106,156
134,758
Population aged under 15
74,067
130,582
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
41.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
31.6%
Crude rate of total population change
8.8 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
7.8 /1k
Live births
4,533
6,214
Deaths
4,881
5,405
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
555 /km²
123 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
708,642
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
18.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.6%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,001 /100k
771 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
249 /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
43 /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)
21 m
273 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
24 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
32 days/yr
45 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr