NUTS-3 NL416 · Netherlands
Population
681,8312025
GDP
€43,005M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,348.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL416 · NL221
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Veluwe (Opportunity 81). Runner-up: Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (81). Contrarian pick: Noordoost-Noord-Brabant — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Digital readiness (97) · Economic base (92)
Red flags
Flood: 29% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Veluwe
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 27) — Noordoost-Noord-Brabant may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Noordoost-Noord-Brabant · Manufacturing → Noordoost-Noord-Brabant · Office → Veluwe · Residential → Veluwe.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
81.0
81.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
82.0
83.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.4
66.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.3
64.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
70.7
54.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
89.5
89.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.4
69.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
2.4% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
0.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€63,072
€56,245
Population density
506 /km²
390 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€38,594M
€36,691M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,065M
€700M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,550M
€4,533M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,974M
€4,295M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,069M
€2,677M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,417M
€7,801M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,000
€26,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
54,300 PPS
48,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€63,300
€56,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,094M
€23,257M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,238M
€2,035M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€73,167M
€50,437M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,822M
€2,960M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,387M
€1,064M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,640M
€9,291M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,295M
€8,808M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€33,821M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€103,215
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€9,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
401,400
414,200
Self-employed persons
66,500
69,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,900
34,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.3%
86.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.8%
7.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
408,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
88,588
85,872
Enterprise births
7,653
7,279
Enterprise deaths
4,249
3,919
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.5%
4.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.9%
44.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
54.7%
53.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
25.0%
25.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.5%
30.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.1%
12.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.5%
99.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,852,993
7,814,696
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
565 /1k
523 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,408
1,654
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,354 kt
20,902 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
102 km/1000km²
81 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
207
228
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
70
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
430,701
452,711
Population aged 65+
151,371
154,843
Population aged under 15
99,759
119,337
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
34.2%
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
9.6 /1k
Live births
6,269
7,125
Deaths
6,585
6,943
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.64
Population density (persons per km²)
509 /km²
395 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
738,891
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.5%
14.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
81.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.6%
12.1%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,001 /100k
1,014 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
249 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
14.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
173 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
901 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.77
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.72
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.73
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.92
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.63
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
8 m
40 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
37 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr