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NUTS-3 PL415 · Poland
Population
532,8872025
GDP
€21,647M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
261.3 km²
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

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Midden-Noord-Brabant (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Miasto Poznań (55). Contrarian pick: Miasto Poznań — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 93).

Strengths
Digital readiness (97) · Labour market (92)
No red flags
Strengths
Economic base (93) · Cost advantage (85)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Midden-Noord-Brabant
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 31) — Miasto Poznań 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
55.0
78.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
26.8
81.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
45.4
65.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
17.7
43.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
56.0
70.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
35.5
89.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.6
60.8

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.6% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
14.9% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€40,623
€51,915
Population density
2,040 /km²
534 /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)
€19,560M
€23,853M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€15M
€598M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,155M
€3,205M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,211M
€3,021M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,053M
€1,263M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,387M
€6,052M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,800
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
57,100 PPS
44,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,700
€52,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,125M
€30,094M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,853M
€4,238M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€27,656M
€73,167M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,879M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€349M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,760M
€5,995M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,190M
€5,095M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,682M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€70,123
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,168M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
380,700
288,900
Self-employed persons
65,300
46,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,200
25,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.0%
86.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.7%
7.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
265,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
68,479
61,820
Enterprise births
8,446
5,560
Enterprise deaths
7,644
3,036
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
6.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.9%
5.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.7%
43.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.1%
54.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.4%
25.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.8%
29.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
13.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
99.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,487,123
3,821,655
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
565 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,800 kt
16,462 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,515
977
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
7 km/1000km²
102 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
284
191
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
27
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
347,665
331,747
Population aged 65+
115,280
106,156
Population aged under 15
69,942
74,067
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.2%
32.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.1 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
9.6 /1k
Live births
3,999
4,533
Deaths
5,674
4,881
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.3%
54.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.93
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
2,077 /km²
555 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
327,740
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.0%
13.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.5 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.4%
11.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
446 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,508 /100k
1,001 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
284 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
523 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M
43 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
84 m
21 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
32 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr