NUTS-3 DK042 · Denmark
Population
945,0232025
GDP
€51,837M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,940.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DK042 · DK012
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Københavns omegn (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Østjylland (61). Contrarian pick: Østjylland — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Economic base (99) · Governance (99)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Københavns omegn
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Østjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Østjylland · Manufacturing → Københavns omegn · Office → Københavns omegn · Residential → Københavns omegn.
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
60.9
73.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
76.3
56.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
63.4
72.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.0
64.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
84.5
98.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.0
64.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
6.3% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
1.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€54,853
€117,889
Population density
159 /km²
1,687 /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)
€45,938M
€60,813M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€468M
€10M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,674M
€24,612M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,618M
€23,824M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,703M
€1,406M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,810M
€12,653M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€30,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,700 PPS
91,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,200
€118,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€17,735M
€37,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,003M
€9,284M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,693M
€83,324M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,316M
€2,886M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,496M
€2,297M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€12,698M
€13,662M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,586M
€8,469M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€47,322M
€62,525M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€108,780
€183,558
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€12,228M
€15,013M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
492,610
386,450
Self-employed persons
25,840
13,530
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,460
40,560
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.9%
84.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.2%
13.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
6.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
532,200
330,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
59,668
39,980
Enterprise births
4,069
3,216
Enterprise deaths
5,745
3,965
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.4%
4.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
11.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
3.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.3%
58.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.5%
64.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
29.5%
35.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
39.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
14.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
97.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,576,924
761,745
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
500 /1k
416 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,495
2,060
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,018 kt
10,195 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
582
354
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
69 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
611,520
373,428
Population aged 65+
180,957
107,760
Population aged under 15
152,546
100,909
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.6%
28.9%
Crude rate of total population change
9.6 /1k
16.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
15.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.6 /1k
9.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
8.7 /1k
Live births
9,953
5,611
Deaths
7,959
5,025
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.5%
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
163 /km²
1,750 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,155,758
490,578
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.4%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
82.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
169 /100k
233 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
961 /100k
979 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
260 /100k
250 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.8 /100k
29.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
707 /100k
602 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,467 /100k
3,051 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
12 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
0.84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.122/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.043/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
3,139 kDKK
6,773 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
86 m
20 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr