NUTS-3 NL112 · Netherlands
Population
44,7952025
GDP
€2,483M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
273.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL112 · DE926
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Delfzijl en omgeving (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Holzminden (40). Contrarian pick: Holzminden — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Digital readiness (96) · Freight intensity (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Delfzijl en omgeving
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 9) — Holzminden may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Delfzijl en omgeving · Manufacturing → Delfzijl en omgeving · Office → Delfzijl en omgeving · Residential → Holzminden.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
41.9
40.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
21.3
27.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.0
57.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.0
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.5
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
34.6
22.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.0% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€55,422
€42,706
Population density
164 /km²
94 /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)
€2,228M
€2,558M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
€56M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€802M
€1,144M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€566M
€1,065M
GVA — construction (F)
€84M
€117M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€672M
€309M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,100
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,300 PPS
37,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,200
€42,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,193M
€29,132M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€504M
€2,692M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,058M
€55,013M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€116M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€331M
€431M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€307M
€501M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,732M
€2,399M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€128,506
€91,355
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€512M
€809M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
20,200
32,700
Self-employed persons
3,700
3,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,900
10,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.1%
78.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.7%
7.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
23,000
32,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,537
2,022
Enterprise births
326
143
Enterprise deaths
162
181
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.8%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
3.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
4.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
2.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.0%
35.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.3%
39.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.8%
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.2%
24.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
10.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
123,559
196,571
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
507 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,806 kt
3,486 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
250
439
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
46 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
558
669
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,765
39,164
Population aged 65+
11,945
17,884
Population aged under 15
6,085
8,533
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.6%
45.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.9 /1k
-7.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.4 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
17.1 /1k
Live births
374
478
Deaths
577
1,126
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
67.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
166 /km²
95 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
31,808
61,191
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
21.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.6%
16.4%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
1,044 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
264 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
26.6 /100k
19.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
228 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
625 /100k
825 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
0 m
299 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
63 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr