NUTS-3 NL114 · Netherlands
Population
139,1912025
GDP
€4,856M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
769.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL114 · ITF52
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oost-Groningen (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Matera (37). Contrarian pick: Matera — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 70).
#2Matera
Strengths
Cost advantage (70) · Growth momentum (53)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Oost-Groningen
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 38) — Matera may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oost-Groningen 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
50.4
36.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.5
45.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.3
38.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
67.0
27.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
91.5
18.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.2
52.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
1.9% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
9.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,888
€24,701
Population density
181 /km²
55 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,358M
€4,196M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
€396M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€962M
€676M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€635M
€440M
GVA — construction (F)
€297M
€323M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€685M
€941M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,100
€17,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
25,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,200
€24,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,193M
€4,517M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€504M
€601M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,058M
€5,333M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€353M
€400M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€73M
€51M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€820M
€922M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,324M
€939M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€4,076M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€63,623
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€1,444M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,000
74,400
Self-employed persons
11,400
20,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,700
7,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.1%
60.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.7%
20.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
5.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
75,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,850
12,507
Enterprise births
946
998
Enterprise deaths
594
707
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
—
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
2.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
—
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
45.0%
20.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
60.3%
31.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.8%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.2%
17.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
4.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.5%
90.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
565,236
2,083,051
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
507 /1k
738 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,235 kt
2,009 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
672
332
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
46 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
483
176
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
81
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,125
119,797
Population aged 65+
36,050
47,960
Population aged under 15
19,016
21,338
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
48.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
40.0%
Crude rate of total population change
9.2 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.8 /1k
0.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
10.9 /1k
Live births
1,062
1,147
Deaths
1,837
2,061
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
57.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
55 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
137,516
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
25.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.7 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.6%
21.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
315 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,078 /100k
906 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
264 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
14.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
479 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
60 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
100 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
87 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
5 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr