NUTS-3 NL328 · Netherlands
Population
257,7062025
GDP
€11,688M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
84.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
300.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL328 · NL342
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Overig Zeeland (Opportunity 74). Runner-up: Alkmaar en omgeving (72). Contrarian pick: Alkmaar en omgeving — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Talent & skills (97) · Labour market (95)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Overig Zeeland
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 28) — Alkmaar en omgeving may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Overig Zeeland · Manufacturing → Overig Zeeland · Office → Alkmaar en omgeving · Residential → Alkmaar en omgeving.
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
72.4
74.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
78.0
74.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.0
62.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.3
52.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
96.5
65.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.4
71.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.1% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.5% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€45,353
€51,405
Population density
858 /km²
245 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,489M
€13,233M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€129M
€591M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,043M
€3,399M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€839M
€1,597M
GVA — construction (F)
€604M
€744M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,270M
€2,782M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,000
€25,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,000 PPS
44,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,500
€51,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€41,901M
€6,161M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,039M
€771M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€104,822M
€8,187M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,150M
€1,052M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€310M
€180M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,841M
€2,554M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,768M
€2,693M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,021M
€11,620M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,107
€104,043
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,200M
€4,814M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,500
148,200
Self-employed persons
24,900
30,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,200
12,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
86.4%
85.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
8.8%
5.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
143,600
153,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
33,304
32,332
Enterprise births
2,827
2,700
Enterprise deaths
1,653
1,472
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.0%
6.5%
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
34.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
62.6%
42.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.4%
23.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.5%
23.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.0%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,817,812
9,441,570
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
428 /1k
554 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,496 kt
7,575 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
562
657
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
218
229
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
108 km/1000km²
49 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
159,942
173,157
Population aged 65+
59,492
70,146
Population aged under 15
38,272
43,541
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
46.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
40.5%
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
2,283
2,515
Deaths
2,563
3,182
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
65.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.62
Population density (persons per km²)
857 /km²
270 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
236,513
278,874
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
13.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.8%
13.5%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
990 /100k
998 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
247 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.7 /100k
19.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
136 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,247 /100k
1,064 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
48 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.77
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
1.72
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
1.73
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
1.92
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
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)
2 m
6 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
18 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr