NUTS-3 NL362 · Netherlands
Population
246,5122025
GDP
€16,905M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
153.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NL362 · NL115
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Delft en Westland (Opportunity 77). Runner-up: Overig Groningen (68). Contrarian pick: Overig Groningen — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Economic base (94) · Digital readiness (94)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Digital readiness (96) · Talent & skills (92)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Delft en Westland
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 12) — Overig Groningen may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Delft en Westland 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
77.0
68.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
87.8
47.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.2
61.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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57.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
72.7
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.3
91.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.6
62.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Population
1.1% 5y
0.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€68,576
€60,898
Population density
1,607 /km²
308 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 70 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,171M
€22,891M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,196M
€468M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,755M
€5,551M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
€1,351M
GVA — construction (F)
€718M
€899M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,684M
€3,906M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,500
€24,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
58,900 PPS
52,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€68,700
€60,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€47,953M
€6,193M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,533M
€504M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€103,312M
€14,058M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€998M
€1,420M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€687M
€1,280M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,686M
€4,494M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,876M
€7,155M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
161,100
242,200
Self-employed persons
22,700
36,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,300
12,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
83.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.4%
9.7%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,757
45,807
Enterprise births
3,039
4,387
Enterprise deaths
1,396
2,167
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.1%
7.3%
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
4.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
47.3%
45.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
56.7%
60.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.5%
26.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
31.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.2%
11.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.2%
99.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
839,679
1,327,387
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
440 /1k
507 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
323
1,445
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,118 kt
12,285 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
131
345
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
134 km/1000km²
46 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
164,430
284,389
Population aged 65+
46,499
80,195
Population aged under 15
35,583
54,263
Median age of population
38.9 yrs
38.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.3%
28.2%
Crude rate of total population change
6.6 /1k
1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
9.3 /1k
Live births
2,165
3,380
Deaths
2,009
3,880
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
47.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.18
Population density (persons per km²)
1,596 /km²
326 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
22.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
18.6%
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
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1,078 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
264 /100k
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
28 /M
40 /M
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
-1 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
33 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr