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NUTS-3 NL411 · Netherlands

West-Noord-Brabant

Population

653,9552025

GDP

€38,923M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

84.1%2025

Active firms· FR-only

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Cadastral parcels· FR-only

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Area

1,308 km²

NUTS-3 NL416 · Netherlands

Noordoost-Noord-Brabant

Population

681,8312025

GDP

€43,005M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

84.1%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

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Area

1,348.5 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (Opportunity 81). Runner-up: West-Noord-Brabant (78). Contrarian pick: West-Noord-Brabant — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 91).

#1Noordoost-Noord-Brabant

Strengths

Digital readiness (97) · Economic base (92)

Red flags

Flood: 29% of population in the 100-year floodplain

#2West-Noord-Brabant

Strengths

Digital readiness (97) · Labour market (92)

Red flags

Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain

Why you might not pick Noordoost-Noord-Brabant

Flood: 29% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 33) — West-Noord-Brabant may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → West-Noord-Brabant · Manufacturing → Noordoost-Noord-Brabant · Office → Noordoost-Noord-Brabant · Residential → West-Noord-Brabant.

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
Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions

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

77.6

81.0

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

77.3

82.0

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

63.8

67.4

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

41.7

51.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

64.0

70.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

89.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

55.4

62.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

1.9% 5y

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Population

0.6% 5y

0.8% 5y

Unemployment rate

0.0% 5y

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Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€59,519

€63,072

Population density

500 /km²

506 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€34,931M

€38,594M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€965M

€1,065M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€5,649M

€7,550M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€4,208M

€6,974M

GVA — construction (F)

€1,808M

€3,069M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€9,007M

€8,417M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€27,000

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

51,100 PPS

54,300 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€59,600

€63,300

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€30,094M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€4,238M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€73,167M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€2,504M

€2,822M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€784M

€1,387M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€8,243M

€8,640M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€6,990M

€7,295M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€32,514M

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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€110,390

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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€7,459M

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Labour market

Employment, total persons

368,700

401,400

Self-employed persons

58,400

66,500

Employment in manufacturing (C)

34,700

40,900

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

86.3%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

7.8%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.5%

—

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

370,200

—

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

79,951

88,588

Enterprise births

7,025

7,653

Enterprise deaths

4,045

4,249

3-year enterprise survival rate

6.7%

6.3%

Innovation & R&D

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

5.5%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

43.9%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

54.7%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

25.0%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

29.5%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

13.1%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

99.5%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

2,289,732

1,852,993

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

565 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,264

1,408

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

27,864 kt

25,354 kt

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

102 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

193

207

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

413,146

430,701

Population aged 65+

146,865

151,371

Population aged under 15

93,944

99,759

Median age of population

44.8 yrs

44.7 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

35.5%

35.1%

Crude rate of total population change

4.3 /1k

7.2 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

6.3 /1k

7.7 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.7 /1k

9.2 /1k

Crude death rate

10.8 /1k

9.7 /1k

Live births

5,702

6,269

Deaths

7,029

6,585

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

58.3%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.44

1.52

Population density (persons per km²)

528 /km²

509 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

670,009

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Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

13.5%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

82.0 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

11.6%

Health

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,001 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

249 /100k

Safety & crime

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

22.9 /100k

—

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

189 /100k

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Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,328 /100k

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Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

43 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.77

—

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.72

—

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.73

—

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.92

—

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.63

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Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.142/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.039/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

9 m

8 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

29 days/yr

34 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

2 days/yr

3 days/yr