NUTS-3 NL328 · Netherlands
Alkmaar en omgeving
Alkmaar en omgeving generates €12bn of GDP across 257.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 72.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (56.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable67 → 71 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Talent & skills97
Labour market95
Digital readiness95
Governance91
Resilience78
Quality of life71
Economic base70
Demographic outlook68
Growth momentum65
Connectivity63
Energy cost61
Cost advantage25
Freight intensity23
Industrial base14
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
72.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.4
Livability71
Market access87
Economic scale66
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
78
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability77
Labour stability67
Diversification85
Demographic stability83
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density34
Airport access69
Market access87
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
96.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary97
Lifelong learning96
Knowledge workers97
Scientists & engineers96
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
71
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs79.5
Education96
Health56.5
Safety57
Connectivity64.5
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
65.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.1 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2032
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 9.9%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.1%Public · health · education 26.4%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€11,688M2024
8.9% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,021M2025
1.4% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Population
257,7062025
0.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Unemployment rate
3.8%2025
0.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Employment
128,5002024
2.2% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Productivity / employee
€95,1072025
4.7% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Gross value added
€10,489M2024
8.6% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,489M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€129M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,043M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€839M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€604M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,270M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,000
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,500
2024 · EU pctl 76
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€41,901M
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,039M
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€104,822M
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,150M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — information & communication (J)
€310M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,841M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,768M
2023 · EU pctl 72
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,021M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,107
2025 · EU pctl 75
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,200M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,500
2024 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
24,900
2023 · EU pctl 64
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,200
2023 · EU pctl 19
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.4%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
143,600
2025 · EU pctl 57
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
33,304
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
2,827
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise deaths
1,653
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.0%
2023 · EU pctl 98
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
52.2%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
27.4%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
36.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.0%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.2%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,817,812
2024 · EU pctl 67
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
428 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
562
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,496 kt
2025 · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
218
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
108 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
159,942
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged 65+
59,492
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
38,272
2025 · EU pctl 53
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of total population change
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
2,283
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
2,563
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
857 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
236,513
2100 · EU pctl 54
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
990 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
244 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,247 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
2022 · EU pctl 57
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
2022 · EU pctl 93
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
2022 · EU pctl 91
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
2022 · EU pctl 91
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
2022 · EU pctl 82
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 39
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
13.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.4%
2021 · EU pctl 44
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