NUTS-3 NL416 · Netherlands
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant generates €43bn of GDP across 681.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 81/100 places it in the top tier of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (85th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (52th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Digital readiness97
Economic base92
Labour market92
Talent & skills90
Resilience82
Connectivity71
Freight intensity68
Quality of life67
Growth momentum62
Energy cost61
Industrial base55
Air quality51
Cost advantage33
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)
81
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.4
Livability67.4
Market access100
Economic scale94
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)
82
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability61
Diversification97
Demographic stability86
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
Airport access79
Market access100
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)
89.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary90
Lifelong learning92
Knowledge workers84
Scientists & engineers92
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO210.9 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
67.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy79.5
Jobs83
Education85
Health54.5
Safety52
Connectivity65
Environment52.7
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
62.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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. · 22.4%Diversified · HHI 1788
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 19.6%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.4%Public · health · education 18.9%
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)
€43,005M2024
7.4% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Population
681,8312025
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Employment
401,4002024
1.6% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Gross value added
€38,594M2024
7.1% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€38,594M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,065M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,550M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,974M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€3,069M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,417M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,000
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
54,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€63,300
2024 · EU pctl 94
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€30,094M
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,238M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€73,167M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,822M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,387M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,640M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,295M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Labour market
Employment, total persons
401,400
2024 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
66,500
2023 · EU pctl 92
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,900
2023 · EU pctl 82
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
88,588
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
7,653
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
4,249
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 93
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.5%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.9%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
54.7%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.1%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,852,993
2024 · EU pctl 68
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
565 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 34 · 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.
1,408
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,354 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
102 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
207
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
430,701
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
151,371
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged under 15
99,759
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
6,269
2024 · EU pctl 91
Deaths
6,585
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
509 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 83
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,001 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
249 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
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)
8 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
29.0%
2021 · EU pctl 98
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