Economic Output & Workforce Catchment


When markets are ranked by overall economic output, combined with their workforce catchment scores, we see some interesting results. Unsurprisingly London then Paris lead the line, but Dublin - a comparatively small city - comes in third place, followed by Zurich and Stockholm.


Moscow, the only other ‘mega-city’ in the study in terms of population catchment size (>10 million, alongside London and Paris) is pushed back into fifth position, with Oslo, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Munich making up the top ten. And the top ten are only marginally ahead of those in the top twenty - led by Birmingham, Helsinki and Edinburgh - with only two points separating 10th and 20th place.


When we examine the scores in more detail, we can extract stories around why certain cities feature strongly, which the matrix chart overleaf helps to highlight. Dublin is a hugely productive economy on a per capita basis, with dominance over its hinterland. These are also features of the main Nordic cities, led by Stockholm and Copenhagen at the top of the rankings, which also benefit from their orientation towards high, value added service creation – a requirement of successful city in the modern, digital economy.


London 42.2


Another interesting feature of this category is that, Paris aside, all the cities in the top twenty belong to the North-western European markets of the UK, Benelux, the Nordics and Germany plus the Germanic speaking territories of Zurich and Vienna. Something for the many CEE and southern European cities to aspire to.


Paris 35.5 Dublin 34.5 Zurich 30.0 Stockholm 29.7 Source: Colliers International, Oxford Economics, Eurobarometer


Economic Output & Workforce Catchment - Top 20 Economic Output Workforce Catchment TOP FIVE


Colliers International | Cities of Influence | Q1 2018 | EMEA


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Max. Score 50


28.0 27.3 26.5 25.7 25.5 25.2 25.0 24.8 34.5 28.3 25.6 25.6 25.5 25.2 24.6


Moscow Oslo


Copenhagen Amsterdam Munich


Birmingham Helsinki Edinburgh Manchester Gothenburg Bristol Frankfurt-aM Vienna Leeds Utrecht


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