Data / Persons employed in real estate activities / Ireland

Persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland

Persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland was 42,276 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 8.1% from 2023. That is the 17th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons42,276
Change on 2023+8.1%
Rank17th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high42,2762024
Series low17,3122009

Next release: Thursday, 30 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland, 2008 to 2024

15K20K25K30K35K40K45K2008201120142017202020242008: 21,613 persons2009: 17,312 persons2010: 18,423 persons2011: 19,095 persons2012: 20,111 persons2013: 20,848 persons2014: 22,775 persons2015: 24,723 persons2016: 25,744 persons2017: 28,088 persons2018: 29,219 persons2019: 32,870 persons2020: 30,866 persons2021: 30,807 persons2022: 38,099 persons2023: 39,093 persons2024: 42,276 persons10K20K30K40K50K2008201420242008: 21,613 persons2009: 17,312 persons2010: 18,423 persons2011: 19,095 persons2012: 20,111 persons2013: 20,848 persons2014: 22,775 persons2015: 24,723 persons2016: 25,744 persons2017: 28,088 persons2018: 29,219 persons2019: 32,870 persons2020: 30,866 persons2021: 30,807 persons2022: 38,099 persons2023: 39,093 persons2024: 42,276 persons
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 17 values
Periodpersons
202442,276
202339,093
202238,099
202130,807 Series break
202030,866
201932,870
201829,219
201728,088
201625,744
201524,723
201422,775
201320,848
201220,111
201119,095
201018,423
200917,312
200821,613

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Ireland42,276
European Union (27)2,852,037

Ireland compared with nearby places

Austria: 66,435 personsBelgium: 77,592 personsBulgaria: 44,806 personsCyprus: 4,662 personsCzechia: 77,541 personsGermany: 755,302 personsDenmark: 60,935 personsEstonia: 20,294 personsSpain: 270,184 personsFinland: 26,500 personsFrance: 310,100 personsGreece: 35,711 personsCroatia: 13,389 personsHungary: 78,209 personsIreland: 42,276 personsItaly: 274,682 personsLithuania: 49,088 personsLuxembourg: 4,876 personsLatvia: 29,265 personsMalta: 5,174 personsNetherlands: 85,834 personsPoland: 210,052 personsPortugal: 105,342 personsRomania: 56,050 personsSweden: 103,144 personsSlovenia: 7,771 personsSlovakia: 36,823 persons
  • Under 22K
  • 22K to 43K
  • 43K to 73K
  • 73K to 100K
  • 100K and over
Persons employed in real estate activities, 2024, persons. Ireland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L): employees plus working proprietors, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers. A head count, not full-time equivalents. Eurostat structural business statistics.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in real estate activities, Ireland, 2008 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

MLA 9

Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in real estate activities, Ireland, 2008 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-real-estate/ireland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in real estate activities, Ireland, 2008 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-real-estate/ireland.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in real estate activities, Ireland, 2008 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-real-estate/ireland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_persons_employed_in_real_2024,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs\_ovw\_act): Persons employed in real estate activities, Ireland, 2008 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-real-estate/ireland. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs\_ovw\_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs\_ovw\_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act): Persons employed in real estate activities, Ireland, 2008 to 2024
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-real-estate/ireland
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-real-estate/ireland.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"sbs_persons_employed_real_estate","place":"ie"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=sbs_persons_employed_real_estate&place=ie

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland?

Persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland was 42,276 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 8.1% from 2023. That is the 17th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest persons employed in real estate activities in Ireland?

42,276 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

Persons employed in real estate activities elsewhere in European Union (27)

Related statistics for Ireland

All statistics for Ireland | Ireland in figures