# US states by employer establishments: real estate, rental and leasing, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_real_estate`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-real-estate/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 65,036 |
| 2 | Florida | 47,772 |
| 3 | Texas | 38,872 |
| 4 | New York | 33,910 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 15,796 |
| 6 | Georgia | 15,465 |
| 7 | Colorado | 14,354 |
| 8 | Illinois | 13,944 |
| 9 | Washington | 13,447 |
| 10 | Arizona | 12,596 |
| 11 | Pennsylvania | 11,785 |
| 12 | Ohio | 11,647 |
| 13 | Virginia | 11,611 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 10,288 |
| 15 | Michigan | 9,106 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 8,539 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 7,786 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 7,753 |
| 19 | Indiana | 7,585 |
| 20 | Oregon | 7,506 |
| 21 | Maryland | 7,450 |
| 22 | Missouri | 7,262 |
| 23 | Tennessee | 7,143 |
| 24 | Utah | 6,808 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 5,635 |
| 26 | Louisiana | 5,515 |
| 27 | Nevada | 5,410 |
| 28 | Alabama | 5,155 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 4,826 |
| 30 | Kentucky | 4,393 |
| 31 | Idaho | 3,755 |
| 32 | Kansas | 3,594 |
| 33 | Iowa | 3,579 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 3,532 |
| 35 | Connecticut | 3,186 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 2,641 |
| 37 | Montana | 2,529 |
| 38 | Mississippi | 2,526 |
| 39 | New Mexico | 2,496 |
| 40 | Maine | 2,162 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 2,093 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 1,541 |
| 43 | District of Columbia | 1,502 |
| 44 | Wyoming | 1,444 |
| 45 | Delaware | 1,440 |
| 46 | West Virginia | 1,422 |
| 47 | South Dakota | 1,356 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 1,273 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 1,139 |
| 50 | Alaska | 1,137 |
| 51 | Vermont | 820 |