Data / Rankings / Enterprises in real estate activities / EU countries

EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities

France had the highest enterprises in real estate activities of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 230,805. Cyprus had the lowest, at 1,354. The median was 24,315 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.35 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest230,805France
Lowest1,354Cyprus
Median24,31527 EU countries
European Union (27)1,348,281History

Map of EU countries, 2020

Austria: 18,083 countBelgium: 49,199 countBulgaria: 24,315 countCyprus: 1,354 countCzechia: 55,017 countGermany: 157,593 countDenmark: 30,283 countEstonia: 7,348 countSpain: 181,436 countFinland: 32,020 countFrance: 230,805 countGreece: 10,474 countCroatia: 5,180 countHungary: 35,869 countIreland: 15,603 countItaly: 220,679 countLithuania: 22,761 countLuxembourg: 4,160 countLatvia: 13,150 countMalta: 2,461 countNetherlands: 31,609 countPoland: 61,596 countPortugal: 51,940 countRomania: 19,643 countSweden: 45,068 countSlovenia: 4,137 countSlovakia: 16,710 count
  • Under 8,000
  • 8,000 to 19K
  • 19K to 32K
  • 32K to 54K
  • 54K and over
count, 2020. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2020

France: 230,805 countFrance230,805Italy: 220,679 countItaly220,679Spain: 181,436 countSpain181,436Germany: 157,593 countGermany157,593Poland: 61,596 countPoland61,596Czechia: 55,017 countCzechia55,017Portugal: 51,940 countPortugal51,940Belgium: 49,199 countBelgium49,199Sweden: 45,068 countSweden45,068Hungary: 35,869 countHungary35,869Finland: 32,020 countFinland32,020Netherlands: 31,609 countNetherlands31,609Denmark: 30,283 countDenmark30,283Bulgaria: 24,315 countBulgaria24,315Lithuania: 22,761 countLithuania22,761Romania: 19,643 countRomania19,643Austria: 18,083 countAustria18,083Slovakia: 16,710 countSlovakia16,710Ireland: 15,603 countIreland15,603Latvia: 13,150 countLatvia13,150Greece: 10,474 countGreece10,474Estonia: 7,348 countEstonia7,348Croatia: 5,180 countCroatia5,180Luxembourg: 4,160 countLuxembourg4,160Slovenia: 4,137 countSlovenia4,137Malta: 2,461 countMalta2,461Cyprus: 1,354 countCyprus1,354France: 230,805 countFrance230,805Italy: 220,679 countItaly220,679Spain: 181,436 countSpain181,436Germany: 157,593 countGermany157,593Poland: 61,596 countPoland61,596Czechia: 55,017 countCzechia55,017Portugal: 51,940 countPortugal51,940Belgium: 49,199 countBelgium49,199Sweden: 45,068 countSweden45,068Hungary: 35,869 countHungary35,869Finland: 32,020 countFinland32,020Netherlands: 31,609 countNetherlands31,609Denmark: 30,283 countDenmark30,283Bulgaria: 24,315 countBulgaria24,315Lithuania: 22,761 countLithuania22,761Romania: 19,643 countRomania19,643Austria: 18,083 countAustria18,083Slovakia: 16,710 countSlovakia16,710Ireland: 15,603 countIreland15,603Latvia: 13,150 countLatvia13,150Greece: 10,474 countGreece10,474Estonia: 7,348 countEstonia7,348Croatia: 5,180 countCroatia5,180Luxembourg: 4,160 countLuxembourg4,160Slovenia: 4,137 countSlovenia4,137Malta: 2,461 countMalta2,461Cyprus: 1,354 countCyprus1,354
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2020
count		Change on 2019
1France230,805+5.2%
2Italy220,679+1.2%
3Spain181,436-2.1%
4Germany157,593-1.4%
5Poland61,596+5.6%
6Czechia55,017+5.4%
7Portugal51,940+4.2%
8Belgium49,199-2.7%
9Sweden45,068+3.3%
10Hungary35,8690%
11Finland32,020+2.4%
12Netherlands31,609+3%
13Denmark30,283+2.2%
14Bulgaria24,315+2.3%
15Lithuania22,761+8.1%
16Romania19,643+5.6%
17Austria18,083+19.7%
18Slovakia16,710+4.2%
19Ireland15,603-1.2%
20Latvia13,150-0.8%
21Greece10,474+7.7%
22Estonia7,348+5.1%
23Croatia5,180-3.4%
24Luxembourg4,160+6.4%
25Slovenia4,137+5.3%
26Malta2,461-3.6%
27Cyprus1,354+8.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in real estate activities (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section L), from Eurostat structural business statistics.
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that produces goods or services with some autonomy in its decisions; one enterprise can have several local units.

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).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/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. (2024). Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table

MLA 9

Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities, 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 1 Mar. 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2024. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2024) Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_enterprises_2020,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs\_na\_sca\_r2): EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities, 2020}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2020. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs\_na\_sca\_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs\_na\_sca\_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2): EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities, 2020
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/03/01
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2020
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprises-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2020.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/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:

Rank EU countries by enterprises in real estate activities using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"sbs_enterprises_real_estate","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=sbs_enterprises_real_estate&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

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

Questions

Which EU country has the highest enterprises in real estate activities?

France, with 230,805 in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest enterprises in real estate activities?

Cyprus, with 1,354 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), enterprises, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

EU countries: more rankings