EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in real estate activities, 2024

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in real estate activities of 243 regions in 2024, at 69,424. Ceuta had the lowest, at 7. The median was 4,584. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest69,424Ile-de-France

Lowest7Ceuta

Median4,584243 regions

Top 40 regions, 2024

count. Source: Eurostat, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Ile-de-France	69,424	+2.1%
2	Lombardia Estimated	59,646	-3.1%
3	Catalonia	57,212	-8%
4	Community of Madrid	44,931	-5.2%
5	Rhône-Alpes	40,931	+2.1%
6	Andalusia	37,203	+3.1%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	37,122	+3%
8	Praha	31,978	+2.3%
9	Valencian Community	29,971	-2.9%
10	Veneto Estimated	29,186	-3.4%
11	Emilia-Romagna Estimated	26,252	-3.9%
12	Lazio Estimated	25,291	+0.5%
13	Grande Lisboa	24,528	+2.8%
14	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	23,826	+26.7%
15	Stockholm	22,077	+3.8%
16	Toscana Estimated	21,861	-3.5%
17	Oberbayern	20,803	+16.7%
18	Aquitaine	20,552	+2.2%
19	Norte	20,234	+6.2%
20	Västsverige	20,136	+0.9%
21	Sostinės regionas	19,317	+13.5%
22	Pays de la Loire	19,104	+2.3%
23	Budapest	18,371	+2.9%
24	Piemonte Estimated	18,129	-3.7%
25	Düsseldorf	17,413	+12.2%
26	Warszawski stołeczny	17,172	+4.4%
27	Eesti	16,371	+4.3%
28	Languedoc-Roussillon	16,045	+1%
29	Bretagne	15,822	+2.9%
30	Midi-Pyrénées	14,819	+2.4%
31	Helsinki-Uusimaa	14,161	+0.9%
32	Sydsverige	13,590	+4.2%
33	Köln	13,384	+11%
34	Yugozapaden	13,265	-2.9%
35	Berlin	12,924	+7%
36	Darmstadt	12,658	+10.9%
37	Attiki	12,603	+20.8%
38	Wien	12,390	+3.1%
39	Nord-Pas de Calais	12,203	+2.4%
40	Stuttgart	12,166	+22%
41	Campania Estimated	12,034	+1.8%
42	Länsi-Suomi	11,369	+0.1%
43	Hovedstaden	11,310	-2.9%
44	Galicia	11,253	+4.2%
45	Östra Mellansverige	10,674	+2.2%
46	Midtjylland	10,560	-1.6%
47	Noord-Holland	10,480	+17.2%
48	Arnsberg	10,125	+10.1%
49	Jihovýchod	10,001	+1.6%
50	Eastern and Midland	9,955	-52.5%
51	Prov. Antwerpen	9,849	-1.7%
52	Zuid-Holland	9,721	+15%
53	Balearic Islands	9,685	-27.3%
54	Centre - Val de Loire	9,107	+2.2%
55	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9,088	+0.3%
56	Bucureşti-Ilfov	8,798	+2.7%
57	Münster	8,797	+14.8%
58	Weser-Ems	8,762	+13%
59	Poitou-Charentes	8,696	+3.2%
60	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	8,693	+0.1%
61	Etelä-Suomi	8,608	0%
62	Bratislavský kraj	8,583	+3.5%
63	Syddanmark	8,500	-0.8%
64	Alsace	8,357	+1.3%
65	Castile and León	8,272	+10.1%
66	Karlsruhe	8,229	+19.2%
67	Schleswig-Holstein	8,195	+4.2%
68	Śląskie	8,131	+3.4%
69	Schwaben	7,673	+24.8%
70	Canary Islands	7,669	-23.3%
71	Aragon	7,655	+3.7%
72	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7,386	+2.2%
73	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	7,321	+2.1%
74	Małopolskie	7,303	+3.6%
75	Marche Estimated	7,260	-4%
76	Castilla-La Mancha	7,150	+42.4%
77	Centro (PT)	7,118	+6.9%
78	Lorraine	7,064	+2.7%
79	Wielkopolskie	7,020	+4%
80	Liguria Estimated	7,008	-3.9%
81	Sicilia Estimated	7,004	+2.1%
82	Puglia Estimated	6,979	+1.9%
83	Freiburg	6,944	+21.5%
84	Småland med öarna	6,844	+1.7%
85	Hamburg	6,664	+1.6%
86	Střední Čechy	6,463	+4.6%
87	Region of Murcia	6,408	+8.4%
88	Hannover	6,387	+16.4%
89	Detmold	6,364	+7.3%
90	Mittelfranken	6,313	+17%
91	Noord-Brabant	6,300	+16.3%
92	Dolnośląskie	6,297	+4.4%
93	Bourgogne	5,992	+1.1%
94	Pest	5,889	+3.8%
95	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,803	+20.7%
96	Haute-Normandie	5,767	+2%
97	Auvergne	5,760	+4.3%
98	Moravskoslezsko	5,729	+0.8%
99	Tübingen	5,712	+21.4%
100	Steiermark	5,644	+8.6%
101	Pomorskie	5,537	+3.2%
102	Basque Country	5,520	+14%
103	Severovýchod	5,516	+2.3%
104	Basse-Normandie	5,506	+2.8%
105	Southern	5,439	-0.9%
106	Picardie	5,434	+1.2%
107	Norra Mellansverige	5,377	+2.6%
108	Gelderland	5,317	+13.9%
109	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	5,141	-4.8%
110	Oberösterreich	5,037	+7.4%
111	Asturias	5,002	+5.5%
112	Niederösterreich	4,984	+7.7%
113	Brandenburg	4,983	+4.2%
114	Algarve	4,974	+2.9%
115	Luxembourg	4,959	+0.4%
116	Jihozápad	4,810	+1.7%
117	Západné Slovensko	4,764	+4.1%
118	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Estimated	4,668	-4.1%
119	Niederbayern	4,666	+20.9%
120	Sjælland	4,656	-1%
121	Lüneburg	4,592	+13.6%
122	Franche-Comté	4,584	+2.6%
123	Península de Setúbal	4,580	+4.4%
124	Unterfranken	4,568	+21.1%
125	Champagne-Ardenne	4,524	+2.9%
126	Střední Morava	4,486	+1.3%
127	Nordjylland	4,407	-0.9%
128	Severoiztochen	4,325	-5.3%
129	Prov. Liège	4,213	+1.7%
130	Yugoiztochen	4,075	-0.7%
131	Yuzhen tsentralen	4,071	+1.7%
132	Prov. Hainaut	4,069	+2.5%
133	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,013	+1.4%
134	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	3,976	+5.2%
135	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3,948	+2.1%
136	Jadranska Hrvatska	3,924	+2.3%
137	Utrecht	3,905	+13.4%
138	Malta	3,897	+6.2%
139	Severozápad	3,868	+1.8%
140	Łódzkie	3,855	+3.9%
141	Koblenz	3,832	+15.7%
142	Abruzzo Estimated	3,750	0%
143	Northern and Western	3,739	+3.4%
144	Zahodna Slovenija	3,723	+4.5%
145	Braunschweig	3,720	+12.6%
146	Umbria Estimated	3,586	-3.1%
147	Tirol	3,577	+8.4%
148	Stredné Slovensko	3,540	+4.9%
149	Nord-Vest	3,528	+2.7%
150	Sardegna Estimated	3,526	+1.2%
151	Oberpfalz	3,456	+12.2%
152	Közép-Dunántúl	3,368	+8.2%
153	Thüringen	3,347	+1.6%
154	Övre Norrland	3,340	+5.1%
155	Východné Slovensko	3,305	+6.5%
156	Zachodniopomorskie	3,272	+2.5%
157	Oberfranken	3,173	+14.6%
158	Dél-Alföld	3,149	+5.1%
159	Salzburg	3,141	+7.8%
160	Kentriki Makedonia	3,129	+34.1%
161	Észak-Alföld	3,112	+2.5%
162	Sachsen-Anhalt	3,052	+6%
163	Dresden	3,032	+4.5%
164	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2,937	+1.8%
165	Prov. Brabant wallon	2,857	-3.2%
166	Centru	2,849	+1.8%
167	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,842	+3.2%
168	Extremadura	2,830	-4.3%
169	Mellersta Norrland	2,808	+7.6%
170	Kassel	2,766	+11.7%
171	Cantabria	2,715	+14.9%
172	Limousin	2,696	+2.6%
173	Dél-Dunántúl	2,658	+4.5%
174	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Estimated	2,654	-3.2%
175	Corse	2,627	+2.9%
176	Vest	2,617	+0.1%
177	La Réunion	2,535	+3.8%
178	Overijssel	2,505	+16.5%
179	Chemnitz	2,485	+2.5%
180	La Rioja	2,480	+20.7%
181	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Estimated	2,468	-5.4%
182	Leipzig	2,425	+1.4%
183	Nord-Est	2,415	+3.9%
184	Guadeloupe	2,395	+8%
185	Grad Zagreb	2,349	+3%
186	Lubelskie	2,338	+3.1%
187	Gießen	2,299	+9.6%
188	Limburg (NL)	2,295	+18.5%
189	Saarland	2,266	+3.5%
190	Kärnten	2,206	+7.1%
191	Sud-Est	2,172	+0.9%
192	Podkarpackie	2,166	+3.2%
193	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,111	+2%
194	Calabria Estimated	2,034	+2.1%
195	Észak-Magyarország	1,999	+3.3%
196	Vorarlberg	1,966	+8%
197	Kýpros	1,951	+9.3%
198	Bremen	1,922	-3.1%
199	Severen tsentralen	1,891	-0.4%
200	Martinique	1,869	+8.6%
201	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,733	+2.9%
202	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,729	+9.6%
203	Sud-Muntenia	1,702	+3.3%
204	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,665	+5.1%
205	Alentejo	1,605	+6.9%
206	Prov. Namur	1,594	-1.8%
207	Lubuskie	1,546	+4.7%
208	Navarre	1,431	-18%
209	Friesland (NL)	1,430	+17%
210	Podlaskie	1,399	+4.2%
211	Trier	1,348	+17.1%
212	Severozapaden	1,261	+1.7%
213	Notio Aigaio	1,234	+20%
214	Zeeland	1,231	+19.3%
215	Opolskie	1,156	+2.7%
216	Groningen	1,151	+11.9%
217	Świętokrzyskie	1,146	+1.5%
218	Kriti	1,065	+16.3%
219	Drenthe	1,029	+22.2%
220	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,027	+1.9%
221	Flevoland	963	+16.4%
222	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	819	+17%
223	Burgenland	815	+9.1%
224	Basilicata Estimated	676	+0.3%
225	Região Autónoma dos Açores	650	+10.2%
226	Ionia Nisia	634	+16.5%
227	Peloponnisos	615	+19.4%
228	Sjeverna Hrvatska	597	+6.4%
229	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Estimated	589	-7.7%
230	Thessalia	561	+17.1%
231	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	529	+38.1%
232	Molise Estimated	519	+2.8%
233	Panonska Hrvatska	455	+6.3%
234	Guyane	440	-6.6%
235	Dytiki Elláda	429	+21.9%
236	Åland	341	-1.7%
237	Sterea Elláda	293	+18.1%
238	Ipeiros	229	+12.3%
239	Voreio Aigaio	174	+15.2%
240	Dytiki Makedonia	120	+15.4%
241	Mayotte	97	+22.8%
242	Melilla	10	-96.6%
243	Ceuta	7	-22.2%

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About this ranking

Number of local units of enterprises in real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L). A local unit is an enterprise, or part of one, at a geographically identified place, such as a factory, shop, office or warehouse. Eurostat structural business statistics by region.

Eurostat structural business statistics by region (sbs_r_nuts2021), from 2021. Counted where each unit is located, so an enterprise with shops in several regions counts once in each. Countries and NUTS 2 regions. Eurostat publishes 2021 on NUTS 2021 codes and later years on NUTS 2024 codes, so regions created in 2024 (in Portugal and the Netherlands) start in 2022. Some countries publish estimates, flagged as such.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Local units by NUTS 2 region, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L) (sbs_r_nuts2021). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which region has the highest local units in real estate activities?

Ile-de-France, with 69,424 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest local units in real estate activities?

Ceuta, with 7 in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Local units by NUTS 2 region, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L) (sbs_r_nuts2021). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 regions have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.