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

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in real estate activities of 232 regions in 2021, at 63,569. Mayotte had the lowest, at 72. The median was 3,971. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest63,569Ile-de-France
Lowest72Mayotte
Median3,971232 regions

Top 40 regions, 2021

Ile-de-France: 63,569 countIle-de-France63,569Lombardia: 60,495 countLombardia60,495Catalonia: 52,344 countCatalonia52,344Community of Madrid: 41,410 countCommunity of Madrid41,410Rhône-Alpes: 36,679 countRhône-Alpes36,679Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 33,307 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur33,307Andalusia: 30,577 countAndalusia30,577Praha: 29,786 countPraha29,786Veneto: 29,547 countVeneto29,547Emilia-Romagna: 27,078 countEmilia-Romagna27,078Valencian Community: 25,751 countValencian Community25,751Lazio: 24,263 countLazio24,263Toscana: 22,072 countToscana22,072Aquitaine: 18,600 countAquitaine18,600Piemonte: 18,430 countPiemonte18,430Budapest: 18,424 countBudapest18,424Oberbayern: 17,646 countOberbayern17,646Stockholm: 17,293 countStockholm17,293Pays de la Loire: 17,151 countPays de la Loire17,151Norte: 16,794 countNorte16,794Västsverige: 16,057 countVästsverige16,057Warszawski stołeczny: 15,610 countWarszawski stołeczny15,610Düsseldorf: 15,454 countDüsseldorf15,454Languedoc-Roussillon: 14,734 countLanguedoc-Roussillon14,734Midi-Pyrénées: 14,256 countMidi-Pyrénées14,256Bretagne: 14,036 countBretagne14,036Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas: 13,548 countVidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos region…13,548Helsinki-Uusimaa: 13,526 countHelsinki-Uusimaa13,526Latvija: 13,178 countLatvija13,178Yugozapaden: 12,463 countYugozapaden12,463Eesti: 12,297 countEesti12,297Berlin: 12,204 countBerlin12,204Köln: 11,900 countKöln11,900Darmstadt: 11,623 countDarmstadt11,623Sostinės regionas: 11,377 countSostinės regionas11,377Nord-Pas de Calais: 11,124 countNord-Pas de Calais11,124Campania: 11,000 countCampania11,000Länsi-Suomi: 10,984 countLänsi-Suomi10,984Wien: 10,967 countWien10,967Sydsverige: 10,948 countSydsverige10,948Ile-de-France: 63,569 countIle-de-France63,569Lombardia: 60,495 countLombardia60,495Catalonia: 52,344 countCatalonia52,344Community of Madrid: 41,410 countCommunity of Madrid41,410Rhône-Alpes: 36,679 countRhône-Alpes36,679Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 33,307 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur33,307Andalusia: 30,577 countAndalusia30,577Praha: 29,786 countPraha29,786Veneto: 29,547 countVeneto29,547Emilia-Romagna: 27,078 countEmilia-Romagna27,078Valencian Community: 25,751 countValencian Community25,751Lazio: 24,263 countLazio24,263Toscana: 22,072 countToscana22,072Aquitaine: 18,600 countAquitaine18,600Piemonte: 18,430 countPiemonte18,430Budapest: 18,424 countBudapest18,424Oberbayern: 17,646 countOberbayern17,646Stockholm: 17,293 countStockholm17,293Pays de la Loire: 17,151 countPays de la Loire17,151Norte: 16,794 countNorte16,794Västsverige: 16,057 countVästsverige16,057Warszawski stołeczny: 15,610 countWarszawski stołeczny15,610Düsseldorf: 15,454 countDüsseldorf15,454Languedoc-Roussillon: 14,734 countLanguedoc-Roussillon14,734Midi-Pyrénées: 14,256 countMidi-Pyrénées14,256Bretagne: 14,036 countBretagne14,036Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas: 13,548 countVidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas13,548Helsinki-Uusimaa: 13,526 countHelsinki-Uusimaa13,526Latvija: 13,178 countLatvija13,178Yugozapaden: 12,463 countYugozapaden12,463Eesti: 12,297 countEesti12,297Berlin: 12,204 countBerlin12,204Köln: 11,900 countKöln11,900Darmstadt: 11,623 countDarmstadt11,623Sostinės regionas: 11,377 countSostinės regionas11,377Nord-Pas de Calais: 11,124 countNord-Pas de Calais11,124Campania: 11,000 countCampania11,000Länsi-Suomi: 10,984 countLänsi-Suomi10,984Wien: 10,967 countWien10,967Sydsverige: 10,948 countSydsverige10,948
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

RankRegions2021
count
1Ile-de-France Series break63,569
2Lombardia60,495
3Catalonia52,344
4Community of Madrid41,410
5Rhône-Alpes Series break36,679
6Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break33,307
7Andalusia30,577
8Praha Series break29,786
9Veneto29,547
10Emilia-Romagna27,078
11Valencian Community25,751
12Lazio24,263
13Toscana22,072
14Aquitaine Series break18,600
15Piemonte18,430
16Budapest18,424
17Oberbayern17,646
18Stockholm17,293
19Pays de la Loire Series break17,151
20Norte Series break16,794
21Västsverige16,057
22Warszawski stołeczny15,610
23Düsseldorf15,454
24Languedoc-Roussillon Series break14,734
25Midi-Pyrénées Series break14,256
26Bretagne Series break14,036
27Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas13,548
28Helsinki-Uusimaa13,526
29Latvija13,178
30Yugozapaden12,463
31Eesti12,297
32Berlin12,204
33Köln11,900
34Darmstadt11,623
35Sostinės regionas11,377
36Nord-Pas de Calais Series break11,124
37Campania11,000
38Länsi-Suomi10,984
39Wien Series break10,967
40Sydsverige10,948
41Stuttgart10,162
42Galicia9,282
43Prov. Antwerpen9,123
44Jihovýchod Series break9,114
45Östra Mellansverige8,977
46Arnsberg8,915
47Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi8,685
48Noord-Holland8,618
49Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest8,611
50Hovedstaden8,561
51Midtjylland8,446
52Centre - Val de Loire Series break8,441
53Etelä-Suomi8,429
54Balearic Islands8,428
55Poitou-Charentes Series break8,110
56Alsace Series break8,014
57Bucureşti-Ilfov7,875
58Schleswig-Holstein7,854
59Attiki7,727
60Bratislavský kraj7,588
61Śląskie7,520
62Marche7,490
63Weser-Ems7,359
64Liguria7,188
65Karlsruhe7,127
66Syddanmark7,091
67Canary Islands7,080
68Castile and León6,862
69Aragon6,762
70Prov. West-Vlaanderen6,706
71Münster6,700
72Małopolskie6,632
73Hamburg6,548
74Wielkopolskie6,522
75Sicilia6,485
76Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen6,468
77Puglia6,429
78Lorraine Series break6,235
79Schwaben5,953
80Střední Čechy Series break5,948
81Dolnośląskie5,935
82Bourgogne Series break5,879
83Freiburg5,824
84Småland med öarna5,788
85Detmold5,681
86Pest5,594
87Moravskoslezsko Series break5,519
88Haute-Normandie Series break5,402
89Hannover5,293
90Mittelfranken5,248
91Picardie Series break5,235
92Severovýchod Series break5,199
93Castilla-La Mancha5,163
94Pomorskie5,156
95Noord-Brabant5,088
96Auvergne Series break5,010
97Basse-Normandie Series break4,885
98Rheinhessen-Pfalz4,781
99Tübingen4,740
100Friuli-Venezia Giulia4,721
101Luxembourg4,581
102Brandenburg4,576
103Steiermark Series break4,573
104Prov. Vlaams-Brabant4,549
105Gelderland4,467
106Jihozápad Series break4,434
107Champagne-Ardenne Series break4,405
108Norra Mellansverige4,250
109Severoiztochen4,225
110Franche-Comté Series break4,216
111Algarve Series break4,196
112Střední Morava Series break4,130
113Západné Slovensko4,093
114Oberösterreich Series break4,077
115Niederösterreich Series break4,052
116Sjælland3,973
117Nyugat-Dunántúl3,969
118Lüneburg3,859
119Prov. Liège3,799
120Yugoiztochen3,736
121Asturias3,730
122Niederbayern3,711
123Severozápad Series break3,699
124Prov. Hainaut3,649
125Unterfranken3,639
126Umbria3,631
127Łódzkie3,610
128Abruzzo3,586
129Yuzhen tsentralen3,578
130Nordjylland3,574
131Prov. Limburg (BE)3,538
132Sardegna3,376
133Jadranska Hrvatska3,313
134Malta3,290
135Basque Country3,256
136Thüringen3,244
137Braunschweig3,211
138Koblenz3,201
139Közép-Dunántúl3,184
140Zachodniopomorskie3,180
141Észak-Alföld3,102
142Zahodna Slovenija3,093
143Nord-Vest3,091
144Dél-Alföld3,073
145Stredné Slovensko3,060
146Oberpfalz2,958
147Tirol Series break2,940
148Dresden2,915
149Mecklenburg-Vorpommern2,863
150Sachsen-Anhalt2,846
151Východné Slovensko2,769
152Övre Norrland2,739
153Kujawsko-pomorskie2,731
154Extremadura2,704
155Dél-Dunántúl2,671
156Oberfranken2,662
157Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen2,634
158Prov. Brabant wallon2,627
159Salzburg Series break2,576
160Centru2,532
160Provincia Autonoma di Trento2,532
162Vest2,500
163Kassel2,469
164Limousin Series break2,455
165Cantabria2,421
166Chemnitz2,411
167Leipzig2,394
168Corse Series break2,314
169La Réunion Series break2,270
170Mellersta Norrland2,263
171Saarland2,215
172Lubelskie2,169
173Észak-Magyarország2,132
174Gießen2,112
175Nord-Est2,090
176La Rioja2,082
177Sud-Est2,015
178Mazowiecki regionalny1,983
179Grad Zagreb1,969
179Overijssel1,969
181Bremen1,961
182Podkarpackie1,928
183Guadeloupe Series break1,913
184Calabria1,898
185Navarre1,888
186Limburg (NL)1,852
187Kärnten Series break1,830
188Severen tsentralen1,757
189Warmińsko-mazurskie1,718
190Kentriki Makedonia1,715
191Prov. Namur1,572
192Vorarlberg Series break1,565
193Martinique Series break1,536
194Sud-Muntenia1,524
195Kýpros1,467
196Lubuskie1,384
197Vzhodna Slovenija1,329
198Podlaskie1,312
199Região Autónoma da Madeira Series break1,231
200Friesland (NL)1,184
201Severozapaden1,167
202Trier1,129
203Opolskie1,118
204Świętokrzyskie1,083
205Groningen992
206Zeeland982
207Sud-Vest Oltenia909
208Drenthe803
209Flevoland751
210Notio Aigaio707
210Prov. Luxembourg (BE)707
212Kriti668
213Basilicata637
214Burgenland Series break630
215Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste609
216Molise485
217Sjeverna Hrvatska481
218Região Autónoma dos Açores Series break466
219Guyane Series break453
220Ionia Nisia388
221Panonska Hrvatska382
222Peloponnisos371
223Thessalia355
224Åland325
225Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki300
226Dytiki Elláda285
227Sterea Elláda183
228Ipeiros163
229Melilla133
230Voreio Aigaio122
231Dytiki Makedonia79
232Mayotte Series break72

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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. 12 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Local units by NUTS 2 region, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L) (sbs_r_nuts2021) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in real estate activities, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table

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Local units by NUTS 2 region, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L) (sbs_r_nuts2021), EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in real estate activities, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_r_nuts2021/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/local-units-real-estate/eu-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  title = {{Local units by NUTS 2 region, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L) (sbs\_r\_nuts2021): EU regions (NUTS 2) by local units in real estate activities, 2021}},
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Which region has the highest local units in real estate activities?

Ile-de-France, with 63,569 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 72 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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. 12 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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