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

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in real estate activities of 244 regions in 2022, at 67,401. Mayotte had the lowest, at 84. The median was 4,348. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest67,401Ile-de-France

Lowest84Mayotte

Median4,348244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Ile-de-France	67,401	+6%
2	Lombardia	61,224	+1.2%
3	Catalonia	56,251	+7.5%
4	Community of Madrid	44,034	+6.3%
5	Rhône-Alpes	39,405	+7.4%
6	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	35,230	+5.8%
7	Andalusia	33,214	+8.6%
8	Praha	30,741	+3.2%
9	Veneto	29,770	+0.8%
10	Valencian Community	28,179	+9.4%
11	Emilia-Romagna	27,241	+0.6%
12	Lazio	24,872	+2.5%
13	Grande Lisboa	22,882	n/a
14	Toscana	22,492	+1.9%
15	Stockholm	21,093	+22%
16	Aquitaine	19,932	+7.2%
17	Västsverige	18,957	+18.1%
18	Piemonte	18,602	+0.9%
19	Pays de la Loire	18,500	+7.9%
20	Budapest	18,119	-1.7%
21	Norte	18,058	+7.5%
22	Oberbayern	17,780	+0.8%
23	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	16,518	+21.9%
24	Warszawski stołeczny	15,891	+1.8%
25	Languedoc-Roussillon	15,618	+6%
26	Düsseldorf	15,362	-0.6%
27	Bretagne	15,190	+8.2%
28	Midi-Pyrénées	14,371	+0.8%
29	Eesti	14,184	+15.3%
30	Sostinės regionas	14,131	+24.2%
31	Helsinki-Uusimaa	13,955	+3.2%
32	Latvija	13,334	+1.2%
33	Yugozapaden	13,152	+5.5%
34	Sydsverige	12,438	+13.6%
35	Berlin	12,127	-0.6%
36	Köln	11,994	+0.8%
37	Nord-Pas de Calais	11,971	+7.6%
38	Wien	11,787	+7.5%
39	Darmstadt	11,569	-0.5%
40	Hovedstaden	11,503	+34.4%
41	Campania	11,441	+4%
42	Länsi-Suomi	11,295	+2.8%
43	Midtjylland	10,518	+24.5%
44	Balearic Islands	10,288	+22.1%
45	Stuttgart	9,972	-1.9%
46	Östra Mellansverige	9,951	+10.8%
47	Prov. Antwerpen	9,865	+8.1%
48	Jihovýchod	9,671	+6.1%
49	Attiki	9,350	+21%
50	Eastern and Midland	9,273	n/a
51	Noord-Holland	9,096	+5.5%
52	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9,016	+3.8%
53	Arnsberg	9,000	+1%
54	Centre - Val de Loire	8,887	+5.3%
55	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	8,715	+1.2%
56	Etelä-Suomi	8,680	+3%
57	Galicia	8,651	-6.8%
58	Syddanmark	8,473	+19.5%
58	Zuid-Holland	8,473	n/a
60	Poitou-Charentes	8,415	+3.8%
61	Alsace	8,255	+3%
62	Bucureşti-Ilfov	8,038	+2.1%
63	Bratislavský kraj	8,004	+5.5%
64	Canary Islands	7,992	+12.9%
65	Schleswig-Holstein	7,975	+1.5%
66	Castile and León	7,830	+14.1%
67	Śląskie	7,661	+1.9%
68	Marche	7,572	+1.1%
69	Weser-Ems	7,536	+2.4%
70	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7,287	+8.7%
71	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	7,269	+12.4%
72	Liguria	7,263	+1%
73	Aragon	7,022	+3.8%
74	Karlsruhe	6,993	-1.9%
75	Małopolskie	6,761	+1.9%
76	Münster	6,742	+0.6%
77	Sicilia	6,723	+3.7%
78	Lorraine	6,721	+7.8%
79	Puglia	6,675	+3.8%
80	Hamburg	6,611	+1%
81	Småland med öarna	6,601	+14%
82	Wielkopolskie	6,573	+0.8%
83	Region of Murcia	6,496	n/a
84	Střední Čechy	6,226	+4.7%
85	Centro (PT)	6,221	n/a
86	Schwaben	6,096	+2.4%
87	Bourgogne	5,931	+0.9%
88	Dolnośląskie	5,927	-0.1%
89	Pest	5,908	+5.6%
90	Detmold	5,766	+1.5%
91	Moravskoslezsko	5,721	+3.7%
92	Freiburg	5,699	-2.1%
93	Haute-Normandie	5,693	+5.4%
94	Castilla-La Mancha	5,483	+6.2%
95	Picardie	5,445	+4%
96	Noord-Brabant	5,436	+6.8%
97	Severovýchod	5,430	+4.4%
98	Hannover	5,425	+2.5%
99	Auvergne	5,386	+7.5%
100	Mittelfranken	5,309	+1.2%
101	Basse-Normandie	5,285	+8.2%
102	Pomorskie	5,166	+0.2%
103	Southern	5,155	n/a
104	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	5,037	+10.7%
105	Steiermark	4,905	+7.3%
106	Luxembourg	4,888	+6.7%
107	Norra Mellansverige	4,827	+13.6%
108	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	4,797	+1.6%
109	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	4,772	-0.2%
110	Tübingen	4,675	-1.4%
111	Jihozápad	4,645	+4.8%
112	Brandenburg	4,644	+1.5%
113	Gelderland	4,628	+3.6%
114	Sjælland	4,591	+15.6%
115	Algarve	4,549	+8.4%
116	Asturias	4,526	+21.3%
117	Franche-Comté	4,510	+7%
118	Champagne-Ardenne	4,474	+1.6%
119	Severoiztochen	4,430	+4.9%
120	Oberösterreich	4,421	+8.4%
121	Niederösterreich	4,371	+7.9%
122	Západné Slovensko	4,353	+6.4%
123	Střední Morava	4,343	+5.2%
124	Nordjylland	4,310	+20.6%
125	Península de Setúbal	4,240	n/a
126	Prov. Liège	4,162	+9.6%
127	Prov. Hainaut	4,119	+12.9%
128	Basque Country	4,073	+25.1%
129	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,026	+13.8%
130	Yugoiztochen	3,965	+6.1%
131	Lüneburg	3,948	+2.3%
132	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3,899	-1.8%
133	Severozápad	3,849	+4.1%
134	Niederbayern	3,808	+2.6%
135	Yuzhen tsentralen	3,766	+5.3%
136	Unterfranken	3,705	+1.8%
137	Abruzzo	3,688	+2.8%
138	Umbria	3,662	+0.9%
139	Łódzkie	3,616	+0.2%
140	Jadranska Hrvatska	3,613	+9.1%
141	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	3,572	n/a
142	Utrecht	3,476	n/a
143	Sardegna	3,417	+1.2%
144	Northern and Western	3,397	n/a
145	Malta	3,373	+2.5%
146	Zahodna Slovenija	3,337	+7.9%
147	Braunschweig	3,316	+3.3%
148	Stredné Slovensko	3,296	+7.7%
149	Nord-Vest	3,283	+6.2%
150	Koblenz	3,265	+2%
151	Thüringen	3,250	+0.2%
152	Zachodniopomorskie	3,160	-0.6%
153	Közép-Dunántúl	3,159	-0.8%
154	Tirol	3,128	+6.4%
155	Észak-Alföld	3,040	-2%
156	Oberpfalz	3,035	+2.6%
157	Dél-Alföld	3,013	-2%
158	Övre Norrland	2,989	+9.1%
159	Dresden	2,969	+1.9%
160	Východné Slovensko	2,956	+6.8%
161	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2,911	+1.7%
162	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,849	+0.1%
163	Prov. Brabant wallon	2,842	+8.2%
164	Salzburg	2,745	+6.6%
165	Oberfranken	2,706	+1.7%
166	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,703	-1%
167	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2,700	+2.5%
168	Cantabria	2,696	+11.4%
169	Extremadura	2,671	-1.2%
170	Centru	2,610	+3.1%
171	Dél-Dunántúl	2,598	-2.7%
172	La Réunion	2,572	+13.3%
172	Limousin	2,572	+4.8%
174	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2,561	+1.1%
175	Vest	2,535	+1.4%
176	Corse	2,506	+8.3%
177	Mellersta Norrland	2,453	+8.4%
178	Kassel	2,449	-0.8%
179	Leipzig	2,411	+0.7%
180	Chemnitz	2,398	-0.5%
181	Lubelskie	2,255	+4%
182	Nord-Est	2,208	+5.6%
183	Saarland	2,207	-0.4%
184	La Rioja	2,161	+3.8%
185	Overijssel	2,157	+9.5%
186	Grad Zagreb	2,116	+7.5%
187	Gießen	2,094	-0.9%
188	Guadeloupe	2,083	+8.9%
189	Sud-Est	2,051	+1.8%
190	Podkarpackie	2,023	+4.9%
191	Kentriki Makedonia	2,019	+17.7%
192	Észak-Magyarország	2,012	-5.6%
193	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,010	+1.4%
194	Bremen	1,999	+1.9%
195	Limburg (NL)	1,985	+7.2%
196	Calabria	1,964	+3.5%
196	Kärnten	1,964	+7.3%
198	Severen tsentralen	1,824	+3.8%
199	Vorarlberg	1,723	+10.1%
200	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,670	-2.8%
201	Prov. Namur	1,661	+5.7%
202	Kýpros	1,657	+13%
203	Martinique	1,597	+4%
204	Sud-Muntenia	1,554	+2%
205	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,469	+10.5%
206	Navarre	1,457	-22.8%
207	Alentejo	1,444	n/a
208	Lubuskie	1,423	+2.8%
209	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,418	+15.2%
210	Podlaskie	1,310	-0.2%
211	Friesland (NL)	1,208	+2%
212	Severozapaden	1,187	+1.7%
213	Trier	1,168	+3.5%
214	Opolskie	1,101	-1.5%
215	Świętokrzyskie	1,091	+0.7%
216	Zeeland	1,048	+6.7%
217	Groningen	1,040	+4.8%
218	Sud-Vest Oltenia	939	+3.3%
219	Drenthe	851	+6%
220	Notio Aigaio	842	+19.1%
221	Flevoland	826	+10%
222	Kriti	782	+17.1%
223	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	755	+6.8%
224	Burgenland	711	+12.9%
225	Basilicata	662	+3.9%
226	Ceuta	658	n/a
227	Melilla	619	+365.4%
228	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	615	+1%
229	Região Autónoma dos Açores	556	+19.3%
230	Sjeverna Hrvatska	530	+10.2%
231	Guyane	497	+9.7%
232	Molise	493	+1.6%
233	Ionia Nisia	472	+21.6%
234	Peloponnisos	463	+24.8%
235	Thessalia	427	+20.3%
236	Panonska Hrvatska	415	+8.6%
237	Åland	345	+6.2%
238	Dytiki Elláda	330	+15.8%
239	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	291	-3%
240	Sterea Elláda	219	+19.7%
241	Ipeiros	192	+17.8%
242	Voreio Aigaio	137	+12.3%
243	Dytiki Makedonia	91	+15.2%
244	Mayotte	84	+16.7%

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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. 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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  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, 2022}},
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Which region has the highest local units in real estate activities?

Ile-de-France, with 67,401 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 84 in 2022.

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