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

Ile-de-France had the highest local units in real estate activities of 243 regions in 2023, at 68,017. Ceuta had the lowest, at 9. The median was 4,448. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest68,017Ile-de-France

Lowest9Ceuta

Median4,448243 regions

Top 40 regions, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Ile-de-France	68,017	+0.9%
2	Catalonia	62,202	+10.6%
3	Lombardia	61,560	+0.5%
4	Community of Madrid	47,418	+7.7%
5	Rhône-Alpes	40,077	+1.7%
6	Andalusia	36,094	+8.7%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	36,035	+2.3%
8	Praha	31,253	+1.7%
9	Valencian Community	30,871	+9.6%
10	Veneto	30,203	+1.5%
11	Emilia-Romagna	27,311	+0.3%
12	Lazio	25,168	+1.2%
13	Grande Lisboa	23,860	+4.3%
14	Toscana	22,663	+0.8%
15	Stockholm	21,263	+0.8%
16	Eastern and Midland	20,977	+126.2%
17	Aquitaine	20,119	+0.9%
18	Västsverige	19,964	+5.3%
19	Norte	19,047	+5.5%
20	Piemonte	18,834	+1.2%
21	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	18,811	+13.9%
22	Pays de la Loire	18,676	+1%
23	Budapest	17,850	-1.5%
24	Oberbayern	17,821	+0.2%
25	Sostinės regionas	17,014	+20.4%
26	Warszawski stołeczny	16,451	+3.5%
27	Languedoc-Roussillon	15,893	+1.8%
28	Eesti	15,694	+10.6%
29	Düsseldorf	15,525	+1.1%
30	Bretagne	15,382	+1.3%
31	Midi-Pyrénées	14,477	+0.7%
32	Helsinki-Uusimaa	14,041	+0.6%
33	Yugozapaden	13,657	+3.8%
34	Balearic Islands	13,321	+29.5%
35	Sydsverige	13,048	+4.9%
36	Berlin	12,079	-0.4%
37	Köln	12,058	+0.5%
38	Wien	12,015	+1.9%
39	Nord-Pas de Calais	11,914	-0.5%
40	Campania	11,825	+3.4%
41	Hovedstaden	11,645	+1.2%
42	Darmstadt	11,416	-1.3%
43	Länsi-Suomi	11,353	+0.5%
44	Galicia	10,798	+24.8%
45	Midtjylland	10,727	+2%
46	Östra Mellansverige	10,440	+4.9%
47	Attiki	10,434	+11.6%
48	Prov. Antwerpen	10,021	+1.6%
49	Canary Islands	9,998	+25.1%
50	Stuttgart	9,972	0%
51	Jihovýchod	9,841	+1.8%
52	Arnsberg	9,197	+2.2%
53	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9,063	+0.5%
54	Noord-Holland	8,942	-1.7%
55	Centre - Val de Loire	8,909	+0.2%
56	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	8,680	-0.4%
57	Etelä-Suomi	8,604	-0.9%
58	Bucureşti-Ilfov	8,568	+6.6%
59	Syddanmark	8,566	+1.1%
60	Zuid-Holland	8,453	-0.2%
61	Poitou-Charentes	8,429	+0.2%
62	Bratislavský kraj	8,294	+3.6%
63	Alsace	8,250	-0.1%
64	Śląskie	7,866	+2.7%
65	Schleswig-Holstein	7,862	-1.4%
66	Weser-Ems	7,754	+2.9%
67	Münster	7,664	+13.7%
68	Marche	7,561	-0.1%
69	Castile and León	7,512	-4.1%
70	Aragon	7,385	+5.2%
71	Liguria	7,293	+0.4%
72	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7,226	-0.8%
73	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	7,170	-1.4%
74	Małopolskie	7,051	+4.3%
75	Karlsruhe	6,906	-1.2%
76	Lorraine	6,876	+2.3%
77	Sicilia	6,860	+2%
78	Puglia	6,847	+2.6%
79	Wielkopolskie	6,748	+2.7%
80	Småland med öarna	6,731	+2%
81	Centro (PT)	6,658	+7%
82	Hamburg	6,556	-0.8%
83	Střední Čechy	6,176	-0.8%
84	Schwaben	6,148	+0.9%
85	Dolnośląskie	6,030	+1.7%
86	Detmold	5,933	+2.9%
87	Bourgogne	5,928	-0.1%
88	Region of Murcia	5,909	-9%
89	Freiburg	5,713	+0.2%
90	Moravskoslezsko	5,681	-0.7%
91	Pest	5,674	-4%
92	Haute-Normandie	5,656	-0.6%
93	Auvergne	5,521	+2.5%
94	Hannover	5,489	+1.2%
95	Southern	5,487	+6.4%
96	Noord-Brabant	5,416	-0.4%
97	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	5,398	+7.2%
98	Mittelfranken	5,395	+1.6%
99	Severovýchod	5,394	-0.7%
100	Picardie	5,367	-1.4%
100	Pomorskie	5,367	+3.9%
102	Basse-Normandie	5,358	+1.4%
103	Norra Mellansverige	5,240	+8.6%
104	Steiermark	5,195	+5.9%
105	Castilla-La Mancha	5,021	-8.4%
106	Luxembourg	4,938	+1%
107	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	4,870	+1.5%
108	Basque Country	4,841	+18.9%
109	Algarve	4,832	+6.2%
110	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	4,807	+0.7%
111	Brandenburg	4,782	+3%
112	Asturias	4,739	+4.7%
113	Jihozápad	4,730	+1.8%
114	Tübingen	4,705	+0.6%
115	Sjælland	4,703	+2.4%
116	Oberösterreich	4,689	+6.1%
117	Gelderland	4,668	+0.9%
118	Niederösterreich	4,629	+5.9%
119	Západné Slovensko	4,576	+5.1%
120	Severoiztochen	4,565	+3%
121	Franche-Comté	4,469	-0.9%
122	Nordjylland	4,448	+3.2%
123	Střední Morava	4,430	+2%
124	Champagne-Ardenne	4,397	-1.7%
125	Península de Setúbal	4,387	+3.5%
126	Prov. Liège	4,144	-0.4%
127	Yugoiztochen	4,105	+3.5%
128	Lüneburg	4,042	+2.4%
129	Yuzhen tsentralen	4,003	+6.3%
130	Prov. Hainaut	3,971	-3.6%
131	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3,957	-1.7%
132	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3,868	-0.8%
133	Niederbayern	3,860	+1.4%
134	Jadranska Hrvatska	3,834	+6.1%
135	Severozápad	3,800	-1.3%
136	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	3,778	+5.8%
137	Unterfranken	3,772	+1.8%
138	Abruzzo	3,749	+1.7%
139	Łódzkie	3,711	+2.6%
140	Umbria	3,700	+1%
141	Malta	3,670	+8.8%
142	Northern and Western	3,617	+6.5%
143	Zahodna Slovenija	3,564	+6.8%
144	Sardegna	3,485	+2%
145	Utrecht	3,445	-0.9%
146	Nord-Vest	3,434	+4.6%
147	Stredné Slovensko	3,376	+2.4%
148	Koblenz	3,312	+1.4%
149	Braunschweig	3,304	-0.4%
150	Tirol	3,299	+5.5%
151	Thüringen	3,293	+1.3%
152	Zachodniopomorskie	3,192	+1%
153	Övre Norrland	3,177	+6.3%
154	Közép-Dunántúl	3,113	-1.5%
155	Východné Slovensko	3,103	+5%
156	Oberpfalz	3,081	+1.5%
157	Észak-Alföld	3,035	-0.2%
158	Dél-Alföld	2,997	-0.5%
159	Extremadura	2,958	+10.7%
160	Prov. Brabant wallon	2,951	+3.8%
161	Salzburg	2,915	+6.2%
162	Dresden	2,902	-2.3%
163	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2,886	-0.9%
164	Sachsen-Anhalt	2,878	+1%
165	Centru	2,798	+7.2%
166	Oberfranken	2,769	+2.3%
167	Kujawsko-pomorskie	2,753	+1.8%
168	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2,742	+1.6%
169	Limousin	2,628	+2.2%
170	Vest	2,614	+3.1%
171	Mellersta Norrland	2,609	+6.4%
171	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2,609	+1.9%
173	Corse	2,554	+1.9%
174	Dél-Dunántúl	2,544	-2.1%
175	Kassel	2,476	+1.1%
176	La Réunion	2,442	-5.1%
177	Chemnitz	2,424	+1.1%
178	Leipzig	2,391	-0.8%
179	Cantabria	2,362	-12.4%
180	Kentriki Makedonia	2,333	+15.6%
181	Nord-Est	2,325	+5.3%
182	Grad Zagreb	2,280	+7.8%
183	Lubelskie	2,268	+0.6%
184	Guadeloupe	2,218	+6.5%
185	Saarland	2,190	-0.8%
186	Sud-Est	2,153	+5%
187	Overijssel	2,151	-0.3%
188	Podkarpackie	2,099	+3.8%
189	Gießen	2,098	+0.2%
190	Mazowiecki regionalny	2,069	+2.9%
191	Kärnten	2,060	+4.9%
192	La Rioja	2,055	-4.9%
193	Calabria	1,992	+1.4%
194	Bremen	1,984	-0.8%
195	Limburg (NL)	1,937	-2.4%
196	Észak-Magyarország	1,935	-3.8%
197	Severen tsentralen	1,899	+4.1%
198	Vorarlberg	1,820	+5.6%
199	Kýpros	1,785	+7.7%
200	Navarre	1,746	+19.8%
201	Martinique	1,721	+7.8%
202	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,684	+0.8%
203	Sud-Muntenia	1,648	+6%
204	Prov. Namur	1,624	-2.2%
205	Vzhodna Slovenija	1,584	+7.8%
206	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,577	+11.2%
207	Alentejo	1,502	+4%
208	Lubuskie	1,477	+3.8%
209	Podlaskie	1,343	+2.5%
210	Severozapaden	1,240	+4.5%
211	Friesland (NL)	1,222	+1.2%
212	Trier	1,151	-1.5%
213	Świętokrzyskie	1,129	+3.5%
214	Opolskie	1,126	+2.3%
215	Zeeland	1,032	-1.5%
216	Groningen	1,029	-1.1%
217	Notio Aigaio	1,028	+22.1%
218	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,008	+7.3%
219	Kriti	916	+17.1%
220	Drenthe	842	-1.1%
221	Flevoland	827	+0.1%
222	Burgenland	747	+5.1%
223	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	700	-7.3%
224	Basilicata	674	+1.8%
225	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	638	+3.7%
226	Região Autónoma dos Açores	590	+6.1%
227	Sjeverna Hrvatska	561	+5.8%
228	Ionia Nisia	544	+15.3%
229	Peloponnisos	515	+11.2%
230	Molise	505	+2.4%
231	Thessalia	479	+12.2%
232	Guyane	471	-5.2%
233	Panonska Hrvatska	428	+3.1%
234	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	383	+31.6%
235	Dytiki Elláda	352	+6.7%
236	Åland	347	+0.6%
237	Melilla	291	-53%
238	Sterea Elláda	248	+13.2%
239	Ipeiros	204	+6.3%
240	Voreio Aigaio	151	+10.2%
241	Dytiki Makedonia	104	+14.3%
242	Mayotte	79	-6%
243	Ceuta	9	-98.6%

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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 2023 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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  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, 2023}},
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Which region has the highest local units in real estate activities?

Ile-de-France, with 68,017 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Ceuta, with 9 in 2023.

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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 2023 and are not ranked.