# US states by nonemployer businesses: real estate, rental and leasing, 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nonemployer_establishments_real_estate`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of businesses without paid employees in real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: establishments (ESTAB), real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 53), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2024/historical-datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nonemployer-businesses-real-estate/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 362,705 |
| 2 | Florida | 360,409 |
| 3 | Texas | 272,923 |
| 4 | New York | 241,853 |
| 5 | New Jersey | 118,442 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 106,287 |
| 7 | Illinois | 104,688 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 100,822 |
| 9 | Georgia | 99,714 |
| 10 | Ohio | 93,107 |
| 11 | Michigan | 87,840 |
| 12 | Virginia | 76,341 |
| 13 | Colorado | 73,551 |
| 14 | Arizona | 68,404 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 66,692 |
| 16 | Washington | 62,800 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 59,232 |
| 18 | Maryland | 55,255 |
| 19 | Missouri | 54,717 |
| 20 | Indiana | 51,898 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 50,452 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 48,590 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 45,592 |
| 24 | Utah | 45,431 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 39,722 |
| 26 | Connecticut | 39,207 |
| 27 | Alabama | 39,171 |
| 28 | Oregon | 36,996 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 34,163 |
| 30 | Nevada | 33,702 |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 32,943 |
| 32 | Iowa | 28,480 |
| 33 | Kansas | 24,787 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 23,989 |
| 35 | Idaho | 22,139 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 19,982 |
| 37 | Mississippi | 19,891 |
| 38 | Montana | 16,561 |
| 39 | New Hampshire | 14,902 |
| 40 | Maine | 14,546 |
| 41 | Hawaii | 14,502 |
| 42 | New Mexico | 13,725 |
| 43 | Delaware | 13,491 |
| 44 | Wyoming | 12,718 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 11,143 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 10,775 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 9,617 |
| 48 | North Dakota | 9,010 |
| 49 | Vermont | 6,934 |
| 50 | Alaska | 6,650 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 6,080 |