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EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities

Germany had the highest persons employed in real estate activities of 27 EU countries in 2014, at 615,005. Malta had the lowest, at 1,218. The median was 34,985 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.32 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest615,005Germany
Lowest1,218Malta
Median34,98527 EU countries
European Union (27)2,324,784History

Map of EU countries, 2014

Austria: 50,207 personsBelgium: 66,284 personsBulgaria: 34,863 personsCyprus: 1,654 personsCzechia: 60,824 personsGermany: 615,005 personsDenmark: 34,985 personsEstonia: 10,704 personsSpain: 189,709 personsFinland: 22,887 personsFrance: 316,177 personsGreece: 14,005 personsCroatia: 11,852 personsHungary: 65,290 personsIreland: 22,775 personsItaly: 287,508 personsLithuania: 22,353 personsLuxembourg: 3,668 personsLatvia: 31,009 personsMalta: 1,218 personsNetherlands: 75,199 personsPoland: 181,042 personsPortugal: 46,701 personsRomania: 44,199 personsSweden: 80,978 personsSlovenia: 4,958 personsSlovakia: 28,702 persons
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persons, 2014. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2014

Germany: 615,005 personsGermany615,005France: 316,177 personsFrance316,177Italy: 287,508 personsItaly287,508Spain: 189,709 personsSpain189,709Poland: 181,042 personsPoland181,042Sweden: 80,978 personsSweden80,978Netherlands: 75,199 personsNetherlands75,199Belgium: 66,284 personsBelgium66,284Hungary: 65,290 personsHungary65,290Czechia: 60,824 personsCzechia60,824Austria: 50,207 personsAustria50,207Portugal: 46,701 personsPortugal46,701Romania: 44,199 personsRomania44,199Denmark: 34,985 personsDenmark34,985Bulgaria: 34,863 personsBulgaria34,863Latvia: 31,009 personsLatvia31,009Slovakia: 28,702 personsSlovakia28,702Finland: 22,887 personsFinland22,887Ireland: 22,775 personsIreland22,775Lithuania: 22,353 personsLithuania22,353Greece: 14,005 personsGreece14,005Croatia: 11,852 personsCroatia11,852Estonia: 10,704 personsEstonia10,704Slovenia: 4,958 personsSlovenia4,958Luxembourg: 3,668 personsLuxembourg3,668Cyprus: 1,654 personsCyprus1,654Malta: 1,218 personsMalta1,218Germany: 615,005 personsGermany615,005France: 316,177 personsFrance316,177Italy: 287,508 personsItaly287,508Spain: 189,709 personsSpain189,709Poland: 181,042 personsPoland181,042Sweden: 80,978 personsSweden80,978Netherlands: 75,199 personsNetherlands75,199Belgium: 66,284 personsBelgium66,284Hungary: 65,290 personsHungary65,290Czechia: 60,824 personsCzechia60,824Austria: 50,207 personsAustria50,207Portugal: 46,701 personsPortugal46,701Romania: 44,199 personsRomania44,199Denmark: 34,985 personsDenmark34,985Bulgaria: 34,863 personsBulgaria34,863Latvia: 31,009 personsLatvia31,009Slovakia: 28,702 personsSlovakia28,702Finland: 22,887 personsFinland22,887Ireland: 22,775 personsIreland22,775Lithuania: 22,353 personsLithuania22,353Greece: 14,005 personsGreece14,005Croatia: 11,852 personsCroatia11,852Estonia: 10,704 personsEstonia10,704Slovenia: 4,958 personsSlovenia4,958Luxembourg: 3,668 personsLuxembourg3,668Cyprus: 1,654 personsCyprus1,654Malta: 1,218 personsMalta1,218
persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Germany615,005+20.1%
2France Series break316,177-2.5%
3Italy287,508-3.9%
4Spain189,709+8.6%
5Poland181,042+5.6%
6Sweden80,978-0.1%
7Netherlands75,199-4.4%
8Belgium66,284+4.2%
9Hungary65,290+1.8%
10Czechia60,824-0.7%
11Austria50,207-8.1%
12Portugal46,701+3.1%
13Romania44,199-2.2%
14Denmark34,985-2.3%
15Bulgaria34,863-0.6%
16Latvia31,009+7%
17Slovakia28,702+41.9%
18Finland22,887+6.1%
19Ireland22,775+9.2%
20Lithuania22,353+8.8%
21Greece14,005+63.2%
22Croatia11,852+9.3%
23Estonia10,704+2.3%
24Slovenia4,958+2%
25Luxembourg3,668+1.3%
26Cyprus1,654+17.4%
27Malta1,218-5.9%

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About this ranking

Number of persons who work in enterprises of real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L): employees plus working proprietors, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers. A head count, not full-time equivalents. Eurostat structural business statistics.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2024). Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2) (EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table

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Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2014. Eurostat, European Commission, 1 Mar. 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2024. Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2014.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2024) Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2), EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_na_sca_r2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest persons employed in real estate activities?

Germany, with 615,005 in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest persons employed in real estate activities?

Malta, with 1,218 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Structural business statistics (2005 to 2020), Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_na_sca_r2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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