EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities

Germany had the highest persons employed in real estate activities of 27 EU countries in 2022, at 645,669. Cyprus had the lowest, at 3,745. The median was 55,071 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.7 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest645,669Germany

Lowest3,745Cyprus

Median55,07127 EU countries

European Union (27)2,703,901History

Map of EU countries, 2022

Under 20K
20K to 37K
37K to 70K
70K to 100K
100K and over

persons, 2022. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2022

persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	Germany	645,669	-3.7%
2	France	316,124	-7.6%
3	Italy	292,737	+5.6%
4	Spain	271,394	+2.5%
5	Poland	199,213	-0.2%
6	Sweden	105,108	+9.3%
7	Portugal	94,406	+9.7%
8	Netherlands	80,589	+1.2%
9	Czechia	79,477	+7%
10	Hungary	74,960	-0.5%
11	Belgium	74,348	-8.1%
12	Denmark	64,477	+1.5%
13	Austria	63,555	+6.3%
14	Romania	55,071	0%
15	Bulgaria	42,058	+4.6%
16	Ireland	38,099	+23.7%
17	Lithuania	36,662	+11.9%
18	Slovakia	35,323	+1.8%
19	Latvia	28,807	-0%
20	Finland	27,432	+8.6%
21	Greece	27,007	+9.4%
22	Estonia	18,514	+8.2%
23	Croatia	12,586	+8.3%
24	Slovenia	7,035	+7.6%
25	Luxembourg	5,134	+2.9%
26	Malta	4,371	+3.8%
27	Cyprus	3,745	+11%

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2022. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2022.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/persons-employed-real-estate/eu-countries?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Germany, with 645,669 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Cyprus, with 3,745 in 2022.

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, Real estate activities (NACE Rev. 2 section L), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12.