EU countries by persons employed in real estate activities

Germany had the highest persons employed in real estate activities of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 643,055. Cyprus had the lowest, at 4,277. The median was 56,706 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.73 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest643,055Germany

Lowest4,277Cyprus

Median56,70627 EU countries

European Union (27)2,730,295History

Map of EU countries, 2023

Under 21K
21K to 41K
41K to 71K
71K to 100K
100K and over

persons, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 persons	Change on 2022
1	Germany	643,055	-0.4%
2	France	318,920	+0.9%
3	Italy	289,738	-1%
4	Spain	264,556	-2.5%
5	Poland	203,165	+2%
6	Sweden	105,202	+0.1%
7	Portugal	99,915	+5.8%
8	Czechia	88,837	+11.8%
9	Netherlands	81,863	+1.6%
10	Hungary	76,803	+2.5%
11	Belgium	75,212	+1.2%
12	Austria	64,849	+2%
13	Denmark	60,828	-5.7%
14	Romania	56,706	+3%
15	Bulgaria	43,158	+2.6%
16	Lithuania	42,811	+16.8%
17	Ireland	39,093	+2.6%
18	Slovakia	35,640	+0.9%
19	Greece	30,851	+14.2%
20	Finland	27,473	+0.1%
21	Latvia	27,129	-5.8%
22	Estonia	19,851	+7.2%
23	Croatia	13,140	+4.4%
24	Slovenia	7,321	+4.1%
25	Luxembourg	5,010	-2.4%
26	Malta	4,892	+11.9%
27	Cyprus	4,277	+14.2%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Germany, with 643,055 in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Cyprus, with 4,277 in 2023.

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.