Around 27 per cent of Hungarian companies currently offer the option of working from home to at least some of their employees, and three quarters do not plan to change this practice over the next one to two years, according to a survey by GKI Economic Research Institute.
The study, conducted in December 2025 among nearly 1,500 companies excluding agriculture and public services, found that home office has become a stable but strongly segmented form of employment in Hungary. It is most widespread in the services sector and particularly common among large companies, where 83 per cent apply some form of remote work.
Researchers recalled that the coronavirus pandemic played a decisive role in the spread and acceptance of remote work. Although its importance declined after the pandemic, the share of hybrid and home-based work remains significantly higher than before 2020.
Data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office show that between August and October 2025 around 392,000 employees worked partly or entirely from home, accounting for roughly 9 per cent of all employed people. Among companies that allow remote work, on average half of employees can take advantage of it. Across all surveyed firms, about 13 per cent of workers–roughly every eighth employee–work from home either occasionally or regularly.
Company size makes a major difference. While the prevalence of home office is average among micro-enterprises, 83 per cent of firms with more than 250 employees use this form of employment. Looking at the entire corporate sector, 17 per cent of workers at micro-enterprises, 13 per cent at firms employing 150 to 250 people, and 21 per cent at large companies work from home at least occasionally.
By sector, business services stand out: more than half of companies, 55 per cent, offer home office options, especially in IT, legal services, accounting, research and development, and engineering. In retail, the share is around 25 per cent, meaning 11 per cent of retail workers and 37 per cent of service-sector employees are affected.
In construction, companies that allow remote work provide this option to 30 per cent of their staff, representing about 3 per cent of total sector employment. In industry, the corresponding figures are 40 per cent of companies and 9 per cent of employees.
According to the survey, 76 per cent of companies using remote work do not plan to change their current practices. Only 5 per cent expect to tighten rules, while 4 per cent consider further easing. Among micro-enterprises and firms employing 101 to 250 people, expectations of expansion and contraction are balanced. Companies with ten to 100 employees are more likely to anticipate restrictions, while large firms are more inclined to expect further growth in home office use.
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