What is the conversion factor from square meters to square feet?

Multiply square meters by 10.7639 to get square feet. To go the other way, multiply by 0.092903.

Square Feet = Square Meters × 10.7639. The factor is derived from the international definition of the foot (exactly 0.3048 meters).

Is this conversion exact?

The factor between square feet and square meters (0.09290304) is exact by definition. Conversions involving acres or hectares are also exact because acres are defined as exactly 4,840 square yards and hectares are exactly 10,000 square meters.

Why convert square meters to square feet?

The most common reason is comparing US property listings (square feet) with international or scientific measurements (square meters and hectares). Carpet pricing in the US uses square yards, while metric countries report area in square meters.

Square Meters to Square Feet

Direct Answer:

Multiply by 10.7639

To convert square meters to square feet, multiply by 10.7639. One m² equals 10.7639 sq ft.

Conversion Formula

Square Feet = Square Meters × 10.7639

The reverse conversion: Square Meters = Square Feet × 0.092903. All factors are exact and derive from the international foot (0.3048 meters by definition).

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10.7639

Quick Reference Table

Common square meters values converted to square feet.

Square Meters	Square Feet
1 m²	10.7639 sq ft
10 m²	107.64 sq ft
100 m²	1,076.39 sq ft
500 m²	5,381.96 sq ft
1,000 m²	10,764 sq ft
2,000 m²	21,528 sq ft
5,000 m²	53,820 sq ft
10,000 m²	107,639 sq ft
43,560 m²	468,876 sq ft

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Sources

The figures on this page are based on data from these authoritative industry sources.

ANSI Z765 Standard — American National Standard for measuring single-family residential square footage.