A continuous process for preparing (meth)acrylates of C 10 -alcohol mixtures by reacting glacial (meth) acrylic acid with an isomer mixture of C 10 -alcohols composed of 2-propylheptanol as the main isomer and at least one of the C 10 -alcohols 2-propyl-4-methylhexanol, 2-propyl-5-methyl-hexanol, 2-isopropylheptanol, 2-isopropyl-4-methylhexanol, 2-isopropyl-5-methylhexanol and/or 2-propyl-4,4-dimethylpentanol, in the presence of at least one acidic catalyst and at least one polymerization inhibitor and in the presence of an azeotroping agent for the water of esterification, comprising the following process steps: - esterifying the glacial (meth)acrylic acid with the isomer mixture of propylheptanol isomers in the present of the acidic catalyst, the polymerization inhibitor and the azeotroping agent for the water of esterification in a reaction zone, the water of esterification being drawn off in a distillation zone connected atop the reaction zone as an azeotrope with the azeotroping agent, giving a reaction output (process stage A), which - is supplied to a neutralization, with neutralization of the acidic catalyst and unconverted glacial (meth)acrylic acid from the reaction output from the esterification by means of an alkaline solution to obtain crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage B), - washing the crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate from process stage B to remove residues of salts from the crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage C), - azeotroping agents distillation of the washed crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate from process stage C under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor, and drawing off the azeotroping agent, other low boilers and a very small proportion of propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage D), - low boiler removal from the bottom stream from process stage D under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor for removal of the residues of low boilers and of a small proportion of the propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage E), - air saturation of the bottom stream from process stage E in countercurrent by blowing in an oxygenous gas mixture and removing the resulting offgas (process stage F), - purifying distillation of the bottom stream from process stage F under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor to obtain glacial propylheptyl (meth)acrylate and a bottom stream comprising the polymerization inhibitors and high boilers (process stage G); - residue distillation of the bottom stream from process stage G under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor, with separation of residual proportions of propylheptyl (meth)acrylate from polymerization inhibitors and high boilers (process stage H). - esterifying the glacial (meth)acrylic acid with the isomer mixture of propylheptanol isomers in the present of the acidic catalyst, the polymerization inhibitor and the azeotroping agent for the water of esterification in a reaction zone, the water of esterification being drawn off in a distillation zone connected atop the reaction zone as an azeotrope with the azeotroping agent, giving a reaction output (process stage A), which - is supplied to a neutralization, with neutralization of the acidic catalyst and unconverted glacial (meth)acrylic acid from the reaction output from the esterification by means of an alkaline solution to obtain crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage B), - washing the crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate from process stage B to remove residues of salts from the crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage C), - azeotroping agents distillation of the washed crude propylheptyl (meth)acrylate from process stage C under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor, and drawing off the azeotroping agent, other low boilers and a very small proportion of propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage D), - low boiler removal from the bottom stream from process stage D under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor for removal of the residues of low boilers and of a small proportion of the propylheptyl (meth)acrylate (process stage E), - air saturation of the bottom stream from process stage E in countercurrent by blowing in an oxygenous gas mixture and removing the resulting offgas (process stage F), - purifying distillation of the bottom stream from process stage F under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor to obtain glacial propylheptyl (meth)acrylate and a bottom stream comprising the polymerization inhibitors and high boilers (process stage G); - residue distillation of the bottom stream from process stage G under reduced pressure and with continuous metered addition of at least one polymerization inhibitor, with separation of residual proportions of propylheptyl (meth)acrylate from polymerization inhibitors and high boilers (process stage H).