Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Ireland

Explore more than 391,370 Ireland-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Ireland 391,370 (0.8%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,917,891 (16.3%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 48,431,425

According to our database, a total of more than 391,370 businesses are registered in Ireland . That represents 0.81% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Ireland-based companies have a share of 3.22% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.89% of all EU employees.

Ireland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (162,480 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (69,590) and Retail Trade (49,545).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Ireland: TOP Industries 391,370 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 162,480 41.5% 162,480
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 69,590 17.8% 69,590
Retail Trade 49,545 12.7% 49,545
Construction 34,824 8.9% 34,824
Wholesale Trade 17,324 4.4% 17,324
Manufacturing 16,890 4.3% 16,890
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 14,999 3.8% 14,999
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 13,768 3.5% 13,768
Unknown industry 9,634 2.5% 9,634
Public Sector 1,708 0.4% 1,708
Mining 608 0.2% 608

Ireland: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Ireland are Business services (5.75%), Holding company (5.64%) and Management consulting services (5.3%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Ireland: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 391,370 registered companies

Ireland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Ireland generated € 2,866,743,868,804 in sales, which represents 3.22% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Ireland was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Ireland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 391,370 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED € 208B 7.26% € 208B
2. GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED € 86.63B 3.02% € 86.63B
3. META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED € 85.29B 2.98% € 85.29B
4. MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED € 82.34B 2.87% € 82.34B
5. MICROSOFT IRELAND RESEARCH UNLIMITED COMPANY € 67.52B 2.36% € 67.52B
6. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 61.6B 2.15% € 61.6B
7. ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD € 60.23B 2.1% € 60.23B
8. MICROSOFT IRELAND INVESTMENTS UNLIMITED COMPANY € 42.44B 1.48% € 42.44B
9. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 33.11B 1.15% € 33.11B
10. ELI LILLY IRELAND HOLDINGS LIMITED € 30.7B 1.07% € 30.7B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 757.9B

Ireland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 7,235,910 people, which represents 1.89% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (791,868), followed by MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (104,210) and JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (87,000).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Ireland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 391,370 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 791,868 10.94% 791,868
2. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 104,210 1.44% 104,210
3. JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 87,000 1.2% 87,000
4. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 83,032 1.15% 83,032
5. TE CONNECTIVITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 77,000 1.06% 77,000
6. ING BANK N.V. 71,287 0.99% 71,287
7. ADIENT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 66,000 0.91% 66,000
8. LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 65,815 0.91% 65,815
9. AON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 57,924 0.8% 57,924
10. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 56,694 0.78% 56,694
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,460,830

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