Industry Breakdown of Companies in Ireland

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Ireland

The number of companies in Ireland is 347,990, which represents 0.76% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Ireland 347,990 (0.8%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Ireland

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Ireland is Services with 144,147 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Retail Trade with 59,869 and 45,315 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Ireland 347,990 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 144,147 41.4% 144,147
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 59,869 17.2% 59,869
Retail Trade 45,315 13.0% 45,315
Construction 29,858 8.6% 29,858
Manufacturing 17,108 4.9% 17,108
Wholesale Trade 16,397 4.7% 16,397
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 13,965 4.0% 13,965
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 11,808 3.4% 11,808
Unknown industry 7,153 2.1% 7,153
Public Sector 1,765 0.5% 1,765
Mining 605 0.2% 605

Breakdown of Companies in Ireland by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Ireland are Business services (5.86%), Management consulting services (4.76%) and Holding company (4.28%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Ireland by SIC Code 347,990 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Ireland

Companies registered in Ireland generate € 2,047,871,710,956 in sales per annum, which represents 2.64% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED with € 64.83B followed by MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED and ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY with € 53.29B and € 47.95B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Ireland 347,990 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED € 64.83B 3.17% € 64.83B
2. MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED € 53.29B 2.6% € 53.29B
3. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 47.95B 2.34% € 47.95B
4. UNITED AIRLINES , INC. € 35.93B 1.75% € 35.93B
5. META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED € 34.33B 1.68% € 34.33B
6. MICROSOFT IRELAND RESEARCH UNLIMITED COMPANY € 31.77B 1.55% € 31.77B
7. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 30.07B 1.47% € 30.07B
8. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 29.40B 1.44% € 29.40B
9. PFIZER SERVICE COMPANY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY € 26.47B 1.29% € 26.47B
10. JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 22.46B 1.1% € 22.46B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Ireland

Companies registered in Ireland have 6,203,236 employees, which represents 1.6% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY with 549,843 people followed by MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY and WPP PLC with 108,107 and 101,387 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Ireland 347,990 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 549,843 8.86% 549,843
2. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 108,107 1.74% 108,107
3. WPP PLC 101,387 1.63% 101,387
4. HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE 100,000 1.61% 100,000
5. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 77,446 1.25% 77,446
6. ADIENT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 75,000 1.21% 75,000
7. ING BANK N.V. 71,287 1.15% 71,287
8. PFIZER SERVICE COMPANY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY 53,449 0.86% 53,449
9. APPLE SALES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 52,263 0.84% 52,263
10. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 51,255 0.83% 51,255

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