Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Ireland

Explore more than 370,648 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 370,648 (0.8%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,694,990 (16.4%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 46,882,748

According to our database, a total of more than 370,648 businesses are registered in Ireland . That represents 0.79% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Ireland-based companies have a share of 3.15% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.74% of all EU employees.

Ireland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (154,478 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (66,080) and Retail Trade (47,696).

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 370,648 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 154,478 41.7% 154,478
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 66,080 17.8% 66,080
Retail Trade 47,696 12.9% 47,696
Construction 32,594 8.8% 32,594
Wholesale Trade 16,881 4.6% 16,881
Manufacturing 16,825 4.5% 16,825
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 14,635 3.9% 14,635
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 13,039 3.5% 13,039
Unknown industry 6,085 1.6% 6,085
Public Sector 1,712 0.5% 1,712
Mining 623 0.2% 623

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 (5.95%), Holding company (5.27%) and Management consulting services (5.15%).

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 370,648 registered companies

Ireland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Ireland generated € 2,663,542,290,003 in sales, which represents 3.15% 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 370,648 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED € 205.4B 7.71% € 205.4B
2. GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED € 77.27B 2.9% € 77.27B
3. MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED € 73.79B 2.77% € 73.79B
4. ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD € 62.95B 2.36% € 62.95B
5. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 59.96B 2.25% € 59.96B
6. MICROSOFT IRELAND RESEARCH UNLIMITED COMPANY € 58.2B 2.19% € 58.2B
7. META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED € 58.06B 2.18% € 58.06B
8. P.M.I. TRADING DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY € 33.8B 1.27% € 33.8B
9. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 32.29B 1.21% € 32.29B
10. ELI LILLY IRELAND HOLDINGS LIMITED € 32.08B 1.2% € 32.08B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 693.8B

Ireland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 6,511,752 people, which represents 1.74% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (747,640), followed by APTIV GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (190,000) and MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (106,050).

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 370,648 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 747,640 11.48% 747,640
2. APTIV GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 190,000 2.92% 190,000
3. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 106,050 1.63% 106,050
4. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 78,487 1.21% 78,487
5. ADIENT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 73,000 1.12% 73,000
6. ING BANK N.V. 71,287 1.09% 71,287
7. LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 66,323 1.02% 66,323
8. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 55,827 0.86% 55,827
9. PFIZER SERVICE COMPANY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY 53,449 0.82% 53,449
10. UHG HOLDINGS 1 (IRELAND) UNLIMITED COMPANY 51,241 0.79% 51,241
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,493,304

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