Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Ireland

Explore more than 351,016 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 351,016 (0.8%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,879,753 (15.0%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,836,063

According to our database, a total of more than 351,016 businesses are registered in Ireland . That represents 0.77% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Ireland-based companies have a share of 2.89% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.6% of all EU employees.

Ireland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (145,583 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (61,484) and Retail Trade (45,358).

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 351,016 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 145,583 41.5% 145,583
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 61,484 17.5% 61,484
Retail Trade 45,358 12.9% 45,358
Construction 30,316 8.6% 30,316
Manufacturing 16,973 4.8% 16,973
Wholesale Trade 16,596 4.7% 16,596
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 14,096 4.0% 14,096
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 11,968 3.4% 11,968
Unknown industry 6,322 1.8% 6,322
Public Sector 1,703 0.5% 1,703
Mining 617 0.2% 617

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 (5.86%), Management consulting services (4.88%) and Holding company (4.57%).

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 351,016 registered companies

Ireland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Ireland generated € 2,443,185,339,447 in sales, which represents 2.89% 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 351,016 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED € 211.4B 8.65% € 211.4B
2. ACCENTURE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENTS LIMITED € 67.16B 2.75% € 67.16B
3. GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED € 64.83B 2.65% € 64.83B
4. MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED € 62.07B 2.54% € 62.07B
5. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 58.45B 2.39% € 58.45B
6. UNITED AIRLINES , INC. € 35.93B 1.47% € 35.93B
7. META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED € 34.33B 1.4% € 34.33B
8. MICROSOFT IRELAND RESEARCH UNLIMITED COMPANY € 31.77B 1.3% € 31.77B
9. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 31.05B 1.27% € 31.05B
10. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 29.63B 1.21% € 29.63B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 626.6B

Ireland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 6,299,441 people, which represents 1.6% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (693,748), followed by HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE (100,000) and MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (95,000).

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 351,016 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 693,748 11.01% 693,748
2. HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE 100,000 1.59% 100,000
3. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 95,000 1.51% 95,000
4. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 75,838 1.2% 75,838
5. ADIENT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 75,000 1.19% 75,000
6. ING BANK N.V. 71,287 1.13% 71,287
7. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 56,639 0.9% 56,639
8. PFIZER SERVICE COMPANY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY 53,449 0.85% 53,449
9. APPLE SALES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 52,263 0.83% 52,263
10. CLOGRENNANE LIME LIMITED 49,889 0.79% 49,889
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,323,113

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