Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Ireland

Explore more than 373,048 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 373,048 (0.8%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,982,499 (15.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,865,360

According to our database, a total of more than 373,048 businesses are registered in Ireland . That represents 0.83% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Ireland-based companies have a share of 3% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.64% of all EU employees.

Ireland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (155,744 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (66,140) and Retail Trade (47,759).

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 373,048 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 155,744 41.7% 155,744
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 66,140 17.7% 66,140
Retail Trade 47,759 12.8% 47,759
Construction 32,246 8.6% 32,246
Wholesale Trade 17,493 4.7% 17,493
Manufacturing 17,482 4.7% 17,482
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 14,868 4.0% 14,868
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 12,598 3.4% 12,598
Unknown industry 6,344 1.7% 6,344
Public Sector 1,736 0.5% 1,736
Mining 638 0.2% 638

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%), Management consulting services (5.07%) and Holding company (4.99%).

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 373,048 registered companies

Ireland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Ireland generated € 2,459,798,700,836 in sales, which represents 3% 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 373,048 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED € 205.8B 8.37% € 205.8B
2. GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED € 72.63B 2.95% € 72.63B
3. MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED € 60.44B 2.46% € 60.44B
4. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 59.24B 2.41% € 59.24B
5. P.M.I. TRADING DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY € 38.82B 1.58% € 38.82B
6. UNITED AIRLINES , INC. € 34.99B 1.42% € 34.99B
7. META PLATFORMS IRELAND LIMITED € 34.33B 1.4% € 34.33B
8. MICROSOFT IRELAND RESEARCH UNLIMITED COMPANY € 30.93B 1.26% € 30.93B
9. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 30.24B 1.23% € 30.24B
10. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY € 28.85B 1.17% € 28.85B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 596.3B

Ireland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 6,347,360 people, which represents 1.64% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (506,000), followed by MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (102,662) and CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (75,838).

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 373,048 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 506,000 7.97% 506,000
2. MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 102,662 1.62% 102,662
3. CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 75,838 1.19% 75,838
4. ADIENT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 75,000 1.18% 75,000
5. ING BANK N.V. 71,287 1.12% 71,287
6. WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 60,622 0.96% 60,622
7. APPLE OPERATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 56,639 0.89% 56,639
8. PFIZER SERVICE COMPANY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY 53,449 0.84% 53,449
9. APPLE SALES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 52,263 0.82% 52,263
10. CLOGRENNANE LIME LIMITED 49,889 0.79% 49,889
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,103,649

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