NACE division 56. 10,112 active Irish companies, 1,332 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
10,112
Accommodation and food: 11,955
Median filing delay
254 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
20.8%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
0
of 30 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for food and beverage service: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
Irish services confidence
+24.8
51st percentile since 2005 · EU +6.0 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-0.7
45th percentile since 2005 · +2.9 on a year
People employed
136,900
+5.3% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€448
+4.0% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Services output volume
+0.2%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Accommodation and food
Services producer prices
+1.6%
on a year · 2026 Q2
Job vacancy rate
0.3%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Accommodation and food
Enterprises (CSO)
16,783
11.1% new in 2024 · 10 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
47.0%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, services confidence
Confidence indicators are balances: % of firms reporting improvement minus % reporting deterioration, seasonally adjusted; services confidence combines business situation, past demand and expected demand. Ireland's figures by activity stop in Jan 2023; the Commission still publishes Ireland's sector-wide indicators.
Firms in this activity across the EU expect: employment -3.7, selling prices +15.6 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for food and beverage service, ranked against the other activities (1st = highest value). Hover a card for the definition. Compare in the sector explorer.
Companies: CRO open data, by the NACE code each company declares. Sector economy: see sources above.
CRO records an activity code (NACE) for 64.0% of active companies (99.2% of those under 5 years old, 99.5% of those 5 to 10 years old, 12.0% of those over 10 years old), so company counts by sector cover the coded companies, which skew young.