NACE division 82. 5,986 active Irish companies, 569 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
5,986
Administrative and support services: 14,048
Median filing delay
261 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
23.2%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
11
of 162 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for office and business support: 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
+5.0
64th percentile since 2005 · +6.0 on a year
People employed
14,000
-25.5% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,180
+5.6% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Services output volume
-15.3%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Administrative and support services
Services producer prices
+7.5%
on a year · 2026 Q2
Job vacancy rate
0.7%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Administrative and support services
Enterprises (CSO)
3,704
15.7% new in 2024 · 7.4 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
51.5%
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 -2.5, selling prices +9.8 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for office and business support, 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.