NACE division 80. 491 active Irish companies, 52 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
491
Administrative and support services: 14,048
Median filing delay
259 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
20.0%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
0
of 2 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for security and investigation: 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
+1.3
38th percentile since 2010 · -3.3 on a year
People employed
16,000
+23.1% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€812
+5.4% 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
-3.7%
on a year · 2026 Q2
Job vacancy rate
0.7%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Administrative and support services
Enterprises (CSO)
1,090
6.7% new in 2024 · 17 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
61.2%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
EU, this activityIreland, 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 +4.4, selling prices +13.3 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for security and investigation, 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.