NACE division 90. 1,512 active Irish companies, 256 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
1,512
Arts, entertainment and recreation: 4,921
Median filing delay
255 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
14.5%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
0
of 10 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for creative arts: 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
People employed
16,300
+10.1% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€654
-10.0% on a year · Ireland €1,047 Arts, entertainment and cultural activities
Job vacancy rate
0.7%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Arts, entertainment, recreation and other service activities
Enterprises (CSO)
9,492
10.3% new in 2024 · 1.4 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
39.5%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
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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.
Every measure we compute for creative arts, 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.