NACE division 41. 9,947 active Irish companies, 1,379 registered in the last 12 months. List and filter them →
9,947 active Irish companies in construction of buildings, 43% of construction. 1,379 were set up in the past year (13.9%).
2nd of 3 in construction6th of 86 of all activities by size31st of 76 by start-up rate
Active companies
9,947
Construction: 23,236
Median filing delay
266 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
13.0%
Ireland: 11.3%
Foreign parent
1
of 92 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for construction of buildings: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
Irish construction confidence
+24.6
82nd percentile since 2005 · EU -7.1 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-1.5
78th percentile since 2005 · +0.5 on a year
People employed
69,500
-14.6% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,127
+2.9% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Job vacancy rate
0.9%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Construction
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, construction confidence
Confidence indicators are balances: % of firms reporting improvement minus % reporting deterioration, seasonally adjusted; construction confidence combines order books and employment expectations. 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 +7.5, selling prices +18.7 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for construction of buildings, 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, 12.2% of those over 10 years old), so company counts by sector cover the coded companies, which skew young.
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