NACE division 43. 12,272 active Irish companies, 1,779 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
12,272
Construction: 23,226
Median filing delay
252 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
11.3%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
2
of 60 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for specialised construction: 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
-6.1
47th percentile since 2005 · -3.7 on a year
People employed
97,800
+7.2% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,003
+3.8% 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 +3.0, selling prices +11.4 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for specialised construction, 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.