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8,569 active companies in health and social work. 1,326 registered in the last 12 months. List and filter them →
8,569 active Irish companies in health and social work. 1,326 were set up in the past year (15.5% of the stock) and 4.9% dissolved. 40% are registered in Dublin.
10th of 21 sectors by size4th of 21 by start-up rate14th of 21 by dissolution rate7th of 21 by filing on time
Active companies
8,569
Ireland: 323,632
Median filing delay
251 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
10.9%
Ireland: 11.2%
Foreign parent
0
of 123 with an LEI
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Where and when
New companies per year 0 500 1k 1.5k 2011: 2 2 2011 2012: 1 1 2012 2013: 1 1 2013 2014: 1 1 2014 2015: 446 446 2015 2016: 678 678 2016 2017: 748 748 2017 2018: 736 736 2018 2019: 784 784 2019 2020: 767 767 2020 2021: 910 910 2021 2022: 926 926 2022 2023: 1k 1k 2023 2024: 1.1k 1.1k 2024 2025: 1.2k 1.2k 2025 2026: 1.2k 1.2k 2026 Sector economy
Official statistics for health and social work: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
People employed
394,700
+0.9% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€981
+3.3% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Job vacancy rate
1.0%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2
Enterprises (CSO)
25,338
10.0% new in 2024 · 8.1 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
51.2%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sources: European Commission, Business and Consumer Surveys ; CSO BRA31 , BRA36 , BRA34 , EHQ15 , EHQ03 , EHQ16 , QES01 , MIM05 , RSM08 , MSI03 , WPM35 , SPP10 , AIA30 , ANA09 , BAA14 , TEC02 , JCQ01 , EINO09 , BPA36 , DEA07 , CIRGDP04 (CC BY 4.0).
All measures
Ranked against the other sectors (1st = highest value). Hover a card for the definition. Compare in the sector explorer .
Company base
Active companies
8,569
10th of 21 sectors
New companies, 12 months
1,326
8th of 21 sectors
Formation rate
15.5%
4th of 21 sectors
Dissolution rate
4.9%
14th of 21 sectors
Net formation rate
10.6%
3rd of 21 sectors
In liquidation or strike-off
3.3%
15th of 21 sectors
Filing behaviour
Median filing delay
251 days
16th of 21 sectors
Accounts filed late
4.7%
10th of 21 sectors
Annual return overdue
10.9%
18th of 21 sectors
Filings on time (3 years)
95.0%
7th of 21 sectors
Filing discipline score
82.0
5th of 21 sectors
December year end
59.6%
9th of 21 sectors
Changed year end
3.0%
5th of 21 sectors
Structure
Limited by guarantee (CLG)
10.1%
7th of 21 sectors
Designated activity (DAC)
0.2%
14th of 21 sectors
Unlimited companies
2.8%
2nd of 21 sectors
At a mass registered address
6.1%
18th of 21 sectors
Registered in Dublin
39.7%
10th of 21 sectors
County concentration (HHI)
1,815
10th of 21 sectors
Have an LEI
1.4%
9th of 21 sectors
Foreign parent (LEI data)
0.0%
16th of 21 sectors
Links
Employment permits per 1,000 companies
375.9
1st of 21 sectors
Public contracts won
€502m
6th of 18 sectors
Companies with public contracts
0.8%
9th of 21 sectors
Enforcement notices per 1,000
0.1
5th of 21 sectors
Sector P&L (CSO)
Sector turnover
€11.7bn
10th of 15 sectors
Turnover per enterprise
€499,761
12th of 15 sectors
Turnover per person
€62,772
14th of 15 sectors
Value added per person
€39,661
13th of 15 sectors
Value added margin
63.2%
2nd of 14 sectors
Operating surplus margin
15.7%
9th of 14 sectors
Labour share of value added
75.1%
1st of 14 sectors
Labour cost per employee
€32,774
13th of 15 sectors
Purchases / turnover
39.7%
13th of 14 sectors
Stock days
12 days
10th of 13 sectors
Capital spending / turnover
4.8%
6th of 10 sectors
People per enterprise
8.0
6th of 15 sectors
Labour (CSO)
People employed
394,700
1st of 20 sectors
Employment growth
+0.9%
6th of 15 sectors
Average weekly earnings
€981
10th of 16 sectors
Earnings growth
+3.3%
8th of 16 sectors
Job vacancy rate
1.0%
6th of 10 sectors
Hiring rate
8.5%
9th of 11 sectors
Separation rate
6.6%
11th of 11 sectors
Enterprise demography (CSO)
Enterprises (CSO)
25,338
5th of 16 sectors
Enterprise birth rate
10.0%
11th of 16 sectors
Five-year survival
51.2%
9th of 15 sectors
Companies per 100 enterprises
34.0
11th of 16 sectors
Sub-sectors
Activity Companies New (12m) Median filing delay Returns overdue Employed (CSO) Weekly earnings EU confidence
Human health 6,577 1,029 251 days 10.3%
236,400 €1,223 – Social work 1,534 236 241 days 11.0%
106,500 €708 – Residential care 458 61 273 days 20.3%
51,800 €753 –
Employment and earnings shown only where the CSO publishes the activity on its own. EU confidence: balance, latest month.
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Source: CRO open data. Sector from the company's declared NACE code; county from its registered office.
CRO records an activity code (NACE) for 64.1% 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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