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Social work

NACE division 88. 1,533 active Irish companies, 242 registered in the last 12 months.

Active companies
1,533
Health and social work: 8,557
Median filing delay
241 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
11.2%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
0
of 18 with an LEI

Sector economy

Official statistics for 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
106,500
-14.7% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€708
+11.0% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Job vacancy rate
1.0%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Health and social work
Enterprises (CSO)
5,271
6.0% new in 2024 · 16 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
45.9%
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

Every measure we compute for social work, ranked against the other activities (1st = highest value). Hover a card for the definition. Compare in the sector explorer.

Company base

Active companies
1,533
29th of 86 activities
New companies, 12 months
242
29th of 86 activities
Formation rate
15.8%
20th of 86 activities
Dissolution rate
3.3%
66th of 86 activities
Net formation rate
12.5%
12th of 86 activities
In liquidation or strike-off
2.9%
76th of 86 activities

Filing behaviour

Median filing delay
241 days
80th of 86 activities
Accounts filed late
5.2%
33rd of 86 activities
Annual return overdue
11.2%
71st of 86 activities
Filings on time (3 years)
93.8%
47th of 86 activities
Filing discipline score
82.0
15th of 86 activities
December year end
50.6%
82nd of 86 activities
Changed year end
6.3%
3rd of 86 activities

Structure

Limited by guarantee (CLG)
37.8%
4th of 86 activities
Designated activity (DAC)
0.3%
42nd of 86 activities
Unlimited companies
0.1%
47th of 86 activities
At a mass registered address
4.8%
70th of 86 activities
Registered in Dublin
32.7%
60th of 86 activities
County concentration (HHI)
1,321
67th of 86 activities
Have an LEI
1.2%
40th of 86 activities
Foreign parent (LEI data)
0.0%
35th of 86 activities

Links

Employment permits per 1,000 companies
422.0
2nd of 86 activities
Public contracts won
€141m
15th of 63 activities
Companies with public contracts
0.8%
37th of 86 activities
Enforcement notices per 1,000
0.7
3rd of 86 activities

Labour (CSO)

People employed
106,500
7th of 82 activities
Employment growth
-14.7%
56th of 66 activities
Average weekly earnings
€708
34th of 39 activities
Earnings growth
+11.0%
4th of 39 activities

Enterprise demography (CSO)

Enterprises (CSO)
5,271
19th of 54 activities
Enterprise birth rate
6.0%
51st of 53 activities
Five-year survival
45.9%
35th of 45 activities
Companies per 100 enterprises
29.0
40th of 54 activities

Where and when

New companies per year

01002003002011: 1120112012: 0020122013: 1120132014: 0020142015: 808020152016: 12612620162017: 13113120172018: 13713720182019: 16516520192020: 13313320202021: 13813820212022: 14414420222023: 18018020232024: 18618620242025: 17017020252026: 2142142026

Newest companies

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.