NACE division 63. 1,979 active Irish companies, 334 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
1,979
Information and communication: 16,364
Median filing delay
250 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
20.3%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
2
of 44 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for information services: 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
EU confidence, this activity
+13.4
82nd percentile since 2005 · +5.2 on a year
People employed
15,400
+33.9% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,997
+1.6% on a year · Ireland €1,047 Computer programming, consultancy and Information service activities
Services output volume
+19.6%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Information and communication
Job vacancy rate
1.6%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Information and communication
Enterprises (CSO)
963
15.4% new in 2024 · 17 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
55.2%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
EU, this activityIreland, services confidence
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.
Firms in this activity across the EU expect: employment +9.4, selling prices +10.7 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for information services, 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.