NACE division 61. 513 active Irish companies, 51 registered in the last 12 months.
513 active Irish companies in telecommunications, 3% of information and communication. 51 were set up in the past year (9.9%).
5th of 6 in information and communication41st of 86 of all activities by size62nd of 76 by start-up rate
Active companies
513
Information and communication: 16,397
Median filing delay
254 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
17.0%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
3
of 16 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for telecommunications: 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
+12.4
56th percentile since 2005 · +1.6 on a year
People employed
12,400
-37.7% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,504
+4.1% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Services output volume
+19.6%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Information and communication
Services producer prices
+0.4%
on a year · 2026 Q2
Job vacancy rate
1.6%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Information and communication
Enterprises (CSO)
695
8.6% new in 2024 · 17 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
56.2%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, 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 -14.3, selling prices +20.5 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for telecommunications, 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 64.1% of active companies (99.2% of those under 5 years old, 99.5% of those 5 to 10 years old, 12.1% of those over 10 years old), so company counts by sector cover the coded companies, which skew young.