Manufacturing
5,677 active companies in manufacturing. 773 registered in the last 12 months.
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New companies per year
Sector economy
Official statistics for manufacturing: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
Confidence indicators are balances: % of firms reporting improvement minus % reporting deterioration, seasonally adjusted; industry confidence combines order books, stocks (inverted) and production expectations. Ireland's figures by activity stop in Jan 2023; the Commission still publishes Ireland's sector-wide indicators.
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).
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Company base
Filing behaviour
Structure
Links
Sector P&L (CSO)
Labour (CSO)
Enterprise demography (CSO)
Trade and investment (CSO)
Momentum (CSO)
Sub-sectors
| Activity | Companies | New (12m) | Median filing delay | Returns overdue | Employed (CSO) | Weekly earnings | EU confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other manufacturing | 975 | 121 | 266 days | 17.0% | 64,200 | – | -2.9 |
| Food products | 863 | 135 | 261 days | 17.0% | 56,100 | – | -3.9 |
| Repair and installation of machinery | 737 | 134 | 261 days | 11.8% | 6,600 | – | -3.6 |
| Fabricated metal products | 372 | 54 | 252 days | 9.4% | 11,700 | – | -3.6 |
| Wood products | 292 | 37 | 258 days | 14.7% | 6,000 | – | -13.5 |
| Printing | 248 | 26 | 257 days | 16.1% | 8,100 | €872 | -3.6 |
| Beverages | 244 | 25 | 277 days | 18.9% | 9,000 | – | -3.3 |
| Chemicals | 244 | 35 | 253 days | 20.9% | 4,500 | – | -9.5 |
| Furniture | 238 | 32 | 261 days | 11.8% | 6,300 | – | -12.6 |
| Machinery and equipment | 204 | 19 | 261 days | 21.6% | 14,100 | €1,030 | -3.8 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 201 | 28 | 272 days | 11.4% | 9,400 | €930 | -14.4 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 192 | 23 | 266 days | 19.8% | 67,600 | €2,052 | +2.4 |
| Computer, electronic and optical products | 177 | 23 | 250 days | 25.4% | 23,500 | €1,692 | +4.0 |
| Electrical equipment | 146 | 10 | 258 days | 17.8% | 4,400 | €1,020 | -0.6 |
| Wearing apparel | 125 | 24 | 247 days | 16.0% | 3,600 | – | -21.7 |
| Basic metals | 92 | 9 | 260 days | 14.1% | 6,300 | – | -6.7 |
| Textiles | 79 | 10 | 274 days | 19.0% | 3,200 | – | -10.2 |
| Rubber and plastics | 63 | 6 | 274 days | 22.2% | 7,000 | €924 | -6.1 |
| Motor vehicles | 62 | 13 | 273 days | 22.6% | 6,100 | – | -3.9 |
| Other transport equipment | 60 | 2 | 278 days | 28.3% | 1,500 | – | +25.4 |
| Paper products | 38 | 4 | 236 days | 15.8% | 2,800 | – | -17.1 |
| Leather products | 20 | 3 | 259 days | 30.0% | 1,300 | – | -17.0 |
| Coke and refined petroleum | 3 | 0 | 219 days | 0.0% | 1,500 | – | -9.3 |
| Tobacco products | 2 | 0 | 249 days | 0.0% | 1,100 | – | – |
Employment and earnings shown only where the CSO publishes the activity on its own. EU confidence: balance, latest month.
Newest companies
Source: CRO open data. Sector from the company's declared NACE code; county from its registered office.
CRO records an activity code (NACE) for 64.0% 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.