NACE division 10. 863 active Irish companies, 135 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
863
Manufacturing: 5,677
Median filing delay
261 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
17.0%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
1
of 8 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for food products: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
Irish industry confidence
-2.6
7th percentile since 2005 · EU -4.4 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-3.9
40th percentile since 2005 · +0.8 on a year
People employed
56,100
+9.6% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€962
-3.9% on a year · Ireland €1,047 Food products, beverages and tobacco
Industrial production volume
+8.5%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier
Producer prices
+1.2%
on a year · Sep 2026
Job vacancy rate
0.8%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Industry
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, industry confidence
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.
Firms in this activity across the EU expect: employment +4.1, selling prices +24.9 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for food products, 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.