NACE division 28. 204 active Irish companies, 19 registered in the last 12 months. List and filter them →
204 active Irish companies in machinery and equipment, 4% of manufacturing. 19 were set up in the past year (9.3%).
10th of 24 in manufacturing56th of 86 of all activities by size67th of 76 by start-up rate
Active companies
204
Manufacturing: 5,667
Median filing delay
261 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
21.1%
Ireland: 11.2%
Foreign parent
0
of 4 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for machinery and equipment: 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
-3.8
54th percentile since 2005 · +8.8 on a year
People employed
14,100
+83.1% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,030
+4.4% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Industrial production volume
-11.0%
3 months to Sep 2026 vs a year earlier Manufacturing
Producer prices
+8.4%
on a year · Sep 2026 Manufacturing, excluding food, beverages and tobacco
Job vacancy rate
0.8%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Industry
Enterprises (CSO)
725
8.7% new in 2024 · 18 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
60.5%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
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 -0.9, selling prices +21.8 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for machinery and equipment, 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, 12.2% of those over 10 years old), so company counts by sector cover the coded companies, which skew young.
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