NACE division 32. 974 active Irish companies, 119 registered in the last 12 months.
974 active Irish companies in other manufacturing, 17% of manufacturing. 119 were set up in the past year (12.2%).
1st of 24 in manufacturing36th of 86 of all activities by size46th of 76 by start-up rate
Active companies
974
Manufacturing: 5,679
Median filing delay
266 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
17.4%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
3
of 18 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for other manufacturing: 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
-2.9
37th percentile since 2005 · -0.5 on a year
People employed
64,200
-0.3% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,231
-0.5% on a year · Ireland €1,047 Furniture, and other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment
Industrial production volume
-5.1%
3 months to Aug 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
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 +8.6, selling prices +16.3 (balances, next 3 months).
Every measure we compute for other manufacturing, 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.