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Wearing apparel

NACE division 14. 125 active Irish companies, 24 registered in the last 12 months.

125 active Irish companies in wearing apparel, 2% of manufacturing. 24 were set up in the past year (19.2%).

15th of 24 in manufacturing68th of 86 of all activities by size7th of 76 by start-up rate
Active companies
125
Manufacturing: 5,679
Median filing delay
247 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
15.2%
Ireland: 11.5%

Sector economy

Official statistics for wearing apparel: 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
-21.7
16th percentile since 2005 · +4.9 on a year
People employed
3,600
– on a year · 2017 Q1
Average weekly earnings
€732
+4.9% on a year · Ireland €1,047 Textiles, wearing apparel and leather products
Industrial production volume
+10.8%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Textiles, wearing apparel and leather products
Producer prices
-0.6%
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
-75-50-2502550Nov 2016Nov 2018Nov 2020Nov 2022Nov 2024Oct 2026-2.6-17-22

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 -25.4, selling prices +14.9 (balances, next 3 months).

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).

All measures

Every measure we compute for wearing apparel, ranked against the other activities (1st = highest value). Hover a card for the definition. Compare in the sector explorer.

Company base

Active companies
125
69th of 86 activities
New companies, 12 months
24
59th of 86 activities
Formation rate
19.2%
7th of 86 activities
Dissolution rate
10.4%
9th of 86 activities
Net formation rate
8.8%
36th of 86 activities
In liquidation or strike-off
8.1%
15th of 86 activities

Filing behaviour

Median filing delay
247 days
76th of 86 activities
Accounts filed late
6.8%
19th of 86 activities
Annual return overdue
15.2%
46th of 86 activities
Filings on time (3 years)
92.8%
59th of 86 activities
Filing discipline score
80.0
80th of 86 activities
December year end
58.1%
50th of 86 activities
Changed year end
4.0%
10th of 86 activities

Structure

Limited by guarantee (CLG)
0.0%
80th of 86 activities
Designated activity (DAC)
0.0%
79th of 86 activities
Unlimited companies
0.0%
79th of 86 activities
At a mass registered address
14.4%
32nd of 86 activities
Registered in Dublin
50.4%
19th of 86 activities
County concentration (HHI)
2,771
21st of 86 activities
Have an LEI
0.0%
83rd of 86 activities
Foreign parent (LEI data)
0.0%
77th of 86 activities

Links

Employment permits per 1,000 companies
8.0
74th of 86 activities
Companies with public contracts
0.0%
81st of 86 activities
Enforcement notices per 1,000
0.0
76th of 86 activities

Sector P&L (CSO)

Sector turnover
€0.1bn
25th of 26 activities
Turnover growth
+31.7%
6th of 24 activities
Turnover per enterprise
€279,084
24th of 26 activities
Turnover per person
€93,104
26th of 26 activities
Labour cost per employee
€32,760
22nd of 25 activities
People per enterprise
3.0
23rd of 26 activities

Labour (CSO)

People employed
3,600
71st of 82 activities

Trade and investment (CSO)

Goods-exporting enterprises
40
19th of 25 activities

Momentum (CSO)

Producer price inflation
-0.6%
28th of 34 activities
EU business confidence
-21.7
54th of 54 activities

Where and when

New companies per year

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Newest companies

CompanyCountyRegistered
RILEYS PET PRODUCTS LIMITEDLimerick18 Sep 2026
FINNEY BRANDS LIMITEDDublin15 Sep 2026
KP WEAR LIMITEDDublin11 Sep 2026
MAGNIFICENT MERCH LIMITEDDublin10 Sep 2026
SIOR CLOTHING LIMITEDGalway21 Aug 2026
SEAMGUARD LIMITEDMeath19 Aug 2026
NEOFORM IRELAND LIMITEDWicklow23 Jun 2026
KIKKI-G SWIMWEAR LIMITEDDublin15 Jun 2026
EMERALD ROZALIA LIMITEDWestmeath11 Jun 2026
MERCHTABLE LIMITEDDublin10 Jun 2026
THE GRAPPLE EDIT LIMITEDDublin20 Apr 2026
GAEL GEAR LIMITEDCork8 Apr 2026
TVORNS ENTERPRISES LIMITEDDublin10 Mar 2026
SUPPLYDX LIMITEDDublin25 Feb 2026
TIMINGGNSL LIMITEDKildare12 Feb 2026
MAYA GRISHAM LIMITEDDublin5 Feb 2026
TPC PRINTWORKS LIMITEDDublin22 Jan 2026
EXOTEQ LIMITEDCork13 Jan 2026
Duovanta Holdings LIMITEDDublin9 Jan 2026
MEG AND JO LIMITEDKerry8 Jan 2026
WEAR TO FLY VENTURES LIMITEDDublin12 Dec 2025
HOUSE OF CRUEL LIMITEDDublin1 Dec 2025
PROAPTO LIMITEDDublin24 Nov 2025
ROBYN LYNCH IE LIMITEDDublin10 Nov 2025
AVYRES LIMITEDTipperary29 Oct 2025

Keep exploring

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.