Mining and quarrying
204 active companies in mining and quarrying. 21 registered in the last 12 months.
Active companies
204
Ireland: 323,801
Median filing delay
262 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
22.1%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
1
of 4 with an LEI
New companies per year 0 10 20 30 2011: 0 0 2011 2012: 0 0 2012 2013: 0 0 2013 2014: 0 0 2014 2015: 16 16 2015 2016: 21 21 2016 2017: 27 27 2017 2018: 26 26 2018 2019: 25 25 2019 2020: 23 23 2020 2021: 29 29 2021 2022: 28 28 2022 2023: 20 20 2023 2024: 22 22 2024 2025: 22 22 2025 2026: 16 16 2026 Sector economy
Official statistics for mining and quarrying: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
People employed
6,800
-15.0% on a year · 2003 Q3
Average weekly earnings
€1,202
-0.6% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Producer prices
+2.8%
on a year · Sep 2026
Job vacancy rate
0.8%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Industry
Enterprises (CSO)
405
9.1% new in 2024 · 7.5 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
51.9%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
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
Ranked against the other sectors (1st = highest value). Hover a card for the definition. Compare in the sector explorer .
Company base
Active companies
204
19th of 21 sectors
New companies, 12 months
21
19th of 21 sectors
Formation rate
10.3%
17th of 21 sectors
Dissolution rate
6.4%
4th of 21 sectors
Net formation rate
3.9%
19th of 21 sectors
In liquidation or strike-off
5.6%
9th of 21 sectors
Filing behaviour
Median filing delay
262 days
8th of 21 sectors
Accounts filed late
5.2%
7th of 21 sectors
Annual return overdue
22.1%
2nd of 21 sectors
Filings on time (3 years)
93.3%
17th of 21 sectors
Filing discipline score
82.0
14th of 21 sectors
December year end
54.1%
20th of 21 sectors
Changed year end
1.5%
19th of 21 sectors
Structure
Limited by guarantee (CLG)
0.0%
21st of 21 sectors
Designated activity (DAC)
0.0%
21st of 21 sectors
Unlimited companies
0.0%
21st of 21 sectors
At a mass registered address
13.7%
9th of 21 sectors
Registered in Dublin
21.6%
20th of 21 sectors
County concentration (HHI)
874
20th of 21 sectors
Have an LEI
2.0%
6th of 21 sectors
Foreign parent (LEI data)
0.5%
3rd of 21 sectors
Links
Employment permits per 1,000 companies
29.4
17th of 21 sectors
Public contracts won
€50m
13th of 18 sectors
Companies with public contracts
2.5%
1st of 21 sectors
Enforcement notices per 1,000
0.0
20th of 21 sectors
Sector P&L (CSO)
Sector turnover
€0.9bn
15th of 15 sectors
Turnover growth
-15.0%
10th of 11 sectors
Turnover per enterprise
€1.8m
7th of 15 sectors
Turnover per person
€273,182
7th of 15 sectors
Value added per person
€137,792
5th of 15 sectors
Value added margin
50.4%
4th of 14 sectors
Operating surplus margin
34.7%
4th of 14 sectors
Labour share of value added
31.2%
10th of 14 sectors
Labour cost per employee
€44,535
9th of 15 sectors
People per enterprise
6.7
9th of 15 sectors
Labour (CSO)
People employed
6,800
19th of 20 sectors
Employment growth
-15.0%
14th of 15 sectors
Average weekly earnings
€1,202
5th of 16 sectors
Earnings growth
-0.6%
13th of 16 sectors
Enterprise demography (CSO)
Enterprises (CSO)
405
16th of 16 sectors
Enterprise birth rate
9.1%
13th of 16 sectors
Five-year survival
51.9%
7th of 15 sectors
Companies per 100 enterprises
50.0
7th of 16 sectors
Trade and investment (CSO)
Goods exports
€0.1bn
11th of 13 sectors
Goods-exporting enterprises
45
11th of 13 sectors
Momentum (CSO)
Producer price inflation
+2.8%
2nd of 2 sectors
Sub-sectors
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.