NACE division 75. 443 active Irish companies, 49 registered in the last 12 months.
443 active Irish companies in veterinary, 1% of professional, scientific and technical. 49 were set up in the past year (11.1%).
7th of 7 in professional, scientific and technical44th of 86 of all activities by size56th of 76 by start-up rate
Active companies
443
Professional, scientific and technical: 32,491
Median filing delay
274 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
7.7%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
0
of 2 with an LEI
Sector economy
Official statistics for veterinary: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.
Irish services confidence
+24.8
51st percentile since 2005 · EU +6.0 · Oct 2026
People employed
6,800
– on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,248
-5.9% on a year · Ireland €1,047 Scientific research and development; advertising, other professional, scientific, technical and veterinary activities
Services output volume
+7.0%
3 months to Aug 2026 vs a year earlier Professional, scientific and technical
Job vacancy rate
2.6%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Professional, scientific and technical
Enterprises (CSO)
1,256
8.0% new in 2024 · 4.8 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
58.8%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, services confidence
Confidence indicators are balances: % of firms reporting improvement minus % reporting deterioration, seasonally adjusted; services confidence combines business situation, past demand and expected demand. Ireland's figures by activity stop in Jan 2023; the Commission still publishes Ireland's sector-wide indicators.
Every measure we compute for veterinary, 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.