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Real estate

NACE division 68. 8,937 active Irish companies, 1,101 registered in the last 12 months.

Active companies
8,937
Real estate: 8,937
Median filing delay
268 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
12.1%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
3
of 163 with an LEI

Sector economy

Official statistics for real estate: 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
EU confidence, this activity
+6.4
55th percentile since 2005 · -2.7 on a year
People employed
13,100
-0.8% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€860
+3.7% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Services producer prices
+5.6%
on a year · 2026 Q2
Job vacancy rate
1.3%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Financial, insurance and real estate activities
Enterprises (CSO)
19,722
12.3% new in 2024 · 2.1 people each on average
Still trading after 5 years
42.0%
of firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, services confidence
-100-50050100Nov 2016Nov 2018Nov 2020Nov 2022Nov 2024Oct 2026256.4-4

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.

Firms in this activity across the EU expect: employment -0.9, selling prices +10.1 (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 real estate, ranked against the other activities (1st = highest value). Hover a card for the definition. Compare in the sector explorer.

Company base

Active companies
8,937
8th of 86 activities
New companies, 12 months
1,101
9th of 86 activities
Formation rate
12.3%
50th of 86 activities
Dissolution rate
3.0%
71st of 86 activities
Net formation rate
9.3%
34th of 86 activities
In liquidation or strike-off
3.5%
66th of 86 activities

Filing behaviour

Median filing delay
268 days
22nd of 86 activities
Accounts filed late
6.0%
23rd of 86 activities
Annual return overdue
12.1%
64th of 86 activities
Filings on time (3 years)
92.3%
66th of 86 activities
Filing discipline score
82.0
26th of 86 activities
December year end
63.4%
25th of 86 activities
Changed year end
2.3%
55th of 86 activities

Structure

Limited by guarantee (CLG)
19.5%
6th of 86 activities
Designated activity (DAC)
1.2%
20th of 86 activities
Unlimited companies
1.0%
14th of 86 activities
At a mass registered address
14.1%
35th of 86 activities
Registered in Dublin
47.4%
24th of 86 activities
County concentration (HHI)
2,440
28th of 86 activities
Have an LEI
1.8%
26th of 86 activities
Foreign parent (LEI data)
0.0%
23rd of 86 activities

Links

Employment permits per 1,000 companies
46.5
44th of 86 activities
Public contracts won
€185m
13th of 63 activities
Companies with public contracts
0.1%
67th of 86 activities
Enforcement notices per 1,000
0.0
34th of 86 activities

Labour (CSO)

People employed
13,100
44th of 82 activities
Employment growth
-0.8%
38th of 66 activities
Average weekly earnings
€860
28th of 39 activities
Earnings growth
+3.7%
22nd of 39 activities

Enterprise demography (CSO)

Enterprises (CSO)
19,722
3rd of 54 activities
Enterprise birth rate
12.3%
15th of 53 activities
Five-year survival
42.0%
41st of 45 activities
Companies per 100 enterprises
45.0
29th of 54 activities

Momentum (CSO)

Producer price inflation
+5.6%
8th of 34 activities
EU business confidence
+6.4
11th of 54 activities

Where and when

New companies per year

05001k1.5k2011: 1120112012: 2220122013: 0020132014: 1120142015: 47947920152016: 83883820162017: 1k1k20172018: 96596520182019: 94294220192020: 81081020202021: 93193120212022: 87087020222023: 85185120232024: 95995920242025: 1k1k20252026: 9559552026

Newest companies

Companies: CRO open data, by the NACE code each company declares. Sector economy: see sources above.

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.