Business in Ireland 2022 - Insights on the Lifecycle of Businesses
Number of Active Enterprises in the Business Economy 389,654
Number of People Engaged in the Business Economy 2,292,598
Enterprise Status
47,540 Newly Active
28,378 Newly Inactive
SME share of Business Economy
99.8% Active Enterprises
67.9% People Engaged
Number of Enterprises by employment size class
Under 10 – 359,728 (92.3%)
10-19 – 15,013 (3.9%)
20-49 – 9,438 (2.4%)
50-249 – 4,589 (1.2%)
250 and over – 886 (0.2%)
Number of People Engaged by sector
Other Services - 1,262,424 (55.1%)
Wholesale & Retail Trade - 413,595 (18.0%)
Industry - 290,505 (12.7%)
Construction - 198,109 (8.6%)
Financial & Insurance - 127,965 (5.6%)
