Business in Ireland 2023 - Insights on the Lifecycle of Businesses
Number of Active Enterprises in the Business Economy 401,359
Number of Persons Employed in the Business Economy 2,345,457
Enterprise Status
47,542 Newly Active
32,540 Newly Inactive
SME share of Business Economy
99.8% Active Enterprises
66.9% Persons Employed
Number of Enterprises by employment size class
Under 10 – 371,480 (92.6%)
10-19 – 14,861 (3.7%)
20-49 – 9,421 (2.3%)
50-249 – 4,662 (1.2%)
250 and over – 935 (0.2%)
Number of Persons Employed by sector
Other Services - 1,284,399 (54.8%)
Wholesale & Retail Trade - 419,705 (17.9%)
Industry - 300,430 (12.8%)
Construction - 206,446 (8.8%)
Financial & Insurance - 134,477 (5.7%)
Newly Inactive refers to 2022 deaths, as a second year of inactivity is necessary to be counted as a final death
