Business in Ireland 2024 - Insights on the Lifecycle of Businesses
Number of Active Enterprises in the Business Economy 410,205
Number of Persons Employed in the Business Economy 2,428,464
Enterprise Status
44,418 Newly Active
34,797 Newly Ceased
Number of Enterprises by employment size class
Under 10 – 378,781 (92.3%)
10-49 – 25,631 (6.2%)
50-249 – 4,835 (1.2%)
250 and over – 958 (0.2%)
Number of Persons Employed by size class
Under 10 – 642,354 (26.5%)
10-49 – 510,378 (21.0%)
50-249 – 472,913 (19.5%)
250 and over – 802,819 (33.1%)
Newly Ceased refers to 2023 deaths, as a second year of inactivity is necessary to be counted as a final death
