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E-Commerce Sales

E-Commerce Sales

Online ISSN: 2009-5791
CSO statistical release, , 11am

More than a third of enterprises had e-commerce sales

In 2023, more than a third (36%) of enterprises in Ireland had e-commerce sales. An e-commerce sale is a sale conducted over computer networks via websites, apps or Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) of goods or services. For large enterprises, 51% had internet sales, compared with 47% of medium sized firms and 33% of small enterprises.

Figure 2.1: Type of e-commerce sales by size class, 2023
Table 2.1 Type of e-commerce sales by size class, 2023

Services sector had the highest rate of web sales

In the Manufacturing sector, four in ten (40%) firms conducted sales by internet in 2023. Almost a quarter (24%) of enterprises in the sector made sales by EDI, with a similar proportion (23%) indicating they conducted sales through websites.

Almost four in ten (39%) Services firms conducted sales electronically in 2023 with more than a third (35%) of enterprises in services conducting sales through websites, and almost one in ten (9%) indicating they made sales by EDI.

In 2023, almost 9% of Construction firms conducted sales by internet, with more than 5% of firms conducting sales through websites, and 3% indicating they made sales by EDI.

Figure 2.2: Type of e-commerce sales by sector, 2023
Table 2.2 Type of e-commerce sales by sector, 2023