In 2024, two in five enterprises (40.4%) 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, 53.7% had internet sales, compared with 51.3% of medium sized enterprises and 37.9% of small enterprises.
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In the Manufacturing sector, more than half (51.1%) of firms conducted sales by internet in 2024. In the same sector, 37.1% of enterprises made sales through websites, while 26.3% of enterprises indicated that they conducted sales through EDI.
More than four in ten (42.3%) of Services firms conducted sales electronically in 2024 with 38.9% of enterprises in services conducting sales through websites, and almost one in ten (9.3%) indicating they made sales by EDI.
In 2024, 16.3% of Construction firms conducted sales by internet, with 13.0% of firms conducting sales through websites, and 5.3% indicating they made sales by EDI.
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https://data.cso.ie/table/ICA232
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