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Net Operating Surplus is obtained after deduction of Compensation of Employees, Non-product taxes less subsidies as well as Consumption of Fixed Capital from Gross Value Added. For more information see the Background Notes.

When examined by A21 sector, Manufacturing activities (C) was the largest sector by NOS in both 1995 and 2019. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (A) declined from the second biggest NOS sector in 1995 to the ninth biggest in 2019. Construction (F), the seventh largest sector by NOS in 1995 increased to the fifth largest in 2005, then declined to the twentieth (and lowest) in 2015 before recovering to the seventh largest NOS by A21 sector in 2019. Information and Communication activities (J) increased from the fifth largest NOS sector in 1995 to the second biggest in 2019.

Figure 6.1 Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 1995-2019

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 1995

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2005

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2010

Proportional composition of Net Operating Surplus (NOS) by A21 sector, 2019

Table 6.1 NOS by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2019

Table 6.2 NOS by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2019 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)

SECTOR/TIME	Manufacturing	Construction	Information and Communication	Other
1995	4857.099	921.008429	1792.012437	11451.249077
1996	5341.40869	1016.59992	1958.557604	12289.097004
1997	7546.990366	1290.942956	2693.399089	13623.182313
1998	10051.19211	1582.26501	3383.12339	16003.086829
1999	12559.86836	1867.191938	4021.404455	17003.511432
2000	14914.728752	2216.281198	4556.867547	20869.337628
2001	19635.925406	2653.9797	3959.902407	22005.413238
2002	24899.012963	2733.708517	3859.440336	23424.292513
2003	21926.725681	3457.642605	4470.920221	26990.265748
2004	20605.11689	4451.709319	5381.985207	27896.673409
2005	19799.089823	5368.043196	5636.321413	30596.850466
2006	19981.243428	6812.606123	5266.809772	31722.183591
2007	20169.627019	4728.519073	6046.625889	37615.192847
2008	17534.607448	1601.246952	6827.727639	34435.661971
2009	20606.21564	-1944.607913	6689.980652	29055.901824
2010	19199.273246	-1921.650818	7525.516729	34429.10772
2011	22894.523565	-1057.743583	7667.469494	34125.392149
2012	22079.800117	262.866665	8185.50758	34258.071013
2013	21423.691081	1087.435258	8658.827762	36463.821145
2014	24459.979723	1873.094603	10214.957869	40089.050541
2015	52197.967597	2144.64551	12694.632688	43130.074222
2016	45600.004904	2492.27291	12594.502723	44482.198801
2017	47419.060921	3447.429796	16196.676583	49692.937261
2018	54537.150738	3704.541924	20694.021234	52430.582143
2019	58608.39209	4019.376603	27795.455493	54800.693618

In the above figure, a version of which is repeated across Chapters, the 1995-2019 time-series of notable sectors of the economy are displayed.

Similarly to Output, Intermediate Consumption and GVA, Manufacturing (C) was the biggest single A21 sector of the economy when measured by NOS over the entire 1995-2019 period. Information and Communication (J) was the second biggest sector in 2019. These two sectors dominated, even more than for Output, Intermediate Consumption and GVA, and combined these two A21 sectors comprised 59.5% of total NOS across the economy in 2019, which was an increase from 35.0% in 1995.

Construction (F) which had less NOS than Information and Communication in 1995, increased to have more NOS in 2006, but then dramatically decreased and had NOS which was less than a seventh of Information and Communication in 2019.

The Other category in the figure above is total Output less Manufacturing, Information and Communication and Construction. Sector figures can be found in the tables above and in the full 1995-2019 time series available in the CSO's StatBank database.

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Table 6.1 NOS by NACE A21 sector, 1995-2019
							€million
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	2,545	2,318	2,659	1,951	2,604	3,105
B	Mining and Quarrying	39	-40	-85	-56	-290	18
C	Manufacturing	4,857	14,915	19,799	19,199	52,198	58,608
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	291	244	130	630	815	688
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	34	61	122	118	120	214
F	Construction	921	2,216	5,368	-1,922	2,145	4,019
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	2,203	5,114	6,385	6,850	8,453	10,585
H	Transportation and Storage	168	489	828	460	1,400	82
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	369	625	507	183	650	863
J	Information and Communication	1,792	4,557	5,636	7,526	12,695	27,795
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	2,134	3,948	8,866	9,879	7,831	8,588
L	Real Estate Activities	1,658	3,993	3,721	5,868	9,791	16,059
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	362	1,263	2,415	2,458	3,523	3,546
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	738	1,147	2,221	2,691	5,025	7,088
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	9	-1	71	-40	0	0
P	Education	124	159	284	430	401	323
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	342	743	1,293	1,693	1,667	2,107
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	336	639	935	1,068	757	1,100
S	Other Service Activities	65	151	227	238	351	437
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	33	17	19	9	32	-2
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)
	Total	19,021	42,557	61,400	59,232	110,167	145,224

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Table 6.2 NOS by NACE A21 sector by rank, 1995-2019 (1 = biggest sector by value, 20 = smallest sector by value)
							Rank
NACE Level 1 codes (21 of which 20 used in National Accounts)		1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	2	6	7	8	8	9
B	Mining and Quarrying	17	20	20	19	20	18
C	Manufacturing	1	1	1	1	1	1
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply	13	14	16	11	12	13
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities	18	17	17	16	17	16
F	Construction	7	7	5	20	9	7
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles	3	2	3	4	4	4
H	Transportation and Storage	14	13	12	12	11	17
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities	9	12	13	15	14	12
J	Information and Communication	5	3	4	3	2	2
K	Financial and Insurance Activities	4	5	2	2	5	5
L	Real Estate Activities	6	4	6	5	3	3
M	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities	10	8	8	7	7	8
N	Administrative and Support Service Activities	8	9	9	6	6	6
O	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security	20	19	18	18	19	19
P	Education	15	15	14	13	15	15
Q	Human Health and Social Work Activities	11	10	10	9	10	10
R	Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	12	11	11	10	13	11
S	Other Service Activities	16	16	15	14	16	14
T	Activities of Households as Employers; Activities of Households for Own Use	19	18	19	17	18	20
U	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies (not included)