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Specialised construction

NACE division 43. 12,258 active Irish companies, 1,771 registered in the last 12 months.

Active companies
12,258
Construction: 23,199
Median filing delay
252 days
Ireland: 273 days
Annual returns overdue
11.2%
Ireland: 11.5%
Foreign parent
2
of 60 with an LEI

Sector economy

Official statistics for specialised construction: business surveys (European Commission) and the CSO. A tag shows when the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Irish construction confidence
+24.6
82nd percentile since 2005 · EU -7.1 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-6.1
47th percentile since 2005 · -3.7 on a year
People employed
97,800
+7.2% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€1,003
+3.8% on a year · Ireland €1,047
Job vacancy rate
0.9%
Ireland 1.3% · 2026 Q2 Construction
EU, this activityIreland, this activity (to Jan 2023)Ireland, construction confidence
-50-2502550Nov 2016Nov 2018Nov 2020Nov 2022Nov 2024Oct 20262521-6.1

Confidence indicators are balances: % of firms reporting improvement minus % reporting deterioration, seasonally adjusted; construction confidence combines order books and employment expectations. Ireland's figures by activity stop in Jan 2023; the Commission still publishes Ireland's sector-wide indicators.

Firms in this activity across the EU expect: employment +3.0, selling prices +11.4 (balances, next 3 months).

Sources: European Commission, Business and Consumer Surveys; CSO BRA31, BRA36, BRA34, EHQ15, EHQ03, EHQ16, QES01, MIM05, RSM08, MSI03, WPM35, SPP10 (CC BY 4.0).

Where and when

New companies per year

05001k1.5k2k2011: 3320112012: 3320122013: 1120132014: 2220142015: 51651620152016: 93693620162017: 1k1k20172018: 1.2k1.2k20182019: 1.2k1.2k20192020: 1.2k1.2k20202021: 1.2k1.2k20212022: 1.1k1.1k20222023: 1.2k1.2k20232024: 1.4k1.4k20242025: 1.6k1.6k20252026: 1.5k1.5k2026

Newest companies

Companies: CRO open data, by the NACE code each company declares. Sector economy: see sources above.