According to the DCU National Centre for Family Business, these enterprises account for about 60 per cent of all companies in the State. “Family businesses are all around all of us: they’re the people who make your porridge, they’re your local hotel, the garage and the factory. Critically, Ireland’s family businesses employ local, they buy local, they support local and they vote local.”PwC’s 2025 Irish family business survey revealed that 83 per cent of Irish family businesses expect robust sales growth over the next two years, Dillon notes. More supports are needed to help Irish family businesses further scale their operations so they can remain family owned, Dillon believes. Why wait?” McGrane agrees: “Ireland’s family businesses are not just economic contributors,” he says.

Source: Irish Examiner March 27, 2026 05:05 UTC