Year-on-year, high growth sectors such as computing and manufacturing drove start-up growth increasing 63% and 46% respectively. The construction sector, which is benefiting from increasing housing and infrastructure spending, saw start-up formation increase by 32%. In volume terms, professional services, in legal, accounting and business saw the highest number of start-ups, totaling 1,327 during the three-month period. Dublin led in overall volume of new business registrations, accounting for 2,096 start-ups and recording year-on-year growth of approximately 17.7%. The data also shows that commercial judgments were down 11% in volume terms and down 44% in value terms.

Source: Irish Examiner April 07, 2026 09:19 UTC