Niall Collins
Question:95. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach the number of enterprises here in manufacturing, as classified by EUROSTAT in the data set manufacturing, NACE Section C. [40826/16]
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The latest breakdown of the number of enterprises by sector available from the Central Statistics Office is for the year 2014. The figures are published in Table 1 of the CSO's Business Demography release 2014, which shows the number of enterprises in the private business economy, i.e. in private sector businesses in the Industry, Construction, and Services sectors (NACE Rev 2 codes B to N, excluding code 64.20 “Activities of Holding Companies”) as classified by the CSO. The table includes the number of enterprises in the Manufacturing sector (NACE Section C). The results in the CSO Business Demography release are also transmitted to and published by Eurostat. The following table shows the number of enterprises by sector for the years 2013 and 2014 respectively.
Table 1 - Number of Enterprises in the Private Business Economy 2013 – 2014
|
2013 |
2014 |
|
|
Mining and quarrying (B) |
421 |
411 |
|
Manufacturing (C) |
14,649 |
14,628 |
|
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (D) |
485 |
483 |
|
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (E) |
985 |
975 |
|
Construction (F) |
48,502 |
47,349 |
|
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G) |
47,061 |
45,618 |
|
Transportation and storage (H) |
25,734 |
24,595 |
|
Accommodation and food service activities (I) |
17,913 |
17,790 |
|
Information and communication (J) |
13,578 |
13,687 |
|
Financial and insurance activities excluding activities of holding companies (K-642) |
7,502 |
6,593 |
|
Real estate activities (L) |
12,065 |
11,912 |
|
Professional, scientific and technical activities (M) |
38,911 |
38,795 |
|
Administrative and support service activities (N) |
15,764 |
15,412 |
|
Business economy excluding activities of holding companies (B to N,-642) |
243,571 |
238,249 |