Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2017
298. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the establishment and dissolution of companies in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/17]
View answerThe Companies Registration Office (CRO) is the statutory authority for registering new companies in Ireland and is the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies.
Statistics on the incorporation and dissolution of companies are published in the Annual Reports produced by the Companies Registration Office, which may be accessed for free on the website www.cro.ie.
Details of the number of companies incorporated and dissolved in the years 2005 to 2016 are set out in the table.
|
Year |
Incorporations |
Dissolutions |
|
2005 |
17,206 |
14,643 |
|
2006 |
19,190 |
10,140 |
|
2007 |
18,704 |
9,333 |
|
2008 |
14,723 |
11,650 |
|
2009 |
13,321 |
12,513 |
|
2010 |
14,013 |
13,399 |
|
2011 |
14,615 |
15,023 |
|
2012 |
14,009 |
14,839 |
|
2013 |
15,506 |
13,583 |
|
2014 |
17,782 |
13,008 |
|
2015 |
19,404 |
9,128 |
|
2016 |
20,951 |
15,221 |
