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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2022

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Questions (84)

Carol Nolan

Question:

84. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that have an annual turnover of less than €750,000. [9748/22]

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The Central Statistics Office’s Structural Business Statistics (SBS) publishes annual statistics on enterprise characteristics including turnover. The latest SBS results show that there were 285,466 enterprises in the business economy in 2019. Of these, 244,510 enterprises had annual turnover less than €750,000.

The following table shows the breakdown of these figures by sector in 2019.

Total enterprises and percentage of enterprises with turnover less than €750,00 in 2019

Sector

Enterprises with turnover less than $750,000

All enterprises

% with turnover less than €750,000

Mining and Quarrying

317

451

70.3%

Manufacturing

13,228

16,461

80.4%

Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning

434

663

65.5%

Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities

803

1,024

78.4%

Construction

53,594

59,175

90.6%

Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles

31,758

46,786

67.9%

Transportation and Storage

23,293

24,851

93.7%

Accommodation and Food Service Activities

16,399

19,418

84.5%

Information and Communication

14,301

16,418

87.1%

Real Estate Activities

15,276

15,788

96.8%

Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities

40,806

45,161

90.4%

Administrative and Support Service Activities

13,892

18,097

76.8%

Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

4,493

5,007

89.7%

Other Service Activities

15,916

16,166

98.5%

All Enterprises

244,510

285,466

85.7%

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