Featured Start-Ups - Irish and UK Company Information

Total Start-Ups Breakdown By Month Breakdown By Year Breakdown By Industry Breakdown By Area Breakdown By Type

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Set-Ups, Fourth Quarter	2024	2025	Difference
Company Set-Ups	5,748	6,207	459
Business Set-Ups	3,958	3,871	-87
Total Set-Ups	9,706	10,078	372
For the Fourth Quarter of 2025, new set-ups are up by just 3.83%.

Set-Ups in April	2024	2025	Difference
Company Set-Ups	0	0	0
Business Set-Ups	0	0	0
Total Set-Ups	0	0	0
In April 2025, new set-ups were up by �%.
Set-Ups in August	2024	2025	Difference
Company Set-Ups	0	0	0
Business Set-Ups	0	0	0
Total Set-Ups	0	0	0
In August 2025, new set-ups were up by �%.
Set-Ups in December	2024	2025	Difference
Company Set-Ups	1,729	2,307	578
Business Set-Ups	954	998	44
Total Set-Ups	2,683	3,305	622
In December 2025, new set-ups were up by 23.18%.

Year	Number Of Companies	Number Of Businesses	Total Set-Ups
Q4 2025	6,207	3,871	10,078
Q4 2024	5,748	3,958	9,706
Q4 2023	5,266	3,841	9,107
Q4 2022	5,428	3,784	9,212
Q4 2021	6,033	4,252	10,285

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Partial Address	Number of Companies
Dublin	1,872
Cork	600
Dublin 2	325
Galway	276
Meath	248
Kildare	242
Limerick	213
Louth	171
Donegal	150
Kerry	143

Partial Address	Number of Businesses
Cork	110
DUBLIN	103
DUBLIN 2	66
LIMERICK	66
DUBLIN 15	55
GALWAY	51
NAAS, KILDARE	43
DUBLIN 1	43
DROGHEDA, LOUTH	40
WATERFORD	39

Company Type	Number of Companies
LTD - Private Company Limited By Shares	5,684
DAC - Designated Activity Company (limited by shares)	237
CLG - Company Limited by Guarantee	162
ULC - Private Unlimited Company	78
External company	36
CLG-Company Limited by Guarantee (licenced company)	7
DAC - Designated Activity Company (limited by guarantee)	2
PLC - Public Limited Company	1

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