List of companies of Ireland
This is a list of notable companies based in Ireland, or subsidiaries according to their sector. It includes companies from the entire island. The state of the Republic of Ireland covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, covering the remainder in the north-east. Each has separate regulatory and registration authorities.
About companies in Ireland
Irish companies fall into three categories:
- Private limited companies, which carry the suffix "Limited" (Ltd) or "Teoranta" (Teo), and whose shares are privately held.
- Public limited companies, which carry the suffix "plc" or "cpt" and whose shares may be listed on a stock exchange. Where this is the case, it is noted in this article.
- Company Limited by Guarantee, this type of company has members, not shareholders, as such generally limited to trade associations and not-for-profit bodies.
Companies in the Republic of Ireland must be registered with the Companies Registration Office, and comply with the provisions of the Companies Acts. Companies in Northern Ireland must be registered with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment's Companies Registry. Certain Northern Ireland organisations are dealt with on a UK-wide basis and are dealt with by Companies House.
Some entries on this list may be statutory corporations - a business form governed by a board appointed by an Irish Government minister under a particular piece of legislation - not formally companies as such, but are effectively treated as such and are included on this list as they are usually large business. For more details on this form of governance, see state-sponsored bodies of Ireland.
Some mutual bodies, such as building societies, are also included on this list.
Some entries such as O2 Ireland and Intel Ireland are subsidiaries of foreign companies. These subsidiaries are listed because the Irish economy is significantly dependent on foreign companies in comparison to other nations and these multinational companies are major Irish employers and tax contributors - Intel employs over 5000 people.
Banks and financial institutions
- ACCBank - subsidiary of Rabobank
- Allied Irish Banks (AIB)[1] - quoted on ISE, LSE and NYSE
- Anglo Irish Bank - formerly quoted on ISE and LSE, now in state ownership
- Bank of Ireland[1] - quoted on ISE, LSE, and NYSE
- Bank of Scotland (Ireland) - subsidiary of HBOS, quoted on LSE
- EBS Limited - a subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks
- FBD Holdings - quoted on ISE & LSE
- First Trust Bank - Northern Ireland subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks[1]
- Irish Life and Permanent - quoted on ISE and LSE
- Irish Nationwide Building Society - subsumed by Anglo Irish Bank
- KBC Bank Ireland - formerly IIB Bank
- National Irish Bank[1] and Northern Bank[1] - subsidiaries of Danske Bank, quoted on Copenhagen Stock Exchange
- Ulster Bank[1] - subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, not quoted
Consumer goods
- Barry's Tea - one of the largest importers of tea in Ireland
- Butlers Chocolates - manufacturer of luxury chocolate and chocolate products
- Cantrell and Cochrane C&C - quoted on ISE and LSE
- Condensed Milk Company of Ireland - ceased in 1974, subsumed into Kerry Group
- EDUN - fashion brand to encourage trade with Africa
- Fyffes - banana importers, quoted on ISE and LSE
- Glanbia - quoted on ISE and LSE
- Greencore - quoted on ISE and LSE
- Guinness - part of Diageo
- Heatons - department store
- Kerry Group - quoted on ISE
- Oatfield - oldest confectionery company in Ireland
- Tipperary Natural Mineral Water - Irish brand of mineral water, part of the Gleeson Group
Electronics and technology
- Accenture - headquarters, Dublin
- Analog Devices - headquarters, Limerick
- Amazon.com - world's largest online retailer, Located in Dublin
- Apple Inc. - EMEA Headquarters, Hollyhill, Cork City
- Airbnb - European headquarters, Dublin
- Baltimore Technologies - renamed to Oryx International Growth Fund; quoted on LSE
- Cisco - located in Oranmore, Co. Galway
- Cúram Software - produces social enterprise management software, acquired by IBM
- DCC - quoted on ISE and LSE
- Dell Ireland - subsidiary of Dell, quoted on NASDAQ
- Dropbox - EMEA Headquarters, Dublin
- eBay - EMEA Headquarters, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
- EMC Ireland - subsidiary of EMC Corporation
- Facebook - EMEA Headquarters, Barrow Street, Dublin 4
- Farmflo - EMEA Headquarters, Letterkenny
- Fineos - headquarters, Dublin
- Glen Dimplex - manufacturer of consumer electrical goods
- Google Ireland - EMEA Headquarters, Barrow Street, Dublin 4
- Havok - acquired by Intel Corporation in 2007
- Hewlett-Packard - Liffey Park Technology Campus (LPTC), Leixlip, Kildare
- IBM - quoted on NYSE[2]
- Infosys[3]
- Intel Ireland - Leixlip, Kildare; largest manufacturing plant outside of the United States
- IONA Technologies - acquired by Progress Software in 2008
- LinkedIn - EMEA Headquarters, Wilton Place, Dublin
- Logitech - R&D, S&M, finance, Cork
- Microsoft Ireland - subsidiary of Microsoft, quoted on NASDAQ
- NewBay Software - acquired by Research In Motion in 2011; sold to Synchronoss in 2012
- Norkom Technologies - now a part of Detica
- Openet - produces software for the telecoms industry
- Oracle - Oracle EMEA Limited; based at East Point Business Park Fairview Dublin 3
- PayPal - EMEA Headquarters, Blanchardstown, Dublin
- Salesforce.com - SFDC Ireland Ltd.; based in the Atrium Sandyford Business Park, Dublin 18, Ireland
- SAP AG - SAP SSC Ireland Ltd.; based in Citywest Business Park, Dublin 24 and Galway, Parkmore Business Park
- Symantec Ireland
- Tata Consultancy Services - Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Twitter - EU Headquarters, Dublin
- Uber - EU Headquarters, Limerick
- Xilinx - FPGA and EDA tool company
- Yahoo - EU Headquarters, Dublin
- Yelp - EU Headquarters, Dublin
- Zamano - quoted on AIM
Energy and infrastructure
- Airtricity - electricity generation - subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy
- Aventas group - formerly the QUINN group; a business group of diverse interests
- Bord na Móna
- CRH plc - quoted on ISE, NYSE and LSE
- Electricity Supply Board - electricity distribution and generation
- Ervia - gas and electricity distribution
- Kedco - renewable energy
- Northern Ireland Electricity - subsidiary of Electricity Supply Board
- NTR plc - infrastructure development; shares sold on grey market
- Viridian - electricity generation; quoted on ISE
Media
- Buy&Sell – Irish owned classified Ads website and newspaper
- Independent News & Media – quoted on ISE and FTSE
- Irish Times Trust
- Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
- Setanta Sports
- TG4 – TG Ceathair, Irish-language channel
- Thomas Crosbie Holdings
- Today FM – subsidiary of Communicorp
- TV3 Group – subsidiary of Virgin Media Ireland
- Wireless Group – quoted on LSE and ISE
Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Abbott Laboratories - located in Longford
- Covidien
- Élan - quoted on ISE and NYSE
- Hoffmann-La Roche - located in Clarecastle
- Pfizer - located in Newbridge
- Shire Plc - quoted on LSE and NASDAQ
- United Drug - quoted on ISE and LSE
- Warner Chilcott - previously known as Galen; quoted on ISE and LSE
Restaurants and cafes
- Abrakebabra
- Apache Pizza
- Bewleys
- Costa Coffee Ireland - run by MBCC Foods Ireland under franchise from Whitbread plc
- Eddie Rockets
- Four Star Pizza
- Insomnia Coffee Company
- Metzo
- O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars
- Supermac's
Retailers
- Arnotts
- BWG Foods
- Clerys
- Dunnes Stores
- Eason & Son
- Guineys
- Heatons
- Musgrave Group
- Penneys - subsidiary of Associated British Foods
- Roches Stores - acquired by Debenhams (UK)
- Smyths
- Superquinn
- SuperValu
- Tesco Ireland - subsidiary of Tesco, formerly Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices; quoted on ISE and LSE
- Xtra-vision
Services
- An Post National Lottery Company - national lottery, subsidiary of An Post
- Boylesports - betting shops
- Laya Healthcare - private health insurance
- Paddy Power - betting shops; quoted on ISE
- Prize Bond Company Limited - prize bonds, subsidiary of An Post/FEXCO
- Vhi Healthcare - private health insurance; statutory corporation
Telecoms and communications
- An Post - state-sponsored body
- BlueFace
- BT Ireland - subsidiary of BT; formerly Esat BT; quoted on LSE
- Digiweb
- Eir
- Ericsson - located in Clonskeagh, Dublin
- Magnet Networks
- Meteor - subsidiary of Eir
- Smart Telecom - quoted on AIM
- Three Ireland - subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, quoted on HKSE
- Virgin Media Ireland - subsidiary of Liberty Global, quoted on NASDAQ
- Vodafone Ireland - subsidiary of Vodafone; formerly Eircell
Transport
Airlines and ferries
- Aer Arann
- Aer Lingus
- Aer Lingus Regional
- CityJet - subsidiary of Air France-KLM, quoted on Euronext Paris
- Dublin Airport Authority
- Irish Continental - quoted on ISE, known as Irish Ferries
- Irish Ferries
- Ryanair - quoted on ISE, NYSE and LSE
Bus and rail
- Aircoach - subsidiary of FirstGroup, quoted on LSE
- The Airporter - providing a coach connection between Derry City and Belfast airports
- Citylink - subsidiary of Scottish Citylink
- Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE):
- Bus Átha Cliath - Dublin Metropolitan area bus company
- Bus Éireann - Irish national bus company
- Iarnród Éireann - Irish rail company
- Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (Translink)
- Metro - formerly Citybus
- Northern Ireland Railways
- Ulsterbus
- Ulsterbus Foyle
- Railway Procurement Agency - developer of the Luas light rail system
- Wrightbus - coach-builder
Car clubs
See also
References
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