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The Business & Finance Top 100 Companies in Ireland

By Business & Finance
22 May 2014
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Welcome to the Business & Finance Top 100 Companies in Ireland for 2014. The data for the Top 100 list has been supplied by Dun & Bradstreet and is based on the latest accounts filed with the CRO. The list does not include banks or financial institutions, and Business & Finance will feature a separate list of the top financial services companies in a subsequent issue of the magazine.

The Business & Finance Top 100 is a definitive guide to the top performing companies across the island of Ireland. Ranked by turnover and based on those organisations that have a significant presence in Ireland, the companies listed represent a variety of industry sectors.

Large, well-known companies feature predominantly in the Top 100, and the strongest performing companies on the list are predominantly in the tech, energy and life sciences’ sectors. But, other industries – such as food, aviation and manufacturing – are showing signs of continued growth, particularly when compared with these sectors’ rank on the same list in 2013.

Although global organisations feature high on the list, so too do Irish firms that have shown continued success internationally. An example of this is the Smurfit Kappa Group, which was established in 1934 by Jefferson Smurfit. Today, it is an Irish, global success story, and this year, it marks 80 years since its inception and 50 since listing on the Irish Stock Exchange, a testament to its growth, performance and longevity.

Multinationals continue to deliver on employment numbers, but so too do emerging Irish enterprises. More than 18,000 new jobs were created by SMEs in 2013 – the highest net gain for Irish companies in the last decade and an indication of strong export performance.

Major investments where announced by a number of indigenous enterprises in the last 12 months. Glanbia for example, announced the development of a world-class dairy facility on the Kilkenny/Waterford border and the creation of 1,600 jobs.

Indigenous and MNC firms are collaborating on a more pronounced level with noticeable mutual benefit. This is evidenced by the number of Irish companies acquired by MNCs in the last year. Dublin-based software firm, The Now Factory, which boasts customers in more than 29 countries, was acquired by IBM. Social news agency Storyful sold to News Corp. for €18m and Mapflow, a geographic risk assessment technology company established in Dublin, was acquired by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

According to Enterprise Ireland, these leading Irish tech players are expected to continue to grow substantially in the future, helping to retain and embed existing MNCs further in Irish business and at the same time attract news ones.

That Ireland was named the best country to invest in Western Europe is further recognition of the strength and growth potential across all sections of Irish business. The significant opportunities being generated and the contribution and commitment that the top 100 companies have made to the Irish economy is a clear indication of the strength and performance across Ireland’s business landscape.

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Disclaimer: Ranked by turnover, the data for the Top 100 list has been supplied by Dun & Bradstreet and is based on the latest accounts filed with the CRO as of April 1st 2014. The list does not include banks or financial institutions.