Companies in Cork

Q: How many companies are in Cork?

Our Cork business directory currently lists every registered legal entity with a Cork address in the official Ireland business register. The exact count is shown live at the top of this page.

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Cork records are sourced directly from the official Ireland business register and enriched with 50+ data points: revenue, employees, industry codes, contact details, and ownership.

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Behind every street in Cork sits a business. 25,370 of them, to be exact, all registered in the Ireland business register. The biggest single industry is management consulting with 2,077 companies, roughly 8% of everything that does business in the city.

25,370 businesses indexed

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Apple Operations International LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Hollyhill Industrial Estate	Cork	N/A	N/A	1980	$235,322,000,000	56,694	Corporation	830	76941
2	Cencora Global Procurement LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Penrose One	Cork	T23D X8P	N/A	2022	$208,701,364,691	11	Corporation	846	728560
3	Pse Kinsale Energy LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Nyhan Industrial Estate	Cork	T12 PW92	N/A	2003	$71,049,963,300	43,266	Foreign company	2	904997
4	Johnson Controls International Public LIMITED Company	Ireland	Cork	1 Albert Quay	Cork	T12 X8N6	johnsoncontrols.*****	1960	$23,596,000,000	87	Corporation	2577	543654
5	Southern Health Board	Ireland	Cork	Wilton	Cork	T12 PN8P	cuh.*****	2018	$19,756,698,310	107,972		N/A	N/A
6	Musgrave Group Public LIMITED Company	Ireland	Cork	Musgrave Group, Musgrave House	Cork	T12 TN99	musgravemarketplace.*****	1876	$5,519,240,003	9,714	Corporation	271	105820
7	Gea Westfalia Separator Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Coolroe	Cork	P31 H016	N/A	1974	$5,271,840,234	26,327	Corporation	386	46107
8	Emc Information Systems International Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	Ovens	Cork	P31 YK80	N/A	1988	$4,423,974,000	2,008	Corporation	757	461022
9	Biomarin International LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Legal Department	Cork	P43 R298	N/A	2011	$2,792,517,000	641	Corporation	68	500060
10	Netapp Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	Nsq2, Navigation Square	Cork	T12 W351	N/A	2021	$2,516,820,970	308	Corporation	202	705127
11	Red Hat LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	6700 Cork Airport Business Park	Cork	N/A	N/A	1999	$1,832,634,926	758	Corporation	1779	304873
12	Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	Togher Industrial Estate	Cork	N/A	N/A	1997	$1,725,784,944	1,106	Corporation	1306	263572
13	Dairygold LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Cork Airport Business Park Building 5100	Cork	N/A	dairygold.*****	1987	$876,351,491	1,500	Corporation	50	127365
14	Dornan Engineering Holdings LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	10 Eastgate Avenue	Cork	T45 PC63	dornan.*****	2005	$775,882,991	1,157	Corporation	21	407862
15	Dornan Engineering LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	10 Eastgate Avenue	Cork	T45 PC63	dornan.*****	1994	$775,882,991	1,153	Corporation	21	212757
16	Stryker Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Stryker Anngrove North	Cork	T45 HX08	stryker.*****	1997	$735,362,510	2,007	Corporation	13	272391
17	Northstar Healthcare Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	3300 Cork Airport Business Park	Cork	T12 XN72	N/A	2003	$729,039,000	73	Corporation	N/A	372645
18	Ervia	Ireland	Cork	Gasworks Road	Cork	T12 RX96	bordgais.*****	1976	$654,950,296	726		5	N/A
19	Gas Networks Ireland	Ireland	Cork	Gasworks Road	Cork	N/A	gasnetworks.*****	2015	$633,977,104	848	Corporation	5	555744
20	Mcafee Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Unit 2000 City Gate	Cork	T12 EF44	mcafee.*****	2004	$546,468,102	72	Corporation	137	390804
21	Upjohn Manufacturing Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	Little Island	Cork	T45 F627	N/A	2018	$541,885,000	221	Corporation	7	635028
22	Competition Team Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Unit H Building 21oo	Cork	N/A	N/A	2011	$531,727,000	14	Corporation	771	499832
23	Carbery Investments (lisavaird) LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Ballineen	Cork	N/A	N/A	2012	$492,060,604	637	Corporation	6	518672
24	Cognex Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Gateway Business Park 2008-2014 Block 2000	Cork	N/A	cognex.*****	2012	$418,289,982	125	Corporation	35	512180
25	Netgear International LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	6th Floor, Penrose Two	Cork	T23 YY09	netgear.*****	2005	$409,990,000	500	Corporation	35	409506

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Largest companies in Cork

Which company is the largest in Cork depends on how you measure. You can look at valuation, at revenue or at how many people work there. Valuations are private for most companies, so here we stick to revenue and headcount.

By revenue, Apple Operations International LIMITED comes first in Cork. It is part of a group with $235.3 billion in yearly revenue. By headcount, Apple Distribution International LIMITED comes first with 56,922 employees. We only looked at the 21,362 corporations in Cork for this; sole traders, foundations and other legal forms are left out.

The two tables below show how all 25,370 companies in Cork are spread across revenue and headcount bands.

Yearly revenue

63.6%of companies have less than $100,000 in yearly revenue

Revenue (USD)	Count	Share
up to $100,000	16,135	63.6%
$100,000 to $500,000	6,309	24.9%
$500,000 to $1M	701	2.8%
$1M to $5M	655	2.6%
$5M to $10M	106	0.4%
$10M to $50M	296	1.2%
$50M to $100M	68	0.3%
$100M to $500M	61	0.2%
$500M to $1B	10	<0.1%
$1B or more	12	<0.1%
Unknown	1,017	4.0%

Headcount

70.9%of companies have 1 to 4 employees

Employees	Count	Share
1-4	17,986	70.9%
5-9	2,849	11.2%
10-19	1,572	6.2%
20-49	956	3.8%
50-99	287	1.1%
100-199	147	0.6%
200-499	63	0.2%
500-999	16	0.1%
1,000-4,999	19	0.1%
10,000+	5	<0.1%
Unknown	1,470	5.8%

Source: business register and CompanyData. "Unknown" means no published figure.

Largest industries in Cork

The biggest industry groups in Cork by registered company count, with the top five companies by revenue in each.

Management consulting

2,077 companies

SIC 8742

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General business services

1,668 companies

SIC 7389

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Holding firms

1,604 companies

SIC 6719

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Engineering Services

922 companies

SIC 8711

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Restaurants and eating places

883 companies

SIC 5812

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Real estate agents and managers

661 companies

SIC 6531

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IT services

638 companies

SIC 7379

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Property lessors

516 companies

SIC 6519

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All industries in Cork

Together, management consulting, general business services and holding firms make up the top three industries in Cork, accounting for 21% of the city's commercial activity. The oldest company we can find in Cork is Foley Turnbull Solicitors, founded in 1707, with Belvedere Lodge B&B not far behind. They are still here, along with 25,368 other businesses in Cork.

Once famous for its butter market, Cork now hosts Apple's European base and a string of pharmaceutical plants around one of the world's largest natural harbours. All of them are in our data. Look up a company in the table at the top of this page, get the full list delivered as an Excel file, or pull the records straight into your own systems through our API.

Management Consulting Services2,077
Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified1,668
Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified1,604
Engineering Services922
Eating Places883
Nonclassifiable Establishments666
Real Estate Agents and Managers661
Computer Related Services, Not Elsewhere Classified638
Lessors of Real Property, Not Elsewhere Classified516
Operative Builders492
Other industries15,243

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