List of Automotive Companies in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 8,192 automotive companies in Ireland, one in every 49 Irish companies. Most of them are small: seven in ten have one to four people, and only 128 firms employ 50 people or more. One in three automotive firms is based in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Naas. Below you find the largest automotive firms in Ireland, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Irish company database or through the Company Data API.

8,192 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies8,1921 in49 Irish companiesCities570Largest cityDublin 1,617Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (70%)Revenue$100-500K (48%)Email22%Phone34%Website32%

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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	Volkswagen Group Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Block C	Dublin	D22 CF60	N/A	2007	$1,176,396,222	140	Corporation	4281	436954
2	Nissan Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 12	Cedar House	Dublin	D12 RW59	*****.ie	1977	$697,622,165	487	Corporation	12	57839
3	Jdm Automotive LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 11	Exit 5 M50, North Road	Dublin	D11 NA00	N/A	2006	$570,833,453	591	Corporation	20	429188
4	Synergen Power LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Pigeon House Road	Dublin	D04	N/A	1998	$402,886,233	1	Corporation	1017	289737
5	Henry Ford & Son LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Part of Fifth Floor Penrose One	Cork	N/A	N/A	1917	$353,218,247	17	Corporation	765	4441
6	Ilfc Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Shannon Business Park	Aviation House	Clare	V14 AN29	N/A	1993	$290,038,000	44	Corporation	403	209316
7	Bmw Automotive (ireland) LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	2 Northwood Park	Dublin	D09	*****.ie	2003	$277,603,253	19	Corporation	614	369099
8	Motor Distributors LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 12	Naas Road	Dublin	D12 VF67	*****.com	1949	$237,650,878	357	Corporation	4	68777
9	Cedar Motors LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Block 4 Dundrum Town Centre	Dublin	D16 VY67	*****.ie	1956	$232,184,826	27	Corporation	12	16259
10	Spirit Skoda LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	C/o Ohm Group Clonlara Avenue	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2013	$221,655,798	249	Corporation	8	532945
11	Etrawler Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dundrum	Classon House	Dublin	D14 R7V2	*****.com	1983	$192,379,697	401	Corporation	5	93433
12	Mmc Commercials Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Mitsubishi House, John F. Kennedy Drive	Dublin	N/A	*****.ie	1984	$188,729,729	123	Corporation	4	103446
13	Hyundai Cars Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Hyundai House	Dublin	D12 FN53	*****.ie	1994	$160,441,399	31	Corporation	8	211878
14	Michael Moore (car Sales) LIMITED	Ireland	Portlaoise	Garryhinch Cross	Laois	R32 EEY4	*****.ie	1978	$159,402,615	124	Corporation	2	65267
15	Motor Services LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	1 Stokes Place	Dublin	N/A	N/A	1969	$157,679,621	171	Corporation	3	29084
16	Frank Keane (holdings) Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	John F Kennedy Drive	Dublin	D12 T320	*****.ie	1978	$151,956,443	181	Corporation	10	62328
17	Kevin Connolly Motor Group Unlimited Company	Ireland	Ballina	Ballina House	Mayo	F26 TF61	*****.ie	2015	$149,746,835	13	Corporation	2	558802
18	Connolly Bros. Car Sales (collooney) Unlimited Company	Ireland	Ballina	Rehins	Sligo	N/A	N/A	2019	$149,746,835	44	Corporation	N/A	653709
19	Colm Quinn LIMITED	Ireland	Athlone	N55	West Meath	N37 VR68	*****.ie	2008	$130,684,084	146	Corporation	6	451282
20	Auto Boland LIMITED	Ireland	Waterford	Ballynaneashagh	Waterford	X91 E4H1	*****.ie	1980	$126,504,307	234	Corporation	6	76069
21	Joe Duffy (motors) LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Exit 5	Dublin	D11 KF74	*****.ie	1972	$124,169,909	113	Corporation	20	37763
22	Mmm LIMITED	Ireland	Waterford	Bolands	Waterford	N/A	N/A	1997	$117,215,962	158	Corporation	3	222676
23	Fitzpatricks Garage LIMITED	Ireland	Kildare	Dublin Road	Kildare	R51 Y165	*****.ie	1979	$109,396,155	110	Corporation	5	71102
24	Bm Mara Car Sales LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	C/o Keary Motors	Cork	N/A	*****.ie	2017	$102,315,579	83	Corporation	N/A	603279
25	Western Motors LIMITED	Ireland	Galway	Ballybrit	Galway	H91 HH51	*****.ie	1964	$99,995,001	121	Corporation	2	21874

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Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 8,097 Irish automotive firms with a known headcount, 5,670 (70%) have one to four people, 1,276 have five to nine, 1,023 have ten to 49 and 128 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (3,879, 48%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 106,946 86%
Small 10 to 491,023 13%
Medium 50 to 249126 2%
Large 250+2 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all Irish companies (87% have under ten staff).

271

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 223 more than $10 million.

440

firms were entered in 2026.

How many automotive companies are there in Ireland?

Automotive companies and automotive firms in Ireland

8,192

4 November 2026

There are 8,192 automotive companies and automotive firms in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 49 Irish companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (440 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 7,895 96%
Head offices: 214
Branch offices: 83

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 codes 29 and 45. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 29, 45.

6,560 of the 8,192 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (80%); 260 are sole traders. They come from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and our Irish register data, through the Company Data API.

Where in Ireland?

Dublin has the most automotive companies in Ireland (1,617), ahead of Cork (445), Limerick (264), Galway (236) and Naas (173). Together the five hold one in three of them. Relative to their size, Navan, Drogheda and Wexford have the most: 1.4 to 1.6 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

570 Irish cities have at least one automotive firm; 112 have ten or more; 256 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Automotive firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 2.04. Navan has 1.6 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 33 counties

County	Firms	%
Dublin	2,255	28%
Cork	846	10%
Galway	429	5%
Kildare	401	5%
Meath	351	4%
Wexford	333	4%
Limerick	330	4%
Louth	297	4%
North Tipperary	280	3%
Donegal	277	3%

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Automotive firms in Dublin

Dublin has 1,617 automotive companies and automotive firms, 1.4% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 33% below the national share. Seven in ten Dublin firms have fewer than five people; 42 have 50 or more. 132 new firms were entered in 2026, 171 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,135 · 71%
5-9: 211 · 13%
10-19: 113 · 7%
20-49: 91 · 6%
50+: 42 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 39 · 2%
Partnerships: 2 · 0.1%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 1,366 · 84%
Other or none: 210 · 13%

Of the Irish total: 19.7%
Of all Dublin companies: 1.4%
Against the national share: 0.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 132
Entered 2025: 150
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 30.0%

Old

Before 1990: 171 · 11%
1990 or later: 1,446 · 89%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 23.8%

Reachable

Email: 359 · 22%
Phone: 505 · 31%
Website: 530 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 657 · 41%
$100K-$500K: 708 · 44%
$500K-$1M: 44 · 3%
$1M and more: 190 · 12%

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Largest automotive firms in Ireland

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Dublin, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Eci JCB is the largest automotive firm in Ireland by headcount. 128 firms employ 50 people or more; 47 employ 100 or more.

1Rathcoole625 staff
2Dublin 20503 staff
3Naas468 staff
4Dublin466 staff
5Dublin395 staff
6Mullingar390 staff
7Dublin 12357 staff
8Dublin249 staff
9Waterford234 staff
10Dublin206 staff

By employee size · 8,097 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	5,670	70%
5-9	1,276	16%
10-19	631	8%
20-49	392	5%
50-99	81	1%
100-199	34	0.4%
200-499	11	0.1%
500-999	2	<0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

70% have 1 to 4 people; 392 have 20 to 49; 128 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	3,468	43%
$100K-$500K	3,879	48%
$500K-$1M	160	2%
$1M-$5M	330	4%
$5M-$10M	48	0.6%
$10M-$50M	146	2%
$50M-$100M	53	0.7%
$100M-$500M	21	0.3%
$500M+	3	<0.1%

48% between $100,000 and $500,000; 330 between $1M and $5M; 271 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Automotive firms are easier to reach than the average Irish company: 34% list a phone number and 32% a website.

Email1,797 22%
Phone2,817 34%
Website2,589 32%

Grey line: all Irish companies (email 14%, phone 22%, website 21%).

The full list with these fields is in our Irish company database.

The oldest firms in Ireland

Our data holds 2 Irish automotive firms from before 1900, 37 from before 1950 and 717 from before 1990.

1810
1. Cork
1888
1. Dundalk
1916
1. Galway
1916
1. Tralee
1920
1. Lifford
1921
1. Tralee

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717

Irish automotive firms date from before 1990

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 manufacturing companies for every automotive firm in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Manufacturing Companies	16,303	33%	58%
Transport Companies	9,209	20%	67%
Automotive Companies	8,192	32%	69%
Car Dealers	3,071	32%	68%
Logistics Companies	2,208	20%	65%
Trucking Companies	2,004	5%	78%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	1,447,032	22.7
Brazil	1,088,608	37.7
India	634,016	16.4
Italy	220,383	31.4
Germany	158,195	23.3
Ireland	8,192	20.4

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Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in thirty-two Irish automotive firms work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Four in five are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders2603%
Partnerships300.4%
Ltd, DAC and PLC6,56080%
No form on record or other1,34216%

Single-site: 96%
Head offices: 214
Branches: 83

All Irish companies: 2% sole traders, 0.3% partnerships, 83% Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Newcomers in Ireland in 2026

440 automotive firms were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, about 2 a working day, after 572 in 2025. Ireland as a whole saw 18,598 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 2.4% of the inflow.

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3552023
4332024
5722025
4402026 so far

439 of this year's 440 are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Limerick25 staff
2Dublin13 staff
3Dublin9 staff
4Navan6 staff
5Dublin6 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many automotive companies are there in Ireland?

There are 8,192 automotive companies and automotive firms in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 49 Irish companies.

Which is the largest automotive firm in Ireland?

Eci JCB in Rathcoole, with 625 staff. By revenue Volkswagen Group Ireland in Dublin leads with $1.2 billion a year.

Which Irish city has the most automotive companies?

Dublin, with 1,617, ahead of Cork (445), Limerick (264), Galway (236) and Naas (173). Relative to its size, Navan has the most: 1.6 times the national share.

How many automotive firms are there in Dublin?

1,617, which is 1.4% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 33% below the national share.

How big is a typical automotive firm?

Small. 70% of the 8,097 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 128 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Irish automotive companies sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-two (260) are sole traders, 0.4% are partnerships and 80% (6,560) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many automotive firms started in 2026?

440 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 572 in 2025. 439 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest automotive firm in Ireland?

Johnson & Perrot in Cork, 1810, followed by Rogers,paint, in Dundalk (1888) and Car Parts Warehouse in Galway (1916). 2 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers automotive companies?

Irish automotive companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 codes 29 and 45. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 29 and 45.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 8,192 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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