List of Car Dealers in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 3,071 car dealers in Ireland, one in every 131 Irish companies. Most of them are small: seven in ten have one to four people, and only 77 firms employ 50 people or more. One in three motor dealers is based in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Drogheda. Below you find the largest motor dealers 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.

3,071 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies3,0711 in131 Irish companiesCities345Largest cityDublin 723Sole traders1%Employees1-4 (69%)Revenue$100-500K (59%)Email21%Phone31%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	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
5	Ilfc Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Shannon Business Park	Aviation House	Clare	V14 AN29	N/A	1993	$290,038,000	44	Corporation	403	209316
6	Bmw Automotive (ireland) LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	2 Northwood Park	Dublin	D09	*****.ie	2003	$277,603,253	19	Corporation	614	369099
7	Motor Distributors LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 12	Naas Road	Dublin	D12 VF67	*****.com	1949	$237,650,878	357	Corporation	4	68777
8	Cedar Motors LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Block 4 Dundrum Town Centre	Dublin	D16 VY67	*****.ie	1956	$232,184,826	27	Corporation	12	16259
9	Spirit Skoda LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	C/o Ohm Group Clonlara Avenue	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2013	$221,655,798	249	Corporation	8	532945
10	Etrawler Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dundrum	Classon House	Dublin	D14 R7V2	*****.com	1983	$192,379,697	401	Corporation	5	93433
11	Mmc Commercials Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Mitsubishi House, John F. Kennedy Drive	Dublin	N/A	*****.ie	1984	$188,729,729	123	Corporation	4	103446
12	Hyundai Cars Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Hyundai House	Dublin	D12 FN53	*****.ie	1994	$160,441,399	31	Corporation	8	211878
13	Michael Moore (car Sales) LIMITED	Ireland	Portlaoise	Garryhinch Cross	Laois	R32 EEY4	*****.ie	1978	$159,402,615	124	Corporation	2	65267
14	Motor Services LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	1 Stokes Place	Dublin	N/A	N/A	1969	$157,679,621	171	Corporation	3	29084
15	Frank Keane (holdings) Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	John F Kennedy Drive	Dublin	D12 T320	*****.ie	1978	$151,956,443	181	Corporation	10	62328
16	Kevin Connolly Motor Group Unlimited Company	Ireland	Ballina	Ballina House	Mayo	F26 TF61	*****.ie	2015	$149,746,835	13	Corporation	2	558802
17	Connolly Bros. Car Sales (collooney) Unlimited Company	Ireland	Ballina	Rehins	Sligo	N/A	N/A	2019	$149,746,835	44	Corporation	N/A	653709
18	Colm Quinn LIMITED	Ireland	Athlone	N55	West Meath	N37 VR68	*****.ie	2008	$130,684,084	146	Corporation	6	451282
19	Auto Boland LIMITED	Ireland	Waterford	Ballynaneashagh	Waterford	X91 E4H1	*****.ie	1980	$126,504,307	234	Corporation	6	76069
20	Joe Duffy (motors) LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Exit 5	Dublin	D11 KF74	*****.ie	1972	$124,169,909	113	Corporation	20	37763
21	Mmm LIMITED	Ireland	Waterford	Bolands	Waterford	N/A	N/A	1997	$117,215,962	158	Corporation	3	222676
22	Fitzpatricks Garage LIMITED	Ireland	Kildare	Dublin Road	Kildare	R51 Y165	*****.ie	1979	$109,396,155	110	Corporation	5	71102
23	Bm Mara Car Sales LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	C/o Keary Motors	Cork	N/A	*****.ie	2017	$102,315,579	83	Corporation	N/A	603279
24	Western Motors LIMITED	Ireland	Galway	Ballybrit	Galway	H91 HH51	*****.ie	1964	$99,995,001	121	Corporation	2	21874
25	Kearys Kinsale Road Roundabout Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	Eastgate Business Park	Cork	T12 EF44	*****.ie	1991	$98,627,236	81	Corporation	10	181327

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Motor dealers in Dublin

Dublin has 723 car dealers and motor dealers, 0.6% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 20% below the national share. Three in four Dublin firms have fewer than five people; 27 have 50 or more. 80 new firms were entered in 2026, 79 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 525 · 74%
5-9: 79 · 11%
10-19: 38 · 5%
20-49: 45 · 6%
50+: 27 · 4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 10 · 1%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 644 · 89%
Other or none: 69 · 10%

Of the Irish total: 23.5%
Of all Dublin companies: 0.6%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 80
Entered 2025: 82
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 40.4%

Old

Before 1990: 79 · 11%
1990 or later: 644 · 89%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 22.3%

Reachable

Email: 130 · 18%
Phone: 183 · 25%
Website: 206 · 28%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 217 · 30%
$100K-$500K: 372 · 52%
$500K-$1M: 2 · 0.3%
$1M and more: 126 · 18%

Largest

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How many car dealers are there in Ireland?

Car dealers and motor dealers in Ireland

3,071

4 November 2026

There are 3,071 car dealers and motor dealers in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 131 Irish companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (198 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,944 96%
Head offices: 110
Branch offices: 17

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 4511. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 4511.

2,654 of the 3,071 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (86%); 42 are sole traders. They come from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and our Irish register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest motor dealers in Ireland

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

Daf Distributors Ireland is the largest motor dealer in Ireland by headcount. 77 firms employ 50 people or more; 26 employ 100 or more.

1Dublin466 staff
2Dublin395 staff
3Dublin 12357 staff
4Dublin249 staff
5Waterford234 staff
6Dublin200 staff
7Cork189 staff
8Wexford181 staff
9Dublin171 staff
10Kerry Airport170 staff

By employee size · 3,039 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,087	69%
5-9	395	13%
10-19	249	8%
20-49	231	8%
50-99	51	2%
100-199	20	0.7%
200-499	6	0.2%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

69% have 1 to 4 people; 231 have 20 to 49; 77 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	816	27%
$100K-$500K	1,794	59%
$500K-$1M	9	0.3%
$1M-$5M	253	8%
$5M-$10M	22	0.7%
$10M-$50M	95	3%
$50M-$100M	42	1%
$100M-$500M	20	0.7%
$500M+	3	<0.1%

59% between $100,000 and $500,000; 253 between $1M and $5M; 182 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 3,039 Irish motor dealers with a known headcount, 2,087 (69%) have one to four people, 395 have five to nine, 480 have ten to 49 and 77 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (1,794, 59%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 102,482 82%
Small 10 to 49480 16%
Medium 50 to 24977 3%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

182

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 160 more than $10 million.

198

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Ireland?

Dublin has the most car dealers in Ireland (723), ahead of Cork (141), Limerick (99), Galway (89) and Drogheda (68). Together the five hold one in three of them.

Cities by number of firms

345 Irish cities have at least one motor dealer; 60 have ten or more; 170 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Newcomers in Ireland in 2026

198 motor dealers were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 239 in 2025. Ireland as a whole saw 18,598 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.1% of the inflow.

952022
1152023
1572024
2392025
1982026 so far

198 of this year's 198 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
2Waterford6 staff
3Cavan6 staff
4Ennis2 staff
5Glenageary2 staff

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in seventy-three Irish motor dealers work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Nine in ten are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders421%
Partnerships110.4%
Ltd, DAC and PLC2,65486%
No form on record or other36412%

Single-site: 96%
Head offices: 110
Branches: 17

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

How reachable are they?

Motor dealers are easier to reach than the average Irish company: 31% list a phone number and 32% a website.

Email657 21%
Phone963 31%
Website980 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 1 Irish motor dealers from before 1900, 25 from before 1950 and 354 from before 1990.

1810
1. Cork
1916
1. Tralee
1920
1. Lifford
1921
1. Tralee
1924
1. Carlow
1927
1. Dublin

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Irish motor dealers date from before 1990

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 9 retail companies for every motor dealer in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Retail Companies	27,055	37%	61%
Wholesale Companies	17,544	27%	67%
Automotive Companies	8,192	32%	69%
Car Dealers	3,071	32%	68%
E-Commerce Companies	2,675	4%	98%
Trucking Companies	2,004	5%	78%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	231,663	3.6
France	162,015	11.3
Italy	64,563	9.2
Germany	51,803	7.6
Spain	45,065	8.3
Ireland	3,071	7.6

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Frequently asked questions

How many car dealers are there in Ireland?

There are 3,071 car dealers and motor dealers in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 131 Irish companies.

Which is the largest motor dealer in Ireland?

Daf Distributors Ireland in Dublin, with 466 staff. By revenue Volkswagen Group Ireland in Dublin leads with $1.2 billion a year.

Which Irish city has the most car dealers?

Dublin, with 723, ahead of Cork (141), Limerick (99), Galway (89) and Drogheda (68).

How many motor dealers are there in Dublin?

723, which is 0.6% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 20% below the national share.

How big is a typical motor dealer?

Small. 69% of the 3,039 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 77 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Irish car dealers sole traders or companies?

One in seventy-three (42) are sole traders, 0.4% are partnerships and 86% (2,654) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many motor dealers started in 2026?

198 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 239 in 2025. 198 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest motor dealer in Ireland?

Johnson & Perrot in Cork, 1810, followed by Kerry Motor Works in Tralee (1916) and Doherty,laurence, in Lifford (1920). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers car dealers?

Irish car dealers are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 4511. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 4511.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 3,071 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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