List of Doctors in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 4,934 doctors in Ireland, one in every 81 Irish companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 61 firms employ 50 people or more. Half of all medical practices are based in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Below you find the largest medical practices 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.

4,934 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies4,9341 in81 Irish companiesCities306Largest cityDublin 1,507Sole traders1%Employees1-4 (81%)Revenue< $100K (75%)Email15%Phone30%Website25%

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A live view of all 4,934 medical practices, sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, employee size, revenue, legal form or founding year, or search a firm by name.

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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	Southern Health Board	Ireland	Cork	Wilton	Cork	T12 PN8P	N/A	2018	$19,756,698,310	107,972		N/A	N/A
2	Steris Public LIMITED Company	Ireland	Dublin	70 Sir John Rogerson'S Quay	Dublin	D02 R296	N/A	1985	$5,459,515,000	17,787	Corporation	285	595593
3	ST. Vincent's Healthcare Group	Ireland	Dublin	Univ. Hospital Elm Park Fl 2 Old Ward Block Bldg	Dublin	D04 T6F4	*****.ie	2001	$774,882,173	5,298	Corporation	4	338585
4	Liberty Medical Services LIMITED	Ireland	Ballina	Foxford Road	Sligo	N/A	N/A	2007	$586,102,251	40	Corporation	49	435729
5	Upjohn Manufacturing Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Cork	Little Island	Cork	T45 F627	N/A	2018	$541,885,000	221	Corporation	7	635028
6	Abbott Rapid Dx International LIMITED	Ireland	Galway	Parkmore East Business Park	Galway	H91 VK7E	*****.com	2011	$527,199,463	302	Corporation	30	495964
7	Ge Healthcare Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Carrig	Ida Business Park	Cork	T45 AV60	N/A	1990	$526,668,594	727	Corporation	789	166586
8	Nua Healthcare Services LIMITED	Ireland	Naas	The Atrium	Kildare	W91 WC78	*****.ie	2004	$166,890,014	2,975	Corporation	4	389274
9	Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	The Watermarque	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2006	$144,213,738	90	Corporation	211	421238
10	Laya Healthcare LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Eastgate Business Park	Cork	T45 E181	*****.ie	1995	$109,344,517	707	Corporation	2026	242048
11	Bon Secours Hospital Limerick Dev CO LIMITED	Ireland	Limerick	Georges Quay	Limerick	N/A	*****.ee	1995	$91,110,331	3	Corporation	4	236675
12	Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing Company Unlimited Company	Ireland	Mulhuddart	Cruiserath Road	Dublin	D15 H6EF	*****.com	2000	$89,994,000	198	Corporation	489	324960
13	Upmc Sports Surgery Clinic LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Suite 7	Dublin	D08 NHY1	N/A	2006	$83,848,757	516	Corporation	18	419994
14	Noc LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	16 Harcourt Street	Dublin	D02 NN29	*****.ie	1988	$76,552,365	1,435	Corporation	8	137948
15	Peamount Healthcare	Ireland	Newcastle	Peamount Road	Dublin	D22 Y008	*****.ie	1913	$67,032,096	593	Corporation	N/A	3954
16	Eurofins Biomnis Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Three Rock Road	Dublin	D18	N/A	1991	$55,763,705	239	Corporation	55	176482
17	Dental Care Ireland Management LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 3	Unit 7, the Seapoint Building	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2014	$50,936,016	395	Corporation	33	550111
18	Cheeverstown House Company LIMITED By Guarantee	Ireland	Dublin	210 Templeogue Road	Dublin	D6W CX76	*****.ie	1975	$44,046,386	629	Corporation	N/A	50235
19	Utah Medical Products LIMITED	Ireland	Athlone	Business and Technology Park	West Meath	N37 XK74	*****.com	1996	$41,278,000	25	Foreign company	9	903778
20	Centric Health Primary Care LIMITED	Ireland	Dundrummonds	Rsa House	Dublin	D16 FC92	*****.ie	2009	$38,579,562	285	Corporation	211	473446
21	Abbott Ireland	Ireland	Sligo	Carbury Point	Sligo	F91 N2A4	N/A	1983	$36,822,000	300	Foreign company	1309	908940
22	Milford Care Centre	Ireland	Limerick	Plassey Park Road	Limerick	V94 H795	*****.us	1998	$33,872,570	417	Corporation	N/A	291969
23	Blackrock Clinic Unlimited Company	Ireland	Blackrock	Rock Road	Dublin	A94 R1X4	*****.com	1986	$28,509,795	555	Corporation	13	87523
24	Global Diagnostics (ireland) LIMITED	Ireland	Dundrum	1st Floor North Block	Dublin	D16 W7W3	N/A	2007	$27,456,615	178	Corporation	12	441761
25	Xpress Healthcare LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Unit 47, Park West Enterprise Centre	Dublin	D12 WN44	*****.ie	2019	$27,454,963	20	Corporation	3	648723

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Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 4,911 Irish medical practices with a known headcount, 3,973 (81%) have one to four people, 548 have five to nine, 329 have ten to 49 and 61 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (3,666, 75%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 104,521 92%
Small 10 to 49329 7%
Medium 50 to 24951 1%
Large 250+10 0.2%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 38 more than $10 million.

297

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest medical practices in Ireland

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

Southern Health Board is the largest medical practice in Ireland by headcount. 61 firms employ 50 people or more; 32 employ 100 or more.

1Cork107,972 staff
2Dublin1,435 staff
3Carrig727 staff
4Cork707 staff
5Dublin629 staff
6Newcastle593 staff
7Dublin516 staff
8Limerick417 staff
9Drogheda390 staff
10Galway302 staff

By employee size · 4,911 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,973	81%
5-9	548	11%
10-19	244	5%
20-49	85	2%
50-99	29	0.6%
100-199	13	0.3%
200-499	9	0.2%
500-999	5	0.1%
1,000+	5	0.1%

81% have 1 to 4 people; 85 have 20 to 49; 61 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	3,666	75%
$100K-$500K	1,122	23%
$500K-$1M	31	0.6%
$1M-$5M	46	0.9%
$5M-$10M	8	0.2%
$10M-$50M	21	0.4%
$50M-$100M	7	0.1%
$100M-$500M	3	<0.1%
$500M+	7	0.1%

75% under $100,000; 46 between $1M and $5M; 46 above $5M.

Medical practices in Dublin

Dublin has 1,507 doctors and medical practices, 1.3% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 3% above the national share. Four in five Dublin firms have fewer than five people; 30 have 50 or more. 105 new firms were entered in 2026, 27 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,249 · 83%
5-9: 123 · 8%
10-19: 74 · 5%
20-49: 28 · 2%
50+: 30 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 11 · 0.7%
Partnerships: 7 · 0.5%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 1,166 · 77%
Other or none: 323 · 21%

Of the Irish total: 30.5%
Of all Dublin companies: 1.3%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 105
Entered 2025: 119
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 35.4%

Old

Before 1990: 27 · 2%
1990 or later: 1,480 · 98%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 42.2%

Reachable

Email: 264 · 18%
Phone: 436 · 29%
Website: 399 · 26%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,058 · 70%
$100K-$500K: 392 · 26%
$500K-$1M: 10 · 0.7%
$1M and more: 42 · 3%

Largest

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How many doctors are there in Ireland?

Doctors and medical practices in Ireland

4,934

4 November 2026

There are 4,934 doctors and medical practices in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 81 Irish companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (297 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 4,817 98%
Head offices: 97
Branch offices: 20

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 8621. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 8621.

3,691 of the 4,934 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (75%); 58 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 doctors in Ireland (1,507), ahead of Cork (450), Galway (245), Limerick (218) and Waterford (110). Together the five hold half of them. Relative to their size, Blackrock, Waterford and Galway have the most: 1.6 to 1.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

306 Irish cities have at least one medical practice; 63 have ten or more; 149 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Medical practices per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 1.23. Blackrock has 1.7 times the national share.

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

The oldest firms in Ireland

Our data holds 0 Irish medical practices from before 1900, 4 from before 1950 and 64 from before 1990.

1913
1. Newcastle
1927
1. Swords
1933
1. Dublin
1947
1. Drogheda
1968
1. Letterkenny
1970
1. Waterford

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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Irish medical practices date from before 1990

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Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in eighty-five Irish medical practices work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Three in four are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders581%
Partnerships230.5%
Ltd, DAC and PLC3,69175%
No form on record or other1,16224%

Single-site: 98%
Head offices: 97
Branches: 20

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

How reachable are they?

Medical practices are easier to reach than the average Irish company: 30% list a phone number and 25% a website.

Email747 15%
Phone1,483 30%
Website1,254 25%

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

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 29 medical practices for every one of the general practitioners in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Doctors	4,934	25%	81%
Pharmacy Companies	2,596	50%	33%
Hospitals	1,580	40%	49%
Vets	1,079	42%	62%
Funeral Companies	522	47%	75%
General Practitioners	172	82%	37%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	1,115,706	17.5
France	490,388	34.1
Brazil	330,056	11.4
Germany	329,921	48.6
Poland	191,568	30.3
Ireland	4,934	12.3

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Newcomers in Ireland in 2026

297 medical practices were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 354 in 2025. Ireland as a whole saw 18,598 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 1.6% of the inflow.

2802022
3182023
3422024
3542025
2972026 so far

295 of this year's 297 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.

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5Dublin4 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many doctors are there in Ireland?

There are 4,934 doctors and medical practices in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 81 Irish companies.

Which is the largest medical practice in Ireland?

Southern Health Board in Cork, with 107,972 staff. By revenue Steris Public Limited in Dublin leads with $5.5 billion a year.

Which Irish city has the most doctors?

Dublin, with 1,507, ahead of Cork (450), Galway (245), Limerick (218) and Waterford (110). Relative to its size, Blackrock has the most: 1.7 times the national share.

How many medical practices are there in Dublin?

1,507, which is 1.3% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 3% above the national share.

How big is a typical medical practice?

Small. 81% of the 4,911 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 61 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Irish doctors sole traders or companies?

One in eighty-five (58) are sole traders, 0.5% are partnerships and 75% (3,691) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many medical practices started in 2026?

297 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 354 in 2025. 295 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest medical practice in Ireland?

Peamount Healthcare in Newcastle, 1913, followed by St. Vincent's Private Hospital in Swords (1927) and Smith & Nephew (Ireland) Trading in Dublin (1933). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers doctors?

Irish doctors are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 8621. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 8621.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 4,934 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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