List of Farmers in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 10,691 farmers in Ireland, one in every 38 Irish companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 70 firms employ 50 people or more. One in six farms is based in Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick, Dublin and Enniscorthy. Below you find the largest farms 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.

10,691 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies10,6911 in38 Irish companiesCities801Largest cityCork 539Sole traders0.5%Employees1-4 (86%)Revenue< $100K (50%)Email3%Phone7%Website5%

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Moy Valley Seed Potato Company LIMITEDMoy Valley Seed Potato Company LIMITED

	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	Moy Valley Seed Potato Company LIMITED	Ireland	Sligo	Aurivo	Sligo	N/A	N/A	1993	$793,710,486	672	Corporation	24	203390
2	All-Technology Holdings LIMITED	Ireland	Dunboyne	Summerhill Road	Meath	A86 X006	*****.com	1988	$414,739,832	1,142	Corporation	205	134561
3	William P. Keeling & Sons Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Foodcentral St. Margarets	Dublin	N/A	N/A	1962	$250,659,282	692	Corporation	24	19581
4	Lisavaird Piggeries LIMITED	Ireland	Clonakilty	Lisavaird	Cork	P85 AT89	N/A	2019	$231,028,241	382	Corporation	6	647966
5	Enfield Broiler Breeders LIMITED	Ireland	Naas	Maynooth Business Campus Unit B	Kildare	W23 W5X7	N/A	1974	$124,509,902	263	Corporation	5	49365
6	Minch Malt LIMITED	Ireland	Athy	The Maltings	Kildare	N/A	*****.ie	1975	$109,887,385	14	Corporation	350	50903
7	Barclay Chemicals LIMITED	Ireland	Mulhuddart	Damastown Way	Dublin	N/A	*****.ie	1978	$105,877,541	79	Corporation	4	61278
8	Agri Health LIMITED	Ireland	Monaghan	Clones Road	Monaghan	H18 YW57	*****.ie	1967	$90,329,387	166	Corporation	8	24800
9	Chanelle Veterinary LIMITED	Ireland	Galway	Ida Industrial Estate	Galway	H62 FH90	N/A	1980	$84,421,282	53	Corporation	2	41981
10	Charles Tennant & Company (cork) LIMITED	Ireland	Cork	Marinochem Marino Point	Cork	N/A	N/A	2015	$80,258,105	110	Corporation	59	557287
11	H.S.S. Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Block D, Iveagh Court, Harcourt Road	Dublin	D02VH94	N/A	1995	$71,198,489	329	Corporation	N/A	62624
12	Igwt Poultry Services LIMITED	Ireland	Castleblayney	Drumgannis Lower	Monaghan	N/A	N/A	2003	$57,316,906	217	Corporation	N/A	373056
13	James Mallon Cattle Company LIMITED	Ireland	Crossakiel	C/o Viastar, Carrick	Meath	N/A	N/A	2013	$56,892,798	69	Corporation	7	527979
14	Arvum Group LIMITED	Ireland	Waterford	Ballymountain	Waterford	N/A	*****.ie	1977	$53,641,765	51	Corporation	6	61000
15	Neste Walco LIMITED	Ireland	Waterford	Urley House	Waterford	X91 W9H2	N/A	1996	$49,601,443	4	Corporation	60	250560
16	Glenstock Services LIMITED	Ireland	Kilkenny	Aut Even Farm Freshford Road	Kilkenny	N/A	N/A	1972	$48,534,089	53	Corporation	2	38902
17	Walsh Mushrooms Unlimited Company	Ireland	Gorey	Custom Compost Uc	Wexford	Y25 D6X3	*****.com	1980	$48,109,560	33	Corporation	2	75765
18	Smyths Daleside LIMITED	Ireland	Lifford	Daleside	Donegal	F93 DRW0	*****.com	1984	$45,403,984	86	Corporation	17	99909
19	The Nest Box Egg Company LIMITED	Ireland	Castleblayney	Lurganmore	Monaghan	A75 HK38	*****.com	1997	$45,375,077	90	Corporation	2	272390
20	Ait Ciuin Teoranta	Ireland	Dublin	Trulife Airton Road	Dublin	D24R859	N/A	2019	$45,231,777	328	Corporation	11	660717
21	Jmw Farms (irl) LIMITED	Ireland	Monaghan	Monaghan Co-op	Monaghan	H18 HY27	N/A	2009	$44,455,177	48	Corporation	11	473152
22	Ardagh Demesne LIMITED	Ireland	Drumlish	Main Street	Longford	N/A	N/A	2012	$42,398,451	76	Corporation	4	514526
23	Lisavaird Marketing LIMITED	Ireland	Clonakilty	Lisavaird	Cork	N/A	*****.ie	1997	$41,153,422	2	Corporation	6	271522
24	Volac Milk Replacers Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	25-28 North Wall Quay	Dublin	D01 H104	N/A	2023	$38,816,797	3	Corporation	18	747633
25	Louis A. Mcauley (1976) LIMITED	Ireland	Navan	Blacklion	Meath	N/A	N/A	1986	$37,506,319	33	Corporation	2	114884

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Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 10,651 Irish farms with a known headcount, 9,134 (86%) have one to four people, 1,008 have five to nine, 439 have ten to 49 and 70 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (5,356, 50%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 1010,142 95%
Small 10 to 49439 4%
Medium 50 to 24966 0.6%
Large 250+4 <0.1%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 52 more than $10 million.

368

firms were entered in 2026.

Farms in Cork

Cork has 539 farmers and farms, 2.1% of all 25,752 Cork companies and 21% below the national share. Nine in ten Cork firms have fewer than five people; 3 have 50 or more. 43 new firms were entered in 2026, 7 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 469 · 87%
5-9: 47 · 9%
10-19: 16 · 3%
20-49: 3 · 0.6%
50+: 3 · 0.6%

Legal form

Sole traders: 0 · 0%
Partnerships: 1 · 0.2%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 516 · 96%
Other or none: 22 · 4%

Of the Irish total: 5.0%
Of all Cork companies: 2.1%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 43
Entered 2025: 59
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 11.7%

Old

Before 1990: 7 · 1%
1990 or later: 532 · 99%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 2.9%

Reachable

Email: 21 · 4%
Phone: 23 · 4%
Website: 24 · 4%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 262 · 49%
$100K-$500K: 263 · 49%
$500K-$1M: 9 · 2%
$1M and more: 3 · 0.6%

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Farmers and farms in Ireland

10,691

4 November 2026

There are 10,691 farmers and farms in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 38 Irish companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (368 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 10,486 98%
Head offices: 177
Branch offices: 28

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 01. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 01.

9,984 of the 10,691 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (93%); 52 are sole traders. They come from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and our Irish register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest farms in Ireland

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

William P. Keeling & Sons Unlimited is the largest farm in Ireland by headcount. 70 firms employ 50 people or more; 25 employ 100 or more.

1Dublin692 staff
2Fermoy500 staff
3Clonakilty382 staff
4Dublin329 staff
5Dublin328 staff
6Cork263 staff
7Monaghan225 staff
8Kildare219 staff
9Castleblayney217 staff
10Carlow202 staff

By employee size · 10,651 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	9,134	86%
5-9	1,008	9%
10-19	309	3%
20-49	130	1%
50-99	45	0.4%
100-199	12	0.1%
200-499	9	<0.1%
500-999	3	<0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

86% have 1 to 4 people; 130 have 20 to 49; 70 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	5,356	50%
$100K-$500K	5,061	47%
$500K-$1M	121	1%
$1M-$5M	62	0.6%
$5M-$10M	11	0.1%
$10M-$50M	38	0.4%
$50M-$100M	7	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	6	<0.1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

50% under $100,000; 62 between $1M and $5M; 63 above $5M.

Where in Ireland?

Cork has the most farmers in Ireland (539), ahead of Kilkenny (392), Limerick (321), Dublin (278) and Enniscorthy (244). Together the five hold one in six of them. Relative to their size, Kilmallock, Thurles and Tipperary have the most: 4.1 to 4.8 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

801 Irish cities have at least one farm; 153 have ten or more; 271 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Farms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 2.66. Kilmallock has 4.8 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 38 counties

County	Firms	%
Cork	1,691	16%
North Tipperary	1,117	10%
Wexford	691	6%
Kilkenny	535	5%
Limerick	526	5%
Waterford	510	5%
Kildare	502	5%
Dublin	475	4%
Meath	469	4%
Kerry	411	4%

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The oldest firms in Ireland

Our data holds 2 Irish farms from before 1900, 18 from before 1950 and 238 from before 1990.

1816
1. Dublin
1845
1. Swords
1901
1. Mallow
1903
1. Bandon
1903
1. Monaghan
1903
1. Monaghan

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238

Irish farms date from before 1990

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Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in 206 Irish farms work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Nearly all are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders520.5%
Partnerships160.1%
Ltd, DAC and PLC9,98493%
No form on record or other6396%

Single-site: 98%
Head offices: 177
Branches: 28

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

How reachable are they?

Farms are harder to reach than the average Irish company: 7% list a phone number and 5% a website.

Email352 3%
Phone776 7%
Website523 5%

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

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

Newcomers in Ireland in 2026

368 farms were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, about 2 a working day, after 758 in 2025. Ireland as a whole saw 18,598 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 2.0% of the inflow.

7452022
6712023
5442024
7582025
3682026 so far

368 of this year's 368 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.

1Kerry Airport50 staff
2Monaghan50 staff
3Dublin7 staff
4Greystones7 staff
5Ballina5 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 36 farms for every one of the meat companies in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Agriculture Companies	11,115	5%	85%
Farmers	10,691	5%	85%
Food Companies	2,457	34%	50%
Vets	1,079	42%	62%
Horse Farmers	928	9%	88%
Meat Companies	298	28%	46%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	1,210,111	18.9
Poland	845,547	133.8
Brazil	787,365	27.3
France	726,755	50.6
Italy	587,868	83.7
Ireland	10,691	26.6

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Frequently asked questions

How many farmers are there in Ireland?

There are 10,691 farmers and farms in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 38 Irish companies.

Which is the largest farm in Ireland?

William P. Keeling & Sons Unlimited in Dublin, with 692 staff. By revenue Moy Valley Seed Potato Company in Sligo leads with $793.7 million a year.

Which Irish city has the most farmers?

Cork, with 539, ahead of Kilkenny (392), Limerick (321), Dublin (278) and Enniscorthy (244). Relative to its size, Kilmallock has the most: 4.8 times the national share.

How many farms are there in Cork?

539, which is 2.1% of all 25,752 Cork companies and 21% below the national share.

How big is a typical farm?

Small. 86% of the 10,651 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 70 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Irish farmers sole traders or companies?

One in 206 (52) are sole traders, 0.1% are partnerships and 93% (9,984) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many farms started in 2026?

368 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 758 in 2025. 368 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest farm in Ireland?

Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland in Dublin, 1816, followed by Geological Survey of Ireland in Swords (1845) and Boherbue Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society in Mallow (1901). 2 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers farmers?

Irish farmers are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 01. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 01.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 10,691 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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