List of Lawyers in Ireland

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 2,705 lawyers in Ireland, one in every 149 Irish companies. Most of them are small: two in three have one to four people, and only 44 firms employ 50 people or more. Half of all solicitors are based in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Naas. Below you find the largest solicitors 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.

2,705 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies2,7051 in149 Irish companiesCities194Largest cityDublin 996Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (68%)Revenue< $100K (85%)Email45%Phone75%Website61%

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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	Microsoft Round Island One Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	70 Sir John Rogerson'S Quay	Dublin	D02 R296	N/A	2001	$48,103,892,000	17	Corporation	1125	348353
2	Oracle Research Company Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	70 Sir John Rogerson'S Quay	Dublin	D02 R296	N/A	2007	$559,354,129	16	Corporation	N/A	449614
3	Ancestry Ireland Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	52/55 Sir John Rogersons Quay	Dublin	D02 NA07	*****.com	2011	$240,631,232	215	Corporation	5	503335
4	Tata Consultancy Services Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Letterkenny	Letterkenny Business & Technology Park	Donegal	F92 W8CY	*****.com	2020	$173,655,495	814	Corporation	6701	683660
5	Amryt Pharmaceuticals Designated Activity Company	Ireland	Dublin	45 Mespil Road	Dublin	D04 W2F1	*****.com	2015	$144,964,254	107	Corporation	63	566448
6	Enbarr Education LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	1st Floor	Dublin	D04C5Y6	N/A	2022	$119,311,570	2	Corporation	1211	726765
7	Telemachus Investments LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	1st Floor Connaught House	Dublin	D04 C5Y6	N/A	2023	$119,311,570	17	Corporation	N/A	735930
8	Woocommerce Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	South Bank House	Dublin	D04 TR29	N/A	2020	$88,953,254	3	Corporation	9	683074
9	Groupon International LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Wework Central Plaza	Dublin	D02 EF64	*****.ie	2011	$79,235,902	51	Corporation	78	501358
10	Spencer Stuart International Ireland, LIMITED	Ireland	N/A	Third Floor 6-10 Suffolk Street	N/A	D02 NY39	N/A	2015	$68,927,735	74	Corporation	41	565616
11	Gestifute International LIMITED	Ireland	Blanchardstown Corporate Park 1	Suite 8 Providence House	N/A	D15R3NF	N/A	2004	$65,635,491	9	Corporation	7	386618
12	Amdocs Tethys LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	6 Beckett Way	Dublin	N/A	*****.com	2018	$61,533,776	2	Corporation	178	634419
13	Verisure Arlo Europe Designated Activity Company	Ireland	Cork	Building 4100	Cork	T12 AP97	N/A	2019	$54,880,435	16	Corporation	370	658538
14	Murgitroyd & Company LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 20	2nd Floor	Dublin	D02 Y3C6	*****.com	1993	$54,707,965	229	Foreign company	21	904916
15	Immersion Software Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin 13	3rd Floor Ulysses House	Dublin	D01W2T2	N/A	2011	$54,091,297	2	Corporation	7	505234
16	Whg (ireland) Hotels Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	South Bank House	Dublin	D04 TR29	N/A	2012	$42,056,000	17	Corporation	430	519111
17	Cargurus Ireland LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	70 Sir John Rogerson'S Quay	Dublin	D02 R296	N/A	2016	$35,871,821	68	Corporation	7	576596
18	Chemical Inspection & Regulation Service LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	Regus Harcourt Centre	Dublin	D02 HW77	*****.com	2008	$21,631,662	17	Corporation	12	455623
19	Hexacorp Irl LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	13-18 City Quay	Dublin	D02 ED70	N/A	2021	$20,369,020	140	Corporation	6	702572
20	Xtralis Global Unlimited Company	Ireland	Dublin	Esb North Wall	Dublin	D01 A370	N/A	2012	$19,776,000	2	Corporation	2002	515531
21	Circol Elt Company LIMITED By Guarantee	Ireland	Dublin	The Link Business Centre Block G Calmount Park Unit G3	Dublin	D12 V27X	*****.ie	2015	$16,851,450	17	Corporation	N/A	565567
22	Dsquared2 Trademarks LIMITED	Ireland	Dun Laoghaire	5th Floor, Block A the Atrium	Dublin	D18F5X2	N/A	2019	$16,631,062	7	Corporation	N/A	659716
23	Claims Funding Europe LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	The Lennox Bldg	Dublin	D02 FK02	*****.eu	2012	$16,276,781	6	Corporation	3	516019
24	Shannon Commercial Enterprises Designated Activity Company	Ireland	Shannon Business Park	Shannon Airport	Clare	N/A	N/A	1959	$16,216,885	20	Corporation	6	17351
25	Imperial Tobacco Intellectual Property LIMITED	Ireland	Dublin	21 Beckett Way Park	Dublin	N/A	N/A	2018	$15,828,591	1	Corporation	801	627835

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How many lawyers are there in Ireland?

Lawyers and solicitors in Ireland

2,705

4 November 2026

There are 2,705 lawyers and solicitors in Ireland in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 149 Irish companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (34 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,576 95%
Head offices: 89
Branch offices: 40

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 6910. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 6910.

715 of the 2,705 are Ltd, DAC and PLC (26%); 77 are sole traders. They come from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and our Irish register data, through the Company Data API.

Solicitors in Dublin

Dublin has 996 lawyers and solicitors, 0.8% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 24% above the national share. Two in three Dublin firms have fewer than five people; 33 have 50 or more. 18 new firms were entered in 2026, 73 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 662 · 68%
5-9: 152 · 16%
10-19: 77 · 8%
20-49: 50 · 5%
50+: 33 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 32 · 3%
Partnerships: 89 · 9%
Ltd, DAC and PLC: 358 · 36%
Other or none: 517 · 52%

Of the Irish total: 36.8%
Of all Dublin companies: 0.8%
Against the national share: 1.2×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 18
Entered 2025: 24
Of Ireland's 2026 entries: 52.9%

Old

Before 1990: 73 · 7%
1990 or later: 923 · 93%
Of Ireland's pre-1990 firms: 45.3%

Reachable

Email: 418 · 42%
Phone: 669 · 67%
Website: 541 · 54%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 774 · 78%
$100K-$500K: 151 · 15%
$500K-$1M: 23 · 2%
$1M and more: 43 · 4%

Largest

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Largest solicitors in Ireland

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

Industrial Development Agency (Ireland) is the largest solicitor in Ireland by headcount. 44 firms employ 50 people or more; 26 employ 100 or more.

1Dublin 20 · public body50,000 staff
2Letterkenny814 staff
3Dublin703 staff
4Dublin 20650 staff
5Dublin600 staff
6Dublin600 staff
7Dublin550 staff
8Dublin460 staff
9Dublin400 staff
10Dublin 20Foreign company229 staff

By employee size · 2,652 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,807	68%
5-9	556	21%
10-19	173	7%
20-49	72	3%
50-99	18	0.7%
100-199	11	0.4%
200-499	7	0.3%
500-999	6	0.2%
1,000+	2	<0.1%

68% have 1 to 4 people; 72 have 20 to 49; 44 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,277	85%
$100K-$500K	281	11%
$500K-$1M	39	1%
$1M-$5M	35	1%
$5M-$10M	5	0.2%
$10M-$50M	13	0.5%
$50M-$100M	8	0.3%
$100M-$500M	5	0.2%
$500M+	2	<0.1%

85% under $100,000; 35 between $1M and $5M; 33 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Ireland

Of the 2,652 Irish solicitors with a known headcount, 1,807 (68%) have one to four people, 556 have five to nine, 245 have ten to 49 and 44 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (2,277, 85%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Irish companies

Micro under 102,363 89%
Small 10 to 49245 9%
Medium 50 to 24936 1%
Large 250+8 0.3%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 28 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Ireland?

Dublin has the most lawyers in Ireland (996), ahead of Cork (178), Galway (96), Limerick (87) and Naas (53). Together the five hold half of them.

Cities by number of firms

194 Irish cities have at least one solicitor; 51 have ten or more; 68 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Sole traders or Ltd: how they are organised

One in thirty-five Irish solicitors work as sole traders, against 2% of all Irish companies. Only one firm in four is a Ltd, DAC and PLC.

Sole traders773%
Partnerships1696%
Ltd, DAC and PLC71526%
No form on record or other1,74464%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 89
Branches: 40

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

Newcomers in Ireland in 2026

34 solicitors were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 47 in 2025. Ireland as a whole saw 18,598 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

442022
342023
412024
472025
342026 so far

34 of this year's 34 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.

1Dublin3 staff
2Waterford3 staff
3Wicklow3 staff
4Dublin3 staff
5Kilkenny3 staff

How reachable are they?

Solicitors are easier to reach than the average Irish company: 75% list a phone number and 61% a website.

Email1,220 45%
Phone2,032 75%
Website1,638 61%

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 15 Irish solicitors from before 1900, 47 from before 1950 and 161 from before 1990.

1847
1. Dublin
1850
1. Macroom
1850
1. Dublin
1850
1. Dublin
1869
1. Dublin
1885
1. Dublin

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 16 financial companies for every solicitor in Ireland.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Financial Companies	43,008	8%	65%
Consulting Companies	20,892	7%	90%
Accounting Companies	5,012	34%	77%
Lawyers	2,705	61%	67%
Insurance Companies	531	45%	50%
Banks	450	37%	43%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	888,324	13.9
Brazil	204,117	7.1
France	161,238	11.2
Germany	98,088	14.4
Poland	76,094	12.0
Ireland	2,705	6.7

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Frequently asked questions

How many lawyers are there in Ireland?

There are 2,705 lawyers and solicitors in Ireland in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 149 Irish companies.

Which is the largest solicitor in Ireland?

Industrial Development Agency (Ireland) in Dublin 20, with 50,000 staff. By revenue Ancestry Ireland Unlimited in Dublin leads with $240.6 million a year.

Which Irish city has the most lawyers?

Dublin, with 996, ahead of Cork (178), Galway (96), Limerick (87) and Naas (53).

How many solicitors are there in Dublin?

996, which is 0.8% of all 118,946 Dublin companies and 24% above the national share.

How big is a typical solicitor?

Small. 68% of the 2,652 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 44 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Irish lawyers sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-five (77) are sole traders, 6% are partnerships and 26% (715) are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

How many solicitors started in 2026?

34 were entered in the Irish register so far in 2026, after 47 in 2025. 34 of them are Ltd, DAC and PLC.

What is the oldest solicitor in Ireland?

William Fry in Dublin, 1847, followed by Michael Purcell & Son Solicitors in Macroom (1850) and The Law Society of Ireland in Dublin (1850). 15 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers lawyers?

Irish lawyers are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 6910. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 6910.

Can I download the full list?

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