Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Carlow
182 employment permits in 2026, 0.6% of the national total, ranked 24 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
182 permits for County Carlow by the end of September 2026, already 101% of the 181 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 243, up 34% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2022 with 242 permits. In 2010 the figure was 79. That is a 3.1-fold rise.
Year by year
Carlow since 2010
79
2010
31
2011
16
2012
14
2013
8
2014
5
2015
14
2016
25
2017
18
2018
88
2019
62
2020
92
2021
242
2022
161
2023
233
2024
181
2025
182
2026
34 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Carlow
- TM19permits in 2026425 over 14 years
- KC13permits in 202656 over 4 years
KQ12permits in 202667 over 5 years
BMBallon Meats UCCarlow9permits in 202691 over 11 years
PAProdig Attachments LtdCarlow9permits in 202639 over 6 years
RPRuben Pigs LimitedCarlow6permits in 202618 over 4 years
TR6permits in 202616 over 3 years
MTM.T.S. LtdCarlow6permits in 2026- FG5permits in 202646 over 5 years
SJSunshine Juice LtdCarlow4permits in 202625 over 6 years
UBUrban Brewing LimitedCarlow3permits in 202623 over 6 years
FM3permits in 202621 over 5 years
CO3permits in 202611 over 2 years
ST3permits in 20267 over 3 years
CD2permits in 202625 over 6 years
CQClonmore Quality FoodsCarlow2permits in 202620 over 4 years
TP2permits in 202616 over 5 years
CE2permits in 202613 over 6 years
DC2permits in 202610 over 4 years
ZHZhenyu LimitedCarlow2permits in 20268 over 5 years
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Source: Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Employment Permit Statistics. Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. A permit issued to a company is a record of a past application. It is not a vacancy and not a promise of sponsorship.
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