Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Dublin
13,243 employment permits in 2026, 44.2% of the national total, ranked 1 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
13,243 permits for County Dublin by the end of September 2026, already 91% of the 14,627 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 17,657, up 21% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2022 with 21,097 permits. In 2010 the figure was 3,776. That is a 5.6-fold rise.
Year by year
Dublin since 2010
3.8k
2010
2.7k
2011
2.3k
2012
2.4k
2013
2.9k
2014
3.9k
2015
5.3k
2016
6.8k
2017
7.3k
2018
9.3k
2019
8.5k
2020
8.6k
2021
21.1k
2022
15.4k
2023
19.1k
2024
14.6k
2025
13.2k
2026
1,366 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Dublin
GOGoogle Ireland LimitedDublin254permits in 20266,627 over 17 years
CO224permits in 2026962 over 12 years
TC154permits in 20261,491 over 14 years
ACAccenture LimitedDublin128permits in 20263,787 over 17 years
INInisCare LimitedDublin127permits in 2026704 over 5 years
QT125permits in 2026927 over 12 years
AD112permits in 20262,795 over 7 years- CN92permits in 2026246 over 5 years
AD90permits in 20262,322 over 17 years
AW90permits in 20261,948 over 9 years
MR80permits in 20261,265 over 17 years
PH79permits in 2026159 over 3 years
MA77permits in 20261,277 over 15 years
DHDanu Home Care LimitedDublin76permits in 2026183 over 3 years
INInfosys LimitedDublin72permits in 20261,437 over 12 years
GT70permits in 2026417 over 9 years
CT65permits in 20262,207 over 17 years- TH64permits in 2026899 over 15 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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