Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Galway
1,214 employment permits in 2026, 4% of the national total, ranked 6 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
1,214 permits for County Galway by the end of September 2026, already 110% of the 1,104 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 1,619, up 47% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2022 with 1,440 permits. In 2010 the figure was 277. That is a 5.2-fold rise.
Year by year
Galway since 2010
277
2010
206
2011
213
2012
171
2013
199
2014
298
2015
365
2016
430
2017
567
2018
623
2019
590
2020
678
2021
1.4k
2022
1.4k
2023
1.3k
2024
1.1k
2025
1.2k
2026
183 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Galway
AS153permits in 2026156 over 3 years- GU94permits in 20262,870 over 11 years
CCCallinan Coaches LimitedGalway58permits in 2026198 over 6 years- ALAllanbay LimitedGalway26permits in 2026203 over 16 years
CS21permits in 2026116 over 15 years
BS19permits in 2026582 over 12 years
HF19permits in 2026145 over 11 years
SS15permits in 202684 over 4 years
TA15permits in 202673 over 5 years
CBCaspian B.M.P. LimitedGalway15permits in 202639 over 6 years
PP14permits in 202671 over 8 years
MBMbryonics LimitedGalway14permits in 202640 over 5 years
BCBrampton Care LtdGalway13permits in 2026137 over 7 years- JJ13permits in 202699 over 4 years
- CBCiti Bus LimitedGalway12permits in 2026277 over 5 years
CP11permits in 2026329 over 13 years
GT11permits in 202645 over 5 years- LH11permits in 202628 over 4 years
- PJ11permits in 2026
STStantec Ireland LimitedGalway11permits in 2026
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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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