Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Kerry
701 employment permits in 2026, 2.3% of the national total, ranked 9 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
701 permits for County Kerry by the end of September 2026, already 133% of the 527 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 935, up 77% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2024 with 542 permits. In 2010 the figure was 88. That is a 6.2-fold rise.
Year by year
Kerry since 2010
88
2010
89
2011
45
2012
42
2013
108
2014
105
2015
128
2016
162
2017
222
2018
212
2019
235
2020
232
2021
423
2022
384
2023
542
2024
527
2025
701
2026
41 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Kerry
UH110permits in 20261,718 over 11 years- KI68permits in 202669 over 2 years
TLTLI Group LimitedKerry36permits in 2026189 over 10 years- KA19permits in 202634 over 5 years
- KJ17permits in 2026
KP14permits in 202643 over 6 years
ADAisling Dino LimitedKerry13permits in 202666 over 5 years
DADairymasterKerry13permits in 202643 over 12 years- LC12permits in 202691 over 8 years
QI12permits in 202660 over 5 years
JAJRI America, Inc.Kerry12permits in 202655 over 8 years- KN12permits in 202637 over 5 years
RE11permits in 202620 over 5 years
MC10permits in 202631 over 3 years
KM8permits in 202648 over 7 years
LL8permits in 202643 over 8 years- WL8permits in 202612 over 2 years
KE7permits in 2026215 over 14 years- SHShawcove LimitedKerry7permits in 202625 over 7 years
KF7permits in 202614 over 4 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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