Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Longford
130 employment permits in 2026, 0.4% of the national total, ranked 25 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
130 permits for County Longford by the end of September 2026, already 88% of the 147 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 173, up 18% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2025 with 147 permits. In 2010 the figure was 30. That is a 4.9-fold rise.
Year by year
Longford since 2010
30
2010
24
2011
18
2012
15
2013
8
2014
9
2015
28
2016
41
2017
49
2018
87
2019
86
2020
90
2021
146
2022
120
2023
147
2024
147
2025
130
2026
22 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Longford
- DB13permits in 2026157 over 7 years
- TN11permits in 202669 over 8 years
KM10permits in 202627 over 4 years
TETechnimark Ireland LimitedLongford10permits in 202624 over 4 years
PRProtrans LimitedLongford7permits in 202624 over 4 years- GBGlennon Bros. Cork LimitedLongford7permits in 202619 over 3 years
KSKiernan Structural Steel LimitedLongford6permits in 202623 over 3 years
HTHall Transport Ltd.Longford4permits in 202613 over 3 years
GP3permits in 2026150 over 12 years- DL3permits in 202633 over 6 years
ADAvery Dennison Medical LimitedLongford2permits in 202612 over 6 years
CFCoughlan Farming LtdLongford2permits in 202612 over 4 years
AFAidan Finn DACLongford2permits in 20269 over 5 years
CCChans Culinary LimitedLongford2permits in 20269 over 4 years
HLHandy Lads Solutions LimitedLongford2permits in 20267 over 2 years
FAFabworx LimitedLongford2permits in 20264 over 2 years
ME2permits in 20264 over 2 years
GCGEM Construction Company LimitedLongford1permits in 202622 over 5 years- JMJMC Masonry LimitedLongford1permits in 202619 over 5 years
BBBBIF LimitedLongford1permits in 202617 over 7 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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