Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Waterford
848 employment permits in 2026, 2.8% of the national total, ranked 7 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
848 permits for County Waterford by the end of September 2026, already 122% of the 695 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 1,131, up 63% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2022 with 1,303 permits. In 2010 the figure was 97. That is a 13.4-fold rise.
Year by year
Waterford since 2010
97
2010
73
2011
33
2012
30
2013
66
2014
133
2015
166
2016
211
2017
524
2018
457
2019
725
2020
408
2021
1.3k
2022
660
2023
1.3k
2024
695
2025
848
2026
60 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Waterford
DMDawn Meats Ireland UCWaterford293permits in 20264,903 over 17 years
UHUniversity Hospital WaterfordWaterford57permits in 20262,266 over 11 years
GLGlanua Ireland LimitedWaterford34permits in 202686 over 4 years
DTDungarvan Transport LimitedWaterford18permits in 2026106 over 7 years
FPFLI Precast Solutions LimitedWaterford13permits in 202665 over 2 years
CCCarriglea Cairde ServicesWaterford11permits in 202618 over 2 years
SMSchivo Medical LimitedWaterford10permits in 202623 over 6 years
CTCappoquin Transport LimitedWaterford7permits in 202621 over 3 years
BSBeechfield Stables LimitedWaterford7permits in 2026
AB6permits in 2026- UWUPMC Whitfield Hospital LimitedWaterford6permits in 2026
- KRKnockeen Racing Unlimited CompanyWaterford5permits in 202621 over 3 years
- JFJWF Farms (Ireland) LimitedWaterford5permits in 202611 over 3 years
CCCopper Coast Renewables LimitedWaterford5permits in 20267 over 2 years
SESuir Engineering LtdWaterford4permits in 202677 over 7 years- CW4permits in 202650 over 8 years
- ACA. Cliffe Haulage LimitedWaterford4permits in 20268 over 4 years
BJBonmahon Joinery LtdWaterford4permits 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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