Ireland by county
Employment permits in County Wexford
759 employment permits in 2026, 2.5% of the national total, ranked 8 of 27 by county.
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What the numbers say
759 permits for County Wexford by the end of September 2026, already 100% of the 762 issued in the whole of 2025.
At the current pace 2026 would finish around 1,012, up 33% on 2025.
The busiest full year on record was 2024 with 868 permits. In 2010 the figure was 96. That is a 9-fold rise.
Year by year
Wexford since 2010
96
2010
47
2011
47
2012
34
2013
77
2014
97
2015
102
2016
187
2017
217
2018
383
2019
410
2020
315
2021
859
2022
606
2023
868
2024
762
2025
759
2026
74 applications refused in 2026.
All countys in 2026
Employers
Biggest permit users in Wexford
PRParade Resources LimitedWexford68permits in 202670 over 2 years- KN57permits in 2026530 over 8 years
- NR57permits in 2026149 over 5 years
WGWexford General HospitalWexford19permits in 20261,066 over 11 years
KEKilliane Engineering LtdWexford16permits in 202638 over 3 years
OGOaklands Garage LimitedWexford15permits in 202672 over 3 years- DADrumderry Aggregate LimitedWexford13permits in 202618 over 3 years
PFPerennial Freight LimitedWexford11permits in 2026245 over 10 years
KS9permits in 202614 over 4 years- KMKavanagh Meats EnniscorthyWexford8permits in 2026200 over 8 years
SCSenior Care Plus LimitedWexford8permits in 202659 over 5 years
WSWall Steel LimitedWexford8permits in 202650 over 4 years
RN7permits in 202622 over 5 years
KFKearns Fruit Farm LimitedWexford6permits in 202690 over 5 years
LH6permits in 202682 over 14 years- KN5permits in 202612 over 3 years
- TCT&C Hospitality LimitedWexford5permits in 202612 over 3 years
WM4permits in 2026439 over 4 years
CCCustom Compost UCWexford4permits in 202645 over 8 years- EIEirhaul LimitedWexford4permits in 20268 over 3 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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