Ireland's reputation as a centre of Software excellence is unrivalled in Europe. It is home to over 900 Software companies, including both multinational and indigenous firms, employing 24,000 people and generating €16 billion of exports annually.
WHAT IT companies are in Ireland?
IT Comapany World Rank Employees
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Apple 1 123,000
Alphabet 5 80,110
Microsoft 7 124,000
Dell 11 140,000
How big is the IT industry in Ireland?
The ICT sector employs over 35,000 people, generating about 35 billion euros annually. Ireland has over 200 ICT companies including most of the top ten largest ICT companies. Most of these companies are based in Dublin and include Facebook, Google, eBay, Amazon, LinkedIn, Twitter, Paypal, and Microsoft.28 May 2019
What big tech companies are in Ireland?
Ireland now boasts a significant presence of most major tech companies in the world, such as Microsoft, Dell, Intel, IBM, SAP, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, HubSpot and PayPal to name but a few.
Ireland has become the global technology hub of choice when it comes to attracting the strategic business activities of ICT companies. This has earned Ireland the reputation for being the heart of ICT in Europe. The industry employs over 37,000 people and generates €35 billion in exports annually.
The main service industries are pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages and brewing and medical devices computers and contribute to 29% of GDP.