Insights Into Structure & Performance
You may need company information for a variety of reasons, e.g. to gather competitive intelligence; to evaluate company performance against various metrics such as turnover, profitability & employee growth or to develop a marketing strategy for a company or product.
The Irish Times Top 1000 Companies is a definitive database of the largest companies in the country, north & south. Contains details on all these companies with the capability to search by industry, company & key employees, & to sort the information by turnover, assets, profit & employees.
Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development & growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. Browse sector profiles, company directories & find useful links for examples of leading Irish companies.
The Industrial Development Agency is responsible for the attraction & retention of Foreign Direct Investment into Ireland. They provide contact information for overseas companies based in Ireland.
Euronext Dublin lists debt & fund securities & is used as a European gateway exchange for companies seeking to access investors in Europe & beyond.
DCU library provides access to company information via several databases.
Providing company accounts, ratios, activities, ownership and management for the largest 2.6 million UK and Irish companies in addition to summary information for a further 1 million smaller businesses, Fame is the definitive source for financial information on companies in the UK & Ireland.
Regularly updated profiles on over 100,000 companies with associated news, innovation, deal tracking, and financial data. Discover the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of target clients, competitors, or partner companies with SWOT Analyses.
Passport is a database that contains a wealth of information on particular industries and the companies within them.
Large Companies
Normally you should be able to get recent annual reports from a publicly listed company without much difficulty. However, private companies are not subject to the same reporting requirements. So although some private companies may publish annual reports, many do not, & financial information may be difficult to retrieve.
Irish Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations
Many companies in Ireland are subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Annual reports may only be available for the corporation as a whole, & financial information relating specifically to the Irish subsidiary may not be provided.
Smaller Irish Companies
Many smaller companies, especially if private, do not put annual reports or financial information on their web pages. Some do not even have a website. In this instance, if you want financial or other information you will probably need to contact the company directly.
