Persons employed in accommodation and food services in Ireland

Persons employed in accommodation and food services in Ireland was 247,691 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.8% from 2023. That is the 11th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, persons247,691

Change on 2023+1.8%

Rank11th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high247,6912024

Series low146,3742011

Next release: Thursday, 30 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Persons employed in accommodation and food services in Ireland, 2008 to 2024

persons. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 17 values

Period	persons
2024	247,691
2023	243,192
2022	232,382
2021	166,424 Series break
2020	157,946
2019	222,716
2018	194,889
2017	189,186
2016	179,827
2015	170,222
2014	161,097
2013	155,105
2012	150,735
2011	146,374
2010	148,189
2009	154,069
2008	163,673

Compared with European Union (27)

Place	2024
Ireland	247,691
European Union (27)	11,800,766

Ireland compared with nearby places

Under 50K
50K to 160K
160K to 230K
230K to 540K
540K and over

Persons employed in accommodation and food services, 2024, persons. Ireland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

EU countries by persons employed in accommodation and food services 27 places

Definition

Number of persons who work in enterprises of accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I): employees plus working proprietors, partners working regularly in the enterprise and unpaid family workers. A head count, not full-time equivalents. Eurostat structural business statistics.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Ireland, 2008 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Ireland, 2008 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-accommodation-food/ireland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Ireland, 2008 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-accommodation-food/ireland.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act), Persons employed in accommodation and food services, Ireland, 2008 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/persons-employed-accommodation-food/ireland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Accommodation and food services (NACE Rev. 2 section I), persons employed, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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247,691 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

Persons employed in accommodation and food services elsewhere in European Union (27)

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