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The count stood at 168 in September 2026. That is 26.0% lower than a year earlier.

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Company formations — Cork

168, latest September 2026.

The count stood at 168 in September 2026. That is 26.0% lower than a year earlier. The series peaked at 278 in May 2021; the latest figure is 39.6% below that peak. Its low point was 134 in January 2021; the latest reading is 25% above that.

Show the numbers (69 periods)
Company formations — Cork, every published period
PeriodValue
September 2026168
August 2026178
July 2026233
June 2026247
May 2026215
April 2026229
March 2026265
February 2026232
January 2026232
December 2025228
November 2025186
October 2025173
September 2025227
August 2025180
July 2025244
June 2025174
May 2025211
April 2025229
March 2025207
February 2025214
January 2025214
December 2024183
November 2024179
October 2024196
September 2024182
August 2024143
July 2024169
June 2024153
May 2024186
April 2024208
March 2024191
February 2024194
January 2024197
December 2023167
November 2023136
October 2023170
September 2023165
August 2023162
July 2023190
June 2023169
May 2023229
April 2023190
March 2023225
February 2023171
January 2023182
December 2022186
November 2022181
October 2022163
September 2022177
August 2022163
July 2022154
June 2022151
May 2022188
April 2022202
March 2022186
February 2022218
January 2022197
December 2021169
November 2021198
October 2021209
September 2021202
August 2021168
July 2021173
June 2021190
May 2021278
April 2021268
March 2021267
February 2021221
January 2021134

Before you use these figures

  • Unusually high compared with other areas: This figure is unusually high compared with other areas currently publishing this dataset — 168 against a typical figure (median) of about 29 across 25 other areas. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward comparison.
  • Unusually high in August 2022: This area's August 2022 figure is unusually high compared with what other areas reported for August 2022 — 163 against a typical figure (median) of about 22 across 25 other areas that period. No longer this dataset's latest period, so a look at just today's headline figure would not have caught it — flagged here from a check across the dataset's full history. Worth checking against the source before treating it as a straightforward trend.
  • Company formations since 2021 only: CRO's own address data is meaningfully less complete before 2021 -- matching this figure to a county relies on that address, so earlier years would understate real registration activity rather than show a genuine decline. 2021 onward is shown because address completeness is consistently high from that point.
  • Not every registration resolves to a county: A minority of registrations carry no county-identifying text in their registered address at all, and are not counted against any county here rather than guessed.

Cite this figure:

Company formations — Cork
168 for Cork, September 2026
Caveats: Unusually high compared with other areas; Unusually high in August 2022; Company formations since 2021 only; Not every registration resolves to a county
StatsMapped last confirmed this figure unchanged on 22 Sep 2026.
Source: Companies Registration Office Open Data
https://statsmapped.com/ireland/county/cork/company-formations-per-month-cork

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