DUBLIN: According to the Irish Exporters Association’s (IEA’s) ‘Top 150 Born in Ireland’ report, leading companies in that sector generated around €140bn in turnover last year.
The Investec-backed study lists Ireland’s largest indigenous companies by sales with building materials group CRH topping the list. Collectively the entire list reported €139.5bn in sales with businesses in the construction and engineering sector amounting to the second-largest proportion of contributors.
Investec head of treasury Aisling Dodgson said the success of indigenous firms can sometimes be overlooked in what is becoming a more globalised market.
“The analysis demonstrates the true scale of Irish businesses which we classify as ‘Born in Ireland’ – companies with their origin in the country which either have grown on the back of serving the domestic market, through exports or by growing their business serving markets beyond our shores,” she said.
Vision-net compiled the data for the new research and only included companies that have filed accounts in 2014 or later.
