Country profile · 2025
Business software and digital adoption in Ireland
6 of 8 indicators put Ireland above the median of the 33-country series. The exceptions are ERP use (33.8%) and hard-to-fill ICT vacancies (4.7%).
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderIreland, figure by figure
8 indicators- 01
Ireland places 4th of 33 for paid cloud use with 73.0%, 25.0 points over the median (48.0%). Malta (75.1%) is one place ahead, Sweden (72.0%) one behind. Eurostat isoc_cicce_use, 2025 Verified
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At 19.6%, AI use in Ireland runs 1.6 points above the median of 18.0% (15th of 33), behind Spain (20.3%) and ahead of France (18.2%). Eurostat isoc_eb_ai, 2025 Verified
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Ireland is 16th of 33 for CRM use, 27.7% against a median of 24.3%; Germany (29.6%) ranks one higher and Poland (24.3%) one lower. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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Ireland is 22nd of 33 for ERP use: 33.8%, which is 7.2 points below the median (41.0%). Latvia (32.1%) follows; Estonia (35.1%) is one place up. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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25.9% of enterprises in Ireland use business intelligence software: 6th of 33, 10.0 points clear of the 15.9% median, with Norway (26.7%) directly above. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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For online selling the figure is 36.6%, 4th of 33; Sweden (36.7%) ranks one higher, Malta (35.5%) one lower, and the median is 25.5%. Eurostat isoc_ec_esels, 2025 Verified
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The share for documented security policies in Ireland is 46.2%, 8th of 33 and 11.8 points above the median of 34.4%, just ahead of the Netherlands (41.5%). Eurostat isoc_cisce_ra, 2024 Verified
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On hard-to-fill ICT vacancies Ireland sits in the middle of the series: 4.7%, 0.2 points under the 4.9% median, 17th of 32 between Slovenia (5.1%) and Estonia (4.2%). Eurostat isoc_ske_itrcrs, 2024 Verified
How Ireland compares
Ordered by mean rank over all indicators, Ireland is 7th of 33 (11.5), directly between Sweden (10.0) and Luxembourg (13.4).
Its highest placing is paid cloud use, 4th of 33 at 73.0%; its lowest is ERP use, 22nd at 33.8%.
The gap between ERP (33.8%) and CRM (27.7%) is 6.1 points in Ireland, narrower than the 13.9 that is the median across the series.
Against the EU27 value instead of the median, Ireland is ahead on 4 of 8: furthest ahead on paid cloud use (+20.3), furthest behind on ERP use (−12.7).
| Highest rank first | Ireland | Rank | vs median | vs EU27 | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid cloud | 73.0% | 4/33 | +25.0 | +20.3 | 2025 |
| E-commerce sales | 36.6% | 4/33 | +11.1 | +13.0 | 2025 |
| BI software | 25.9% | 6/33 | +10.0 | +9.6 | 2025 |
| Security policy | 46.2% | 8/33 | +11.8 | +10.7 | 2024 |
| AI | 19.6% | 15/33 | +1.6 | −0.3 | 2025 |
| CRM | 27.7% | 16/33 | +3.4 | −0.8 | 2025 |
| ICT vacancies | 4.7% | 17/32 | −0.2 | −0.8 | 2024 |
| ERP | 33.8% | 22/33 | −7.2 | −12.7 | 2025 |
Software vendors based in Ireland
28 in the database28 products from vendors headquartered in Ireland are listed in 25 of our 185 software categories. Where they are most numerous:
- Employee engagement (2 of 12): Workvivo and Workhuman
- Tax compliance (2 of 18): Taxually and Fonoa
- Restaurant management (2 of 20): Nory and Flipdish
- Customer success (1 of 13): Akita
- Landing page builder (1 of 13): Systeme.io
- Link shorteners and QR codes (1 of 12): Rebrandly
- Event Management (1 of 15): Tito
- Learning management (1 of 13): LearnUpon
- Cap table management (1 of 12): J.P. Morgan Workplace Solutions (Global Shares)
- Cash flow forecasting (1 of 20): Ripple Treasury Cash Forecasting (formerly CashAnalytics)
Also listed in: Grant management, Fund accounting, Project Management, Fleet management, Procurement, Project portfolio management, Gym management, Quality management, Salon and spa, Transcription, Vulnerability scanning, Data privacy management software, Email security software, PDF editors, Operating systems.
Ireland in our reports
Ireland is also named in the country rankings of these reports: cloud, point 32, e-commerce, point 29 and security, point 44.
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