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    Study - Irish Businesses Spending €329 Million on Energy Costs per annum.
    Study - Irish Businesses Spending €329 Million on Energy Costs per annum.
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    Ireland, August '23.

    Study - Irish Businesses Spending €329 Million on Energy Costs per annum.

    23 August 2023

    Businesses in Ireland are spending on average 329 million per year per county on energy costs, up 57 million in a 6 year period (2015-2021). 

    The team at Brosnan Facility Management have examined the most up to date figures from the Central Statistics Office in order to determine which counties in Ireland are spending the most on energy costs for their business and just how much this number has increased over the past few years. 

    County By County Figures

    It should come as no surprise that Co. Dublin comes out on top of the spending list with an eye watering €5.25 billion, an increase of over €1 billion from 2015.
    At the opposite end of the scale, Co. Leitrim has spent €15 million which is actually a decrease of €10 million from the 2015 figures where €25 million was spent.  
    The vast majority of counties and their businesses are spending more now, with the biggest increases in spending outside of Dublin occurring in Limerick (up €184 m), Cork (up €121m) and Kildare (up €81m)   

    The Outliers

    However there are a number of counties where businesses have decreased their energy spend. Longford and Wexford have both reduced spend by €20m, down from €45m and €108m respectively.  
    Others counties to see a dip in costs include Donegal, Galway and the aforementioned Leitrim. The only county to stay at the same lev​el was Co. Louth, with a spend of €137m

    Data Table - County Breakdown

    Figures are comparing spend in 2015 v spend in 2021 (2021 are the most recent figures available from the CSO) Counties that experienced an increased in spend are marked in orange. Counties that experienced a decrease in spend are marked in blue. Counties that had no change are marked in grey.







    County 






    2015 Total (€m excl. VAT) 






    2021 Total (€m excl. VAT) 






    Difference 






    % INCREASE / DECREASE 






    Carlow 





    26 





    38 





    12 





    37.5 






    Cavan 





    75 





    99 





    24 





    27.50% 






    Clare 





    54 





    58 





    4 





    7% 






    Cork 





    631 





    752 





    121 





    17% 






    Donegal 





    70 





    67 





    -3 





    -4% 






    Dublin 





    4,229 





    5,250 





    1021 





    21% 






    Galway 





    155 





    150 





    -5 





    -3% 






    Kerry 





    100 





    107 





    7 





    6% 






    Kildare 





    410 





    491 





    81 





    17% 






    Kilkenny 





    87 





    95 





    8 





    8% 






    Laois 





    21 





    24 





    3 





    13% 






    Leitrim 





    25 





    15 





    -10 





    -50% 






    Limerick 





    308 





    492 





    184 





    46% 






    Longford 





    45 





    25 





    -20 





    -57% 






    Louth 





    137 





    137 





    0 





    0 






    Mayo 





    73 





    94 





    21 





    25% 






    Meath 





    116 





    145 





    29 





    22% 






    Monaghan 





    35 





    38 





    3 





    8% 






    Offaly 





    29 





    31 





    2 





    6% 






    Roscommon 





    24 





    26 





    2 





    8% 






    Sligo 





    54 





    51 





    -3 





    -5% 






    Tipperary 





    111 





    128 





    17 





    14% 






    Waterford 





    77 





    78 





    1 





    1.29% 






    Westmeath 





    47 





    49 





    2 





    4% 






    Wexford 





    108 





    88 





    -20 





    -20% 






    Wicklow 





    45 





    46 





    1 





    2% 






     





     





     





     





     






    P.A. TOTAL 





    7'092 





    8'574 





     





     

    The numbers are quite staggering, but they shouldn’t really come as any surprise. We’re all aware of the steep increases in energy costs that have taken place in the last 18 months, but this data really shows that this increase was coming all along. Electricity costs were on a steep incline prior to this year and when you factor in things like gas, oil, fuel and other energy bills you can see how businesses would really be struggling at this moment in time.

    Notes a spokesperson for Brosnan Facility Management

    Rising costs are still a massive concern for businesses throughout the country, in 2021 alone businesses across Ireland spent around €3,186 million on just electricity costs.  

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