Top HOSPITALITY AND FOOD SERVICE Companies in Ireland
Approximately 23,140 real businesses classified under Accommodation and Food Service Activities in Ireland, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 23,140 real businesses operate in the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector across Ireland. The hotel's name on the sign and the company that owns the building are usually not the same entity — and neither of those is necessarily the one running day-to-day operations. Hospitality routinely separates the property owner from the brand licensor from the operating manager, across hotels, resorts, restaurants, and catering. Verifying who owns a given hotel means picking which of those three questions you are actually asking.
42 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Ireland follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Ireland beneficial ownership overviewTop Accommodation and Food Service Activities Companies in Ireland
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code I in Ireland, as of the last reconciliation.
Section I is 4% of the Ireland register by entity count and its 10th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Accommodation and Food Service in Ireland runs on a court-administered licensing system for alcohol sales, distinct from company registration. Selling alcohol requires a liquor licence, with the District Court handling licence transfers, annual renewals, special exemption orders and certain off-licence applications — the court maintains a public register of all licences for the sale of intoxicating liquor within its area, including renewals, transfers, and any convictions or other matters affecting a given licence.
A separate Restaurant Certificate, also generally granted by the District Court, lets a pub serving a substantial meal (one costing more than €9) serve alcohol for an hour past normal opening hours alongside that meal — a distinct authorisation from the base liquor licence. Applications require a newspaper advertisement published at least 21 days before the court date. For verification, an Irish accommodation or food-service venue’s actual authority to serve alcohol depends on checking its specific licence and any Restaurant Certificate against the District Court’s own public register, not assuming it from the venue’s general operation.
Ireland Accommodation and Food Service Activities, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section I entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section I, Ireland. 7 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Ireland accommodation and food service activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
District Court liquor licence check
Selling alcohol in Ireland requires a liquor licence handled through the District Court, which manages licence transfers, annual renewals, special exemption orders and off-licence applications — a distinct authorisation from company registration, with a public register of all licences, renewals and convictions kept by the court.
Restaurant Certificate distinction
A separate Restaurant Certificate lets a pub serving a substantial meal (costing over €9) serve alcohol an hour past normal opening hours alongside that meal — a distinct, checkable authorisation from the base liquor licence, generally granted by the District Court for an existing premises.
Public advertisement and register verification
Liquor-licence applications require a newspaper advertisement published at least 21 days before the court date — a real, dated, publicly-checkable step, and the court’s own licence register records convictions and other matters affecting a given licence, not just its existence.
Sub-sectors within Accommodation and Food Service Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Ireland company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies are registered in Ireland?
Approximately 23,140 real businesses operate under Accommodation and Food Service Activities in Ireland.
What does the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector include in Ireland?
The hotel's name on the sign and the company that owns the building are usually not the same entity — and neither of those is necessarily the one running day-to-day operations. Hospitality routinely separates the property owner from the brand licensor from the operating manager, across hotels, resorts, restaurants, and catering. Verifying who owns a given hotel means picking which of those three questions you are actually asking.
How is company ownership disclosed for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Ireland?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Ireland — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Accommodation and Food Service Activities.
Can I see all industries present in Ireland?
Yes — the Ireland company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Ireland.
Can I see Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in other countries?
Yes — the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector directory lists every country with recorded Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Ireland over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Ireland going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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