Companies Registration Office 2024 Annual Report

Posted on 11 August 2025 by Brian Mackey

The CRO recently published its 2024 Annual Report and we have set out some of the main highlights from the annual report below.

324,531 companies on the register at the end of 2024
- - An extra 15,720 companies on the register at the end of 2024 (no involuntary strike off occurred in 2024)
566,827 submissions filed in 2024 (95% electronically)
Sec 243 District Court Applications
- - 1,938 notices of applications received by CRO
  - 1,858 Letter of Acknowledgement / No Objection issued
  - CRO lodged 5 objections
  - 1,749 Orders granted by the District Courts
  - No applications were refused by the Courts
  - 14 applications withdrawn and 231 adjourned to 2025
34 Official Complaints
New Companies
- - 23,652 new companies incorporated
  - 7% increase on 2023
  - Average of 1,971 per month in 2024
External Companies
- - 181 new external companies registered in 2024
  - 37 EEA and 144 non-EEA
320 Re-Registrations in 2024 (decrease from 393 in 2023)
2,233 change of names were approved
12,015 charges filed in 2024 (an increase from 10,704 in 2023)
4,433 Liquidations in 2024
- - 2516 MVL
  - 1846 CVL
  - 71 Court Liquidations
164 Receivers Appointed in 2024 (an increase on 108 in 2023)
SCARP
- - 30 Appointment of a process advisor
  - 26 notifications of approval of a rescue plan
5,926 persons on the Register of Disqualified Persons
689 persons on the Register of Restricted Persons
Involuntary Strike off still paused
6,737 companies were applied for Voluntary Strike Off (an increase on 6,227 in 2023)
47 companies restored to the Register (a decrease on the 62 in 2023)
- - 24 Court restoration and 22 administrative restorations
20,066 Business Names were registered in 2024 (an increase of 1.6% on 2023
149 Limited Partnerships were registered in 2024 (an increase on 147 in 2023)
CRO Income for 2024 was €20.5 million with an expenditure of €8.41m
- - €9.7 million in late filing fees and €9.7 million in submission fees
  - 16,073 companies paid late filing penalties in 2024