WHY GALWAY?
the best micro-city in europe
Fast becoming a major technology hub
LIVING IN GALWAY: a bustling cultural city
Galway, the largest city on Ireland’s Atlantic Coast, is the nearest European city to North America and has developed a reputation for its educated and talented workforce, its innovative ‘can do’ attitude to business and its hospitality which attracts millions of tourists.
It also makes very good economic and financial sense to locate in Galway.
Talent Pool
BUILT ON education & connectivity
Galway is a university city with a highly-educated and creative workforce. Galway ranks second highest in Ireland for both the proportion of graduates and the proportion of PhDs in its population.
Almost half of the population of Galway City and County (45.3%) have received Third Level education.
Galway’s third level institutions have established a strong but adaptable infrastructure of life-long learning which encourages active employer and employee involvement in the acquisition and development of skills.
Its pools of talent has been further enhanced by the clusters of businesses in both the Medical Technology and Information Technology sectors and these clusters have in turn attracted more foreign businesses to set up in Glaway
258,000
Residents living in Galway
25,000+
Graduations each year
282
Schools in Galway
GALWAY
STATS
Galway is a big enough city that it is easy to build many relationships but small enough that those relationships won’t get lost in the crowd. Strong bonds have been carefully created between educational institutions, local government and state agencies.
5.3%
Population Growth in 5 Years
423km
Wild Atlantic Coastline
45.3%
of Galway people have a 3rd Level Education
1.8M
Savings per year on an office of 200 Employees
2020
Galway is European City of Culture
OTHER COMPANIES IN GALWAY: a technology hub
Some of the biggest names in world business have operations in Galway. In all over 70 multi-national companies employ almost 17,000 people in Galway. Galway is home to four of the world’s leading ICT companies – IBM, SAP, Oracle and Cisco. Others include:
