Starting a Business in Limerick: Company Formation, LEO Grants and Accounting
Limerick has one merged council, Limerick City and County Council, which makes rates and supports simpler than in Cork or Galway. Its Local Enterprise Office, Innovate Limerick and Film in Limerick all work from ENGINE on Upper Cecil Street, and the Shannon Free Zone sits a short drive away across the Clare border. This page gives the county-specific facts, with sources, and shows how to register and keep the books online from anywhere in Limerick.
Local Enterprise Office Limerick
LEO Limerick is based at ENGINE, Upper Cecil Street, Limerick, having moved there from Patrick Street so that it sits alongside Innovate Limerick and Film in Limerick.. Feasibility Grant: up to 50% of eligible costs or 15,000 euro, whichever is less, in the Southern and Eastern region, for businesses with no more than 10 employees (localgov.ie).. Priming Grant: for businesses in their first 18 months, up to 50% of the investment or 80,000 euro, whichever is less, and up to 150,000 euro for exceptional projects with export or Enterprise Ireland potential (localgov.ie).. Business Expansion Grant: after the first 18 months, up to 50% of the investment with the same ceilings (localgov.ie).. Grow Digital Voucher: 50% of eligible costs from 500 euro to 5,000 euro for businesses trading at least six months with 1 to 50 employees that have completed a Digital for Business report. It replaced the Trading Online Voucher.. Start Your Own Business programme, Business Advice Clinics and mentoring are listed on the LEO Limerick site.. LEO Limerick also lists the Market Explorer Grant, Energy Efficiency Grant, Food Academy with SuperValu, LEAN for Business, a Women in Business network and the Kilkenny Design Makers Academy for makers and designers.
Register your company online from anywhere in Limerick
Company formation with staxo is fully online. Limited Company from €199 and sole trader registration from €49, ex VAT.