Ireland business confidence index 2023

The Business Confidence Index (BCI) of the Republic of Ireland was 102.3 in January 2023, compared to 100.02 in the previous month, demonstrating a slight increase in business confidence.

Business confidence Index of the Republic of Ireland from January 1985 to January 2023 (100 = long-term average)

Characteristic	Index score (100 = long-term average)
Jan 23	102.3
Dec 22	100.02
Nov 22	98.36
Oct 22	98.36
Sep 22	98.49
Aug 22	98.45
Jul 22	98.57
Jun 22	99.3
May 22	99.3
Apr 22	99.63
Mar 22	100.12
Feb 22	100.7
Jan 22	101.08
Dec 21	101.45
Nov 21	102.22
Oct 21	102.99
Sep 21	103.37
Aug 21	103.74
Jul 21	104.03
Jun 21	103.59
May 21	102.62
Apr 21	101.12
Mar 21	99.31
Feb 21	98.11
Jan 21	97.85
Dec 20	98.09
Nov 20	97.83
Oct 20	96.97
Sep 20	96.34
Aug 20	95.73
Jul 20	94.49
Jun 20	92.97
May 20	91.49
Apr 20	91.73
Mar 20	95.61
Feb 20	98.38
Jan 20	99.22
Dec 19	98.85
Nov 19	98.27
Oct 19	97.6
Sep 19	97.69
Aug 19	98.63
Jul 19	99.78
Jun 19	101.02
May 19	101.73
Apr 19	101.53
Mar 19	101.47
Feb 19	101.73
Jan 19	102.4
Dec 18	103.82
Nov 18	104.29
Oct 18	104.1
Sep 18	103.36
Aug 18	102.66
Jul 18	102.54
Jun 18	103.04
May 18	103.08
Apr 18	102.63
Mar 18	101.75
Feb 18	101.56
Jan 18	101.87
Dec 17	101.88
Nov 17	101.83
Oct 17	101.7
Sep 17	101.66
Aug 17	102.27
Jul 17	102.78
Jun 17	102.2
May 17	101.18
Apr 17	100.06
Mar 17	100.31
Feb 17	101.39
Jan 17	101.93
Dec 16	101.96
Nov 16	101.56
Oct 16	101.75
Sep 16	102.2
Aug 16	102.3
Jul 16	101.81
Jun 16	101.64
May 16	101.81
Apr 16	101.76
Mar 16	101.78
Feb 16	101.69
Jan 16	101.65
Dec 15	101.43
Nov 15	101.28
Oct 15	101.32
Sep 15	101.79
Aug 15	102.29
Jul 15	103.09
Jun 15	103.36
May 15	103.54
Apr 15	103.72
Mar 15	103.81
Feb 15	103.45
Jan 15	103.04
Dec 14	103.22
Nov 14	103.4
Oct 14	103.38
Sep 14	103.13
Aug 14	102.6
Jul 14	102.1
Jun 14	101.77
May 14	101.99
Apr 14	102.32
Mar 14	102.26
Feb 14	101.97
Jan 14	101.53
Dec 13	101.11
Nov 13	101.01
Oct 13	101.14
Sep 13	100.94
Aug 13	100.33
Jul 13	99.67
Jun 13	99.26
May 13	99.09
Apr 13	99.19
Mar 13	99.62
Feb 13	100.04
Jan 13	100.1
Dec 12	100.18
Nov 12	100.35
Oct 12	100.21
Sep 12	100.07
Aug 12	99.88
Jul 12	100.25
Jun 12	100.14
May 12	99.68
Apr 12	99.23
Mar 12	99.16
Feb 12	99.48
Jan 12	99.94
Dec 11	99.79
Nov 11	99.78
Oct 11	100.02
Sep 11	99.18
Aug 11	98.4
Jul 11	98.57
Jun 11	99.58
May 11	101.05
Apr 11	102.64
Mar 11	103.42
Feb 11	103.28
Jan 11	102.33
Dec 10	101.11
Nov 10	100.17
Oct 10	99.63
Sep 10	99.53
Aug 10	99.71
Jul 10	100.17
Jun 10	100.37
May 10	100.3
Apr 10	99.95
Mar 10	99.4
Feb 10	98.5
Jan 10	97.5
Dec 09	96.53
Nov 09	95.72
Oct 09	95.28
Sep 09	94.69
Aug 09	93.85
Jul 09	92.94
Jun 09	91.53
May 09	90.07
Apr 09	89.27
Mar 09	89.24
Feb 09	89.66
Jan 09	90.76
Dec 08	91.71
Nov 08	92.86
Oct 08	94.25
Sep 08	95.95
Aug 08	97.01
Jul 08	97.68
Jun 08	98.17
May 08	98.89
Apr 08	99.77
Mar 08	100.29
Feb 08	100.1
Jan 08	100.33
Dec 07	100.37
Nov 07	100.9
Oct 07	101.22
Sep 07	101.14
Aug 07	100.73
Jul 07	100.45
Jun 07	100.5
May 07	101.21
Apr 07	101.67
Mar 07	102.02
Feb 07	102.35
Jan 07	102.13
Dec 06	101.7
Nov 06	101.18
Oct 06	101.12
Sep 06	101.6
Aug 06	102.33
Jul 06	103.06
Jun 06	102.53
May 06	101.49
Apr 06	101.26
Mar 06	101.23
Feb 06	100.69
Jan 06	99.78
Dec 05	99.22
Nov 05	98.87
Oct 05	98.67
Sep 05	99.18
Aug 05	99.49
Jul 05	99.52
Jun 05	99.12
May 05	98.95
Apr 05	99.47
Mar 05	99.96
Feb 05	99.79
Jan 05	98.77
Dec 04	98.23
Nov 04	98.04
Oct 04	98.33
Sep 04	98.41
Aug 04	98.32
Jul 04	99.06
Jun 04	99.92
May 04	100.17
Apr 04	99.52
Mar 04	98.69
Feb 04	99.03
Jan 04	99.84
Dec 03	100.07
Nov 03	100.18
Oct 03	99.9
Sep 03	99.06
Aug 03	98.15
Jul 03	96.94
Jun 03	96.03
May 03	95.75
Apr 03	95.67
Mar 03	95.81
Feb 03	96.44
Jan 03	97.35
Dec 02	98.41
Nov 02	99.18
Oct 02	99.61
Sep 02	99.65
Aug 02	98.62
Jul 02	97.23
Jun 02	96.91
May 02	97.59
Apr 02	98.25
Mar 02	98.7
Feb 02	98.46
Jan 02	97.62
Dec 01	96.22
Nov 01	95.26
Oct 01	95.6
Sep 01	96.58
Aug 01	97.29
Jul 01	96.61
Jun 01	96.47
May 01	97.52
Apr 01	99.19
Mar 01	101.25
Feb 01	102.26
Jan 01	102.42
Dec 00	102
Nov 00	101.33
Oct 00	101.26
Sep 00	102.27
Aug 00	103.11
Jul 00	103.71
Jun 00	103.85
May 00	103.57
Apr 00	103.46
Mar 00	103.74
Feb 00	104.23
Jan 00	105.13
Dec 99	106.12
Nov 99	106.1
Oct 99	104.82
Sep 99	103.68
Aug 99	102.91
Jul 99	102.21
Jun 99	101.54
May 99	100.92
Apr 99	100.38
Mar 99	100.17
Feb 99	99.79
Jan 99	98.63
Dec 98	98.5
Nov 98	98.89
Oct 98	99.65
Sep 98	100.32
Aug 98	100.68
Jul 98	101.07
Jun 98	101.65
May 98	101.93
Apr 98	101.94
Mar 98	102.05
Feb 98	102.55
Jan 98	102.89
Dec 97	102.91
Nov 97	102.93
Oct 97	102.3
Sep 97	101.44
Aug 97	101.33
Jul 97	101.48
Jun 97	101.88
May 97	101.99
Apr 97	101.63
Mar 97	100.75
Feb 97	100.27
Jan 97	100.23
Dec 96	100.17
Nov 96	100.16
Oct 96	100.21
Sep 96	100.04
Aug 96	99.99
Jul 96	99.44
Jun 96	99.5
May 96	99.68
Apr 96	100.26
Mar 96	100.8
Feb 96	100.74
Jan 96	101.43
Dec 95	102.01
Nov 95	101.51
Oct 95	100.75
Sep 95	100.57
Aug 95	101.95
Jul 95	103.11
Jun 95	103.58
May 95	103.57
Apr 95	103.17
Mar 95	102.31
Feb 95	102.07
Jan 95	102.58
Dec 94	102.87
Nov 94	102.66
Oct 94	102.43
Sep 94	101.97
Aug 94	101.15
Jul 94	100.58
Jun 94	99.98
May 94	99.93
Apr 94	100.16
Mar 94	100.25
Feb 94	100.26
Jan 94	99.93
Dec 93	98.98
Nov 93	98.13
Oct 93	97.4
Sep 93	96.39
Aug 93	96.16
Jul 93	96.02
Jun 93	95.99
May 93	96.49
Apr 93	96.45
Mar 93	95.82
Feb 93	95
Jan 93	94.91
Dec 92	95.48
Nov 92	96.85
Oct 92	97.93
Sep 92	99.02
Aug 92	100.18
Jul 92	101.03
Jun 92	101.23
May 92	100.06
Apr 92	99.11
Mar 92	98.88
Feb 92	99.1
Jan 92	99.23
Dec 91	99.91
Nov 91	99.94
Oct 91	99.04
Sep 91	98.05
Aug 91	97.89
Jul 91	97.77
Jun 91	97.57
May 91	97.28
Apr 91	97.13
Mar 91	96.81
Feb 91	96.8
Jan 91	97.35
Dec 90	97.99
Nov 90	98.5
Oct 90	98.92
Sep 90	99.51
Aug 90	99.97
Jul 90	100.57
Jun 90	100.8
May 90	100.92
Apr 90	101.03
Mar 90	100.99
Feb 90	101.51
Jan 90	102.27
Dec 89	103.15
Nov 89	103.89
Oct 89	104.14
Sep 89	103.98
Aug 89	103.5
Jul 89	103.23
Jun 89	103.34
May 89	103.01
Apr 89	102.76
Mar 89	103.07
Feb 89	102.7
Jan 89	102.18
Dec 88	101.86
Nov 88	102.07
Oct 88	102.58
Sep 88	102.6
Aug 88	102.17
Jul 88	101.81
Jun 88	101.47
May 88	101.06
Apr 88	100.28
Mar 88	99.36
Feb 88	98.95
Jan 88	98.79
Dec 87	98.64
Nov 87	98.69
Oct 87	98.77
Sep 87	98.88
Aug 87	98.85
Jul 87	99.43
Jun 87	100.46
May 87	101.03
Apr 87	101.15
Mar 87	100.96
Feb 87	100.46
Jan 87	99.87
Dec 86	99.64
Nov 86	98.92
Oct 86	97.91
Sep 86	97.23
Aug 86	97.27
Jul 86	97.05
Jun 86	97.11
May 86	97.78
Apr 86	98.43
Mar 86	99.08
Feb 86	99.69
Jan 86	99.97
Dec 85	100.05
Nov 85	100.37
Oct 85	100.53
Sep 85	100.34
Aug 85	99.7
Jul 85	98.75
Jun 85	98.17
May 85	98.27
Apr 85	98.24
Mar 85	98.17
Feb 85	98.16
Jan 85	98.36