Over 15% of Longford commercial units are vacant, above the national average
The eoDirectory's Commercial Buildings Report assessed the April to June 2026 period and found Longford was above the national average vacancy rate of 14.5%.
The commercial vacancy rate in Longford last year increased slightly to just above 15%, which was above the national average.
The data from GeoDirectory's Commercial Buildings Report assessed the April to June 2026 period.
The commercial vacancy rate in Longford was 15.2% cent during this time, just slightly above the national average vacancy rate of 14.5%.
The 15.2% rate is the same as it was in December 2025 when Longford’s commercial vacancy rate saw a 0.3% increase in the rate compared to the end of 2024.
Despite having a higher than average vacancy rate, Longford does not feature in the top three counties in terms of empty business units.
The highest commercial vacancy rates continue to be concentrated in the West and North-West of the country.
Donegal ranked as the county with the highest number of vacant commercial premises at 20.7%, (up 0.4% year-on-year) meaning more than one in five commercial properties in the county lie vacant.
The counties that followed closely were Galway (18.6%), Leitrim and Limerick (both 18.1%) made up the remainder of the top five highest county vacancy rates,
All five Connacht counties featuring in the top seven counties nationwide.
At the other end of the spectrum, Meath recorded the lowest commercial vacancy rate in the country at 9.9%, making it the only county under the 10% mark.
Wexford (11.2%), Westmeath (12.0%), Kerry (12.3%), and Cavan (12.7%) rounded out the counties with the lowest rates.
Thirteen counties had a vacancy rate below the national vacancy rate of 14.5%.
The vacancy rate nationally decreased from the previous high, with 30,611 vacant commercial units across Ireland.
This resulted in a fall in the national commercial vacancy rate of 0.1% year-on-year to 14.5%.