.IE and Retail Excellence Web Health Report

The .IE and Retail Excellence Website Health Report is a joint research project between .IE and Retail Excellence Ireland. Retail Excellence provided a sample of members’ website URLs to .IE for the purposes of the analysis, which were anonymised in this report. The data provided also included company size and business category. Using the list of unique website URLs, .IE analysed each website for web technology. Data was collected mid-April 2023. The sample size totalled 525 and included a mix of .ie and .com websites. Company size The majority of companies have between 0 – 20 staff. Methodology Company size 0-20 21-100 101-250 251-600 600+ 72% 17% 7% 3% 2% 16% Fashion & Footwear 11% Jewellery 11% Electrical 11% Optician 10% Pharmacy 6% Other 4% Furniture, Flooring 4% Food, Alcohol 4% Books, Music, Toys, Stationery, Games 4% Garden 3% Café 3% Health, Beauty 3% Homeware, Giftware 2% Department Store 2% DIY, Garden 2% Tourism 1% DIY, Hardware 1% Forecourt 1% Telecoms 1% Pet Category breakdown Companies cover a range of categories .IE and Retail Excellence Web Health Report 11