Commercial vacancy rate for Westmeath fell to 12 per cent

The commercial vacancy rate in Westmeath was 11.9 per cent in December 2025, according to a GeoDirectory Commercial Buildings Report, prepared by EY. This represents a 0.8 percentage point (pp) decrease in the commercial vacancy rate compared to December 2024.

The commercial vacancy rate in Westmeath was lower than the national commercial vacancy rate of 14.6 per cent.

The national commercial vacancy rate in Ireland increased to 14.6 per cent in Q4 2025 and translates to 30,687 vacant commercial units across the country in December 2025. That 14.6 per cent is the highest rate of commercial vacancy recorded by GeoDirectory since it began tracking commercial vacancy data in 2013.

County Rates

Sligo recorded the highest commercial vacancy rate in the state at 20.8 per cent, followed closely by Donegal (20.6 per cent) and Galway (18.7 per cent).

Connacht had the highest vacancy rate of the four provinces, at 18.6 per cent, followed by Ulster (17.3 per cent), Munster (14.3 per cent) and Leinster (13.2 per cent).

Meath remained the county with the lowest commercial vacancy rate in the country at 10.0 per cent, followed by Wexford (10.9 per cent) and Westmeath (11.9 per cent).

This report examined a sample of 80 towns throughout Ireland, as well as 22 postal districts in Dublin, to assess the shift in commercial vacancy rates from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the same period in 2025.

Of the urban areas in Westmeath surveyed, Athlone had the highest commercial vacancy rate in December 2025 at 18.1 per cent, and Mullingar the lowest at 12.6 per cent.