Sector
The end-use industry a project serves - pharma, data centre, healthcare, education, logistics, residential - which shapes who the buyers and specialist suppliers are.
Sector describes what a building or scheme is ultimately for, rather than how it is built. A logistics shed, a pharma cleanroom, a hospital, a school and a housing estate are all 'construction', but each has a different client type, procurement style, fit-out standard and set of specialist trades. Classifying by sector lets a supplier focus on the end-uses where their product actually fits.
Most suppliers sell into a handful of sectors, not the whole market. Filtering by sector cuts the noise so you only see the pharma, data-centre or healthcare work you can genuinely win.
PlanningLeads tags each lead with a sector classification you can filter on, and rolls sectors up into the county and market overviews - at organisation and area level, with no personal data.
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Common questions
No - sector is the end-use (for example healthcare or logistics); the works describe what is being built (a new building, extension or fit-out). One sector can involve many types of works.
The classification spans the main end-uses that appear in Irish permissions and commencements, including residential, data centre, pharma and life sciences, healthcare, education, retail, hospitality and logistics.
It is derived from the project description and use class in the underlying planning and building-control records, then rolled up to area level.
This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Planning rules carry conditions and exceptions - always verify a specific case against the official source or a planning professional before acting.