The commercial vacancy rate is Donegal has increased.
According to Geo Directory’s Commercial Vacancy Rates Report, the county has the third highest commercial vacancy rate in the country at 17.5%.
The commercial vacancy rate in Donegal was higher than the national average of 14% at 17.5%, up 0.6%.
Over the past ten years, Donegal has seen the highest increase in commercial vacancy rates from 12% in 2013.
Of the towns in Donegal surveyed, Ballybofey had the highest commercial rate at 29.2%, while Bundoran had the lowest rate at 12.2%.
Elsewhere in the county, Letterkenny recorded a commercial vacancy rate of 24%, 19.3% of commercial properties were vacant in Donegal and 12.4% in Buncrana.
The services industry accounted for over half of commercial vacancies in Donegal.
You can read the full report here