The town with 2020 Vision is the perfect site for your business!

Along with being strategically planed and supported, there are five other key reasons why Mallow is the key location for your business

Strategic Connectivity

Mallow is the ‘Cross roads of Munster’, a key location in centre of the region on the N20 Atlantic Corridor. 

• 25 minutes from Cork and 45 minutes from Limerick on national road network.
• Motorway connectivity available from 2013 to gateway cities of Cork, Limerick and Dublin.
• 1 hour and 45 minutes to Dublin on daily hourly train service.
• 24 minutes to Cork on daily hourly train service.
• 40 minutes to Cork International Airport.
• Daily bus services to Cork, Limerick, Shannon airport, Galway and Dublin.
• Mallow is well serviced for broadband, with many operators providing a service in the locality. For a full list of the possible service providers in Mallow, click on the following link and follow the on-screen instructions; Broadband Service Providers
• Cork County Council’s Department of Corporate, Community, and Economic Development are currently advancing proposals for a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) in Mallow. MAN’s are next generation fibre optic networks, and are designed to facilitate the provision of high end broadband services.
• Mallow is also excellently located on the various national telecommunications backhaul networks, with companies such as Eircom, BT Ireland & ESB Telecoms providing connectivity.

Skills Availability

Mallow is within half an hour distance to the Cork and 1 hour distance to the Limerick Universities and Colleges. 

• Mallow Hub can offer a skill pool of 74,000 3^rd level graduates annually within a 30-45min commute  from the following educational institutions: UCC, CIT, UL and LIT.
• Mallow Hub offers an opportunity to tap into an existing labour force pool of 180,000 within a 40km (20 mins) radius and over 300,000 within 60km (45mins) radius. 
• Mallow offers a wide range of supports to business on skills, training and mentoring from organisations including the Mallow College of Further Education www.mallowcollege.ie , FAS www.fas.ie and the North Cork Enterprise Board www.theenterpriseoffice.com

Dynamic and Growing Town

• Mallow is County Cork’s largest town and the capital of North Cork. 
• Mallow has been prioritised nationally for development due to its proactive, cohesive and forward thinking community. 
• Mallow has a growing availability of employment location offerings for: Enterprise/Business Services/Innovative Technology (over 100ha), Logistics/Distribution/Warehousing/Small Scale Opportunity (107ha), Industrial Estate (15ha), Large Stand Alone Industry (39.6ha) and Commercial Business opportunities.
• Mallow has a range of projects at varying development stages over past 3-5 years visit our Development section.
• Population growth of 9.94%  for Mallow Region between 2002 and 2006,  higher than national average of 8.2%
• Mallow has a strong and expanding retail offering with the second highest retail spending level in Cork County, second only to Cork City. At €208m per annum , it is higher than the major city retail areas of Douglas, Wilton, Blackpool and Mahon Point.
• Mallow Special Local Area Plan provides for population growth up to 30,000 beyond 2020 with zoned enterprise land to support an employment base of up to 10,000.

Partnership

There is an organised structure in Mallow working together to provide the building blocks for future needs and growth of the town and surrounding hinterland. (Please see section on Mallow Hub Project and Development Partnership).

Quality of Life

Mallow has a strong community spirit with strong partnership structures. There are high quality varied housing stock available, excellent streetscapes, a historic town cited as a great place to live, shop and do business.

•  Activities-Mallow boasts a wide range of outdoor, indoor and spectator activities for all ages. Amenities include a State of the Art GAA sports complex, Cork Racecourse, Ballyhass lakes, Doneriale Estate, Anne’s Grove garden. Mallow is within 20 minutes of Blarney village, and under one hour from Fota Wildlife Park, Killarney National Park, Green Glens Arena and the Ballyhoura Mountain park. Please see www.discoverireland.ie for further information.
• Environment-Mallow is defined by its location in the Blackwater Valley renowned for its beautiful scenery. There is access to beautiful countryside and walks please see www.blackwatervalley.ie
• Housing- excellent variety of housing stock available in the town and hinterland.
• Childcare- There are 26 childcare facilities available in Mallow please see www.corkchildcare.ie to search for facilities.
• Health- Facilities include Mallow Hospital, two medical centres with 6 general practices, 4 dental practices and a wide variety of support groups.
• Shopping- Mallow has an excellent mix of traditional family shops, boutiques, gift shops, organic foods, farmers markets and larger retail outlets to satisfy the needs of all.