Galway vacant commercial premises above national average
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway's rate of vacant commercial premises is more than the national average.
According to a survey by GeoDirectory, over 14 percent of commercial premises were vacant in Galway in the last three months of 2013.
This compares to the national average of just over 12 percent for the same period.
The total number of occupied commercial premises in Galway decreased last year from 11 thousand 103 at the start of the year to 10 thousand 936 in the last quarter.
CEO of GeoDirectory, Dara Keogh, says that the figures for Galway across 12 months last year are also above the national average.