Last updated: September 2026
Global rank: Worldwide · 2026-09
#142,360
AI visibility: Grade A
85
SEO health: Latest audit
89
Visits
19.2K
per month, estimated
Keywords
3.3K
ranking in Google
Organic share
100%
19.2K organic visits
LLMS.txt
Published
167 lines AI engines can read
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epa.ie Company Profile
The Environmental Protection Agency Ireland, or EPA, stands as the nation's key watchdog for environmental health and protection. Established to regulate and enforce laws around pollution, waste, and emissions, it works tirelessly to ensure that industries and communities alike adhere to sustainable practices. From monitoring air and water quality to licensing major industrial activities, the EPA plays a pivotal role…
Environmental Protection Agency Ireland was founded in 1993, about 33 years ago, and is headquartered in Wexford, Ireland. Its workforce is listed as between 501 and 1,000 employees. Its profile files it under Environmental Regulation, with further tags for Sustainability, Climate Action and Waste Management. Products on record for it: Environmental Licensing, Water Quality Monitoring, Air Quality Reports and Waste Management Guidelines. Reported revenue is Government Funded, and total funding is listed at Publicly Funded. Its tagline reads: "Safeguarding Ireland's environment for today and tomorrow".
- Sector
- Environmental Regulation
- Headquarters
- Wexford, Ireland
- Founded
- 1993
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Revenue
- Government Funded
- Funding
- Publicly Funded
- Products
- Environmental Licensing, Water Quality Monitoring, Air Quality Reports, Waste Management Guidelines
epa.ie Web Traffic Statistics
Key findings
- Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (Environmental Regulation) is ranked #142,360 worldwide in our September 2026 domain ranking, up 2,771 places from #145,131 in August 2026.
- It is estimated to receive about 19,200 visits a month from search, 100% of it organic, across 3,340 ranking keywords.
- Its AI visibility score is 85 out of 100 (grade A), with a published llms.txt of 167 lines.
- Its last technical audit scored 89/100, with "Implement a Meta Description" the highest-priority fix.
| Month | Rank | Move |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #142,360 | ▲ 2,771 |
| August 2026 | #145,131 | ▲ 2,112 |
| July 2026 | #147,243 | ▲ 204 |
| June 2026 | #147,447 | — |
| May 2026 | #147,447 | ▲ 16,298 |
| April 2026 | #163,745 | ▲ 520 |
| March 2026 | #164,265 | ▲ 4,947 |
| February 2026 | #169,212 | — |
What this company does
The Environmental Protection Agency Ireland, or EPA, stands as the nation's key watchdog for environmental health and protection. Established to regulate and enforce laws around pollution, waste, and emissions, it works tirelessly to ensure that industries and communities alike adhere to sustainable practices. From monitoring air and water quality to licensing major industrial activities, the EPA plays a pivotal role…
Our read on the site
The overall SEO health of epa.ie is strong, with a high accessibility score and good performance metrics. However, critical areas such as missing meta descriptions and the absence of a robots.txt and sitemap.xml file indicate significant opportunities for improvement.
epa.ie Traffic and Visitor Engagement
epa.ie draws an estimated 19,200 visits a month from search engines. Effectively all of it is organic — about 19,200 visits from unpaid results. Spread across 3,340 ranking keywords, that averages roughly 5.7 organic visits per keyword.
Monthly visits
19.2K
Latest estimate
Change
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It starts building from the first scan
Organic visits
19.2K
100% of all traffic
Paid visits
0
No paid search detected
Organic vs paid
100%
0%
We don't hold a month-by-month history for this domain yet.
The traffic dashboard builds one from the first scan onwards.
epa.ie AI Visibility
On our AI visibility scale epa.ie earns 85 of 100 points, a grade A. It takes full marks for LLMS.txt and Structured data. The biggest gap is Crawlability, at 0 of 10 points (robots ✗ · sitemap ✗), worth 10 points if closed. It also loses points on Company profile (22/25) and SEO health (18/20).
Grade A
Scored from this domain's own data — llms.txt, profile completeness, technical health, crawlability and structured data.
Present
7/8 core fields
91/100
robots ✗ · sitemap ✗
Detected
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epa.ie LLMS.txt
The llms.txt on epa.ie runs to 167 lines (10,300 characters) across 12 sections, last generated in May 2026. It introduces the site as "Environmental Protection Agency Ireland". It tells AI engines the business works in Environmental Regulation, Climate Change Mitigation, Waste and Pollution Control and Sustainability Promotion. It describes 5 products, with prices such as Water Quality Data Portal at Free access, Air Quality Network at Free public data and Environmental Reports Library at Free. Services it lists include Compliance Inspections, Incident Response, Policy Advice and Public Awareness Campaigns. The audience it names is Public sector, industries, citizens, aged 18+ (Ireland). Technologies it mentions include HTTPS, Viewport Meta and Government CMS. The keywords it claims start with "EPA Ireland", "Environmental Protection Agency Ireland", "Irish environmental agency" and "environmental enforcement". It gives the company type as Public Agency.
Status
Published
AI engines can read it
Lines
167
In the file
Size
10.3K
Characters
Sections
12
Updated May 1, 2026
What the file says
# Environmental Protection Agency Ireland ## About The Environmental Protection Agency Ireland leads the charge in protecting the country's natural resources and public health from environmental harm. They oversee licensing for big polluters, conduct thousands of inspections yearly, and enforce strict rules on emissions and waste. From tackling illegal dumping to promoting circular economy principles, their work touches every corner of Irish life. Research divisions study everything from river health to atmospheric pollutants, feeding data into policy decisions. They guide industries toward compliance, offer tools for citizens to track local air quality, and run campaigns against single-use plastics. Collaboration with local councils strengthens community-level responses to issues like flooding or contaminated sites. Annual State of the Environment reports keep everyone accountable, highlighting wins like reduced NOx levels and areas needing urgent action. Training for first responders on chemical spills saves lives and ecosystems alike. EU funding supports their push for renewables, aiming to cut Ireland's carbon footprint dramatically. Public consultations ensure voices from rural farmers to urban dwellers shape regulations. Enforcement has teeth—fines in the millions for repeat offenders prove it. They monitor fracking risks, protect drinking water sources, and champion bio
Sections in the file
Areas of work
Keywords it claims
Technologies
Products it tells AI about
- IPPC LicensingApplication fees apply
- Water Quality Data PortalFree access
- Air Quality NetworkFree public data
- Waste Facility PermitsFee-based
- Environmental Reports LibraryFree
Services it tells AI about
- Compliance Inspections
- Incident Response
- Policy Advice
- Public Awareness Campaigns
- Research Grants
Competitors it names
Audience it targets
Public sector, industries, citizens · 18+ · Ireland
Company type
Public Agency
epa.ie Organic Keywords
Google lists epa.ie for about 3,340 keywords, which together bring an estimated 19,200 organic visits a month.
Ranking keywords
3.3K
Found in Google for this domain
Visits they bring
19.2K
Estimated organic visits a month
Top ranking keywords
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What it ranks for
epa.ie SEO Audit
The latest technical audit of epa.ie scored 89 out of 100 overall. Performance is its weakest area at 70, while accessibility scores highest at 100. The audit makes 12 recommendations in all, and 3 of the 4 listed first are rated high priority or critical.
Overall
SEO
Excellent
Performance
Accessibility
Excellent
Fix these first
- CriticalImplement a Meta Description
- HighCreate a Robots.txt File
- CriticalDevelop a Sitemap.xml
- MediumOptimize Internal Linking Structure
8 more recommendations, with the exact changes and the pages they apply to, are in the full report.
epa.ie Competitors and Alternatives
Environmental Protection Agency Ireland's company profile names https://www.sepa.org.uk, https://www.environment.gov.au and https://www.environmentalprotectionagency.ie as competitors. Its own llms.txt adds https://www.ni-environment.gov.uk and https://www.defra.gov.uk. Outside its market, the domains ranked closest to it in our worldwide ranking are ionanalytics.com, maxinterview.com, kandipad.com and betrend.com.
epa.ie Traffic by Country
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