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Commercial vacancy rates in Mayo have increased, from 12.7 per cent in 2013 to 13.4 per cent in 2014, and there are now more than 1,000 vacant commercial premises in the county.

The commercial vacancy rate in Mayo has increased from 12.4 per cent in quarter two of 2013 to 13.2 per cent in quarter two of 2014 according to new data published by GeoDirectory this week. For the first time the report includes an analysis of the commercial vacancy rate of industrial commercial property across the country. In total according to the report, 1,079 of the 8,183 commercial addresses recorded in Mayo in quarter two of 2014 were vacant and that the commercial vacancy stock in Mayo accounts for 3.7 per cent of commercial address points in Ireland.

Galway retailers remain upbeat about the future of retail in Ireland, however the overwhelming majority say the Government at local and national level is not doing enough to support the retail economy.

According to a report released by GeoDirectory from GKM Economic Consultants one-eighth of all commercial properties in county Mayo was vacant in the third quarter of this year. The survey also broke down the rates in the three big towns in Mayo, Castlebar, Ballina and Westport. The county town came out on top of the list with 19.3 per cent of commercial premises recorded as vacant, with 18 per cent in Ballina and 11.3 per cent in Westport.

The total number of vacant commercial units or premises in Mayo is 976, according to figures released by GeoDirectory. The figures represent an average vacancy rate for commercial units in the county of 12 per cent, and are accurate as of June 2012.

In the first six months of 2011 there were 459 new residential and commercial buildings identified in Galway, according to figures released by GeoDirectory.

There were 62 per cent fewer new buildings constructed in Westmeath in 2008 than in the previous year.