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Innovation

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The Innovation Survey counts, among other variables, the percentage of innovative companies, as well as the amount of spending on innovative activities and their distribution between the different activities, the public financing of the same and the cooperation for innovative activities.

The Innovation Survey from the year 2018 is conducted with the new version of the Oslo Manual 2018 and this assumes that there is a breakdown of the series due to methodological change. For this reason, the published data for 2018 and on are not comparable to those published in previous years.

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Arratia-Nervión and Alto Deba in regions and Bilbao in capitals stood out for the percentage of innovative companies in 2023, over 40% (04/15/2025)

Reference period > 2023

Last update > 04/15/2025

Innovating enterprises (%) (2023)

26.2

Innovation spending (mill. €) (2023)

3,595.5

Press releases
Arratia-Nervión and Alto Deba in regions and Bilbao in capitals stood out for the percentage of innovative companies in 2023, over 40% (04/15/2025)	04/15/2025
In 2023, 26.2% of companies in the Basque Country were innovating companies, almost nine points more than five years earlier (12/20/2024)	12/20/2024
Alto Deba, the leading region, and San Sebastián, the leading capital, stood out for their percentage of innovating companies in 2022 (03/25/2024)	03/25/2024
Innovative products generated 34.3% of turnover in companies with product innovation in the Basque Country in 2022 (12/15/2023)	12/15/2023
Company expenditure on innovation increased by 8.7% in 2021 and exceeded 3,000 million euros for the first time in the Basque Country (12/22/2022)	12/22/2022
In 2020 the percentage of innovating companies in the Basque Country grew to 18.6% for the total and 31.4% in firms with 10 or more employees (12/30/2021)	12/30/2021
32% of industrial GVA was generated by the high and medium-high technology sectors in 2019 (07/09/2021)	07/09/2021
In the Basque Country, 12,162 women are involved in R&D, equivalent to 38% of the total people who work in this field (02/11/2021)	02/11/2021
18.2% of Basque companies were innovators in 2019. This figure stood at 30.8% for companies with 10 or more employees (12/30/2020)	12/30/2020
The economy of the Basque Country maintained its industrial vocation with a stable weight of around 24.2% over the last five years (02/28/2020)	02/28/2020
30.1% of Basque companies with 10 or more employees were innovators in 2018 (12/30/2019)	12/30/2019
In 2017 Alto Deba maintained its position as the leading region in terms of innovation in the Basque Country (04/23/2019)	04/23/2019
Expenditure on activities for innovation technology is up by 5.7% in 2017 in the Basque Country, the largest increase since 2009 (12/27/2018)	12/27/2018
Alto Deba, Duranguesado and Llanada alavesa have the highest percentage of innovative companies with 10 or more employees in their respective provinces (03/20/2018)	03/20/2018
Expenditure on activities for innovation technology is up by 3.3% in 2016 in the Basque Country, after four years of reductions (12/29/2017)	12/29/2017
Cantábrica Alavesa, Alto Deba and Duranguesado have the highest percentage of innovative companies with 10 or more employees (03/17/2017)	03/17/2017
The percentage of innovating companies in the Basque grew to 16.9% in 2015 (12/30/2016)	12/30/2016
Alto Deba and Donostia/San Sebastián are the region and regional capital, respectively, with the highest the percentage of innovating companies with 10 or more employees (02/29/2016)	02/29/2016
Basque industry showed signs of recovery in 2014 (06/12/2015)	06/12/2015
The regions of Gipuzkoa stand out for the percentage of innovating companies with 10 or more employees (02/19/2015)	02/19/2015
12.7% of Basque companies were technological innovators in 2013. This figure stood at 28.4% for companies with 10 or more employees (12/19/2014)	12/19/2014
Donostia / San Sebastián for capitals and el Alto Deba for regions stand out for the percentage of innovating companies with 10 or more employees (02/18/2014)	02/18/2014
17.3% of Basque companies performed innovation in 2012. This figure stood at 36.2% for companies with 10 or more employees (12/19/2013)	12/19/2013
Donostia-San Sebastián for capitals and el Alto Deba for regions stand out for the percentage of innovating companies with 10 or more employees (02/07/2013)	02/07/2013
30.7% of Basque companies with 10 or more employees implemented technological innovation in 2011 (12/13/2012)	12/13/2012
Donostia-San Sebastián for capitals and el Alto Deba for regions stand out for the percentage of innovating companies with 10 or more employees (01/25/2012)	01/25/2012
30.1% of Basque companies with 10 or more employees implemented technological innovation in 2010 (12/14/2011)	12/14/2011
Uniform distribution by districts of innovative companies with 10 or more employees in the Basque Country (12/23/2010)	12/23/2010
29.8% of Basque companies with 10 or more employees implemented technological innovation in 2009 (11/30/2010)	11/30/2010
41.2% of companies with 10 and more employees carried out technological or non-technological innovation in the Basque Country between 2006 and 2008 (12/14/2009)	12/14/2009
Total expenditure on technological innovation in the Basque Country increased by 6.6% in 2008 (11/30/2009)	11/30/2009
Total expenditure on technological innovation in A.C. of Basque Country increased by 10.9% in 2007 (12/30/2008)	12/30/2008
Total expenditure on technological innovation activities in the A.C. of the Basque Country increased by 8.8% in 2006 (12/05/2007)	12/05/2007
16.9% of companies in the Basque Country were innovators during the period 2003-2005 (11/30/2006)	11/30/2006
16.8% of companies in the the Basque Country were innovators during the period 2002-2004 (01/30/2006)	01/30/2006
A third of companies in the A.C. of the Basque Country with 10 or more employees were innovators during the period 2001-2003 (04/14/2005)	04/14/2005