What proportion of all companies are active in innovation? In this data publication, we show the number of innovative enterprises as a share of all enterprises in a number of EU countries over the period 2018-2020.
In short
In the Netherlands, 55,8 percent of all business enterprises perform innovative activities. This is somewhat higher than the EU-27 average (52,7 percent).
German, Belgian, Norwegian and Finnish companies are leaders in innovation in this comparison.
Spanish and Polish companies score well below the EU average in this comparison.
Notes: Once every two years the EU countries perform a so-called Community Innovation Survey (CIS). This survey is based on a harmonized questionnaire. The survey is conducted at the level of companies. Statistics Netherlands conducts the survey for the Netherlands.
Analysis In the Netherlands, slightly over half of all business enterprises performsinnovative activities.This share in the Netherlands is above the EU-27 average,but lower thansomecomparisoncountries.
