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Statistics about
Innovation in the business enterprise sector
The Innovation Survey provides information about Norwegian enterprises' propensity and ability to introduce new or improved products, processes, organisational practices or marketing methods. It also gives information about the framework conditions for such efforts and about how they are conducted.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Business enterprise innovationDownload table as ...Business enterprise innovation
2020-2022 2020 Per cent of all enterprises Per cent of innovation active enterprises 1000 NOK Innovation activity Product- or business process innovation Product innovation Business process innovation Enterprises with R&D or innovation co-operation Innovation expenditure All industries 57 52 33 42 43 74 579 776 Manufacturing 59 53 33 42 42 18 480 422 Services 59 54 38 44 43 45 229 668 Other services 47 41 16 37 42 10 869 686 Size class 5-9 persons employed 55 50 34 41 44 6 923 791 10-19 persons employed 59 55 36 44 40 9 136 414 20-49 persons employed 54 49 28 41 36 12 819 150 50-99 persons employed 59 52 33 42 49 8 526 604 100-199 persons employed 66 59 40 49 53 7 692 353 200-499 persons employed 74 67 50 53 59 8 613 289 500 persons employed and more 81 72 59 61 77 20 868 174 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Innovation activity by detailed industryDownload table as ...Innovation activity by detailed industry
2020-2022 Pen cent of all enterprises Innovation activity Product or business process innovation Product and business process innovation product innovation product innovation (goods) product innovation (services) Process innovation (OM3) Business process innovation All industries 57 52 24 33 24 22 39 42 Fishing and aquaculture 57 42 14 18 16 9 33 38 Mining and cuarrying 50 40 16 21 19 12 33 35 Food products 63 57 28 39 36 11 44 46 Beverages 75 71 36 60 60 21 42 48 Textiles 59 56 23 43 42 8 37 37 Wearing apparel 56 54 17 34 32 10 32 36 Leather and leather products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wood and wood products 51 47 13 22 17 7 37 38 Paper and paper products 66 59 24 35 31 7 41 48 Printing and reproduction 59 55 26 30 25 23 48 51 Refined petroleum products, chemicals and chemical products 74 67 34 51 49 16 44 50 Pharmaceuticals 64 50 43 50 50 21 43 43 Rubber and plastic products 58 52 21 37 37 12 36 36 Other non-metal mineral products 63 57 23 27 23 10 41 53 Basic metals 67 43 16 27 26 9 32 32 Fabricated metal prod. 51 45 12 20 17 8 30 37 Electronic and optical products 80 75 39 64 62 25 43 50 Electrical equipment 74 68 28 49 45 22 42 47 Machinery and equipment 75 68 31 53 53 26 42 46 Motor vehicles etc. 55 52 20 35 35 10 34 38 Other transport equipment 56 48 19 32 32 11 33 34 Furniture 69 61 33 41 39 9 51 53 Other manufacturing 57 51 25 37 29 14 34 39 Repair, installation of machinery 42 41 11 21 14 16 28 31 Electricity and gas supply 62 52 20 27 9 25 41 46 Water supply, sewerage and waste 56 47 17 22 12 20 41 42 Construction 42 39 9 14 9 10 31 35 Wholesale trade 56 53 23 34 31 17 36 42 Transportation and storage 42 39 13 17 6 15 33 35 Accommodation 45 39 16 23 13 20 30 32 Food and beverage service activities 34 32 12 17 14 10 23 27 Publishing activities 73 70 40 58 41 48 50 53 Motion picture, TV, music prod. 54 50 22 31 19 30 37 41 Programming, broadcasting activities 49 49 26 30 20 26 42 45 Telecommunications 57 56 21 31 26 27 39 46 Computer programming, consultancy 77 72 49 62 41 53 56 59 Information service activities 89 81 59 71 31 63 67 69 Financial and insurance activities 69 66 36 48 19 44 50 54 Head offices, management consult. 54 52 35 42 14 39 39 45 Architecture, engineering act. 59 50 24 35 25 24 35 39 Scientific research and development 93 72 46 61 49 33 55 56 Advertising and market research 56 56 25 33 11 28 36 48 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 71 65 35 45 34 35 52 55 Travel agency, tour operators 71 69 49 60 22 59 55 57 Business support activities 58 53 25 32 19 29 45 47 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Innovation in the business enterprise sector. By industry and employment groupDownload table as ...Innovation in the business enterprise sector. By industry and employment group
2020-2022 Per cent of all enterprises Innovation activity Product or business process innovation Product and business process innovation Product innovation Product innovation (goods) Product innovation (services) Process innovation (OM3) Business process innovation All industries 57 52 24 33 24 22 39 42 Manufacturing 59 53 22 33 30 13 38 42 Services 59 54 28 38 26 29 40 44 Other services 47 41 12 16 11 12 33 37 Size of enterprise 5-9 persons employed 55 50 25 34 25 23 38 41 10-19 persons employed 59 55 26 36 26 24 39 44 20-49 persons employed 54 49 20 28 20 19 36 41 50-99 persons employed 59 52 23 33 23 22 39 42 100-199 persons employed 66 59 30 40 29 25 45 49 200-499 persons employed 74 67 37 50 35 34 50 53 500 persons employed and more 81 72 48 59 41 47 59 61 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 1 July 2021.
The main concepts and terms used in the survey are defined as follows:
Product innovation
A product innovation is the introduction of goods or a service that is new or significantly improved with respect to its characteristics or intended uses. This includes significant improvements in technical specifications, components and materials, incorporated software, user friendliness or other functional characteristics.
Process innovation
A process innovation is the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method. This includes significant changes in techniques, equipment and/or software.
Organisational innovation
An organisational innovation is the implementation of a new organisational method in the firm’s business practices, workplace organisation or external relations.
Marketing innovation
A marketing innovation is the implementation of a new marketing method involving significant changes in product design or packaging, product placement, product promotion or pricing.
Innovative enterprises
An innovative enterprise is one that has introduced any of the four types of innovation during the observation period. For the 2016 survey this means the introduction of a PP innovation during the three years from 2014-2016. Enterprises that have had ongoing but not completed innovation projects are not included among innovative enterprises. Previously, innovative enterprises often referred only to enterprises with product and/or process innovation (PP-innovation, also called technological innovation). Statistics Norway now strives to make it explicit whether we are referring to all innovators, technological innovators or non-technological innovators.
Innovation activity
An enterprise with innovation activity is an enterprise is either innovative or had innovation projects that were either abandoned or had not yet led to an innovation by the end of the observation period.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2007 from 2008, SIC 2002 up to 2006). The basis for the Norwegian SIC 2007 standard is the EU standard NACE Rev.2 and the UN standard ISIC.
Size class by number of persons employed:
○ 5-9 persons employed
○ 10-19 persons employed
○ 20-49 persons employed
○ 50-99 persons employed
○ 100-199 persons employed
○ 200-499 persons employed
○ 500 and above