Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Coverage of the statistic Coverage of the statistic por years y sectors. Units: specified in variables Companies: units researched Companies: companies who perform R+D Public Administration: units researched Public Administration: centres that perform R+D Higher Education: units researched Higher Education: centres that perform R+D NPPI: units researched NPPI: centres that perform R+D 2012 47,293 10,100 845 540 225 165 368 87 2011 50,153 9,851 900 582 222 159 347 95 2010 49,212 9,947 1,058 576 215 154 438 90 2009 49,280 9,851 946 542 179 143 242 86 2008 55,742 10,197 930 519 181 137 253 65 2007 53,360 9,662 905 428 161 131 251 65 2006 46,922 8,479 619 401 145 122 140 52 2005 42,480 7,419 650 357 143 115 123 52 2004 24,964 5,599 499 315 113 104 98 49 2003 24,234 4,839 657 273 102 92 194 44 2002 26,016 4,707 316 239 83 83 184 37 2001 11,709 4,240 281 193 66 66 158 71 Notes: 1) The data 'Higher education: centres that perform R+D' from 2003 up to now include other centres of higher education. The data of 'Public Administration' for 2003 up to now include public hospitals. Source: National Statistics Institute