Indicator type Activity branch Reference period Total Number of companies carrying out R&D Manufacture 2021 167 Number of companies carrying out R&D Services 2021 1,905 Number of companies carrying out R&D TOTAL ICT SECTOR 2021 2,073 Number of companies carrying out R&D TOTAL BUSINESS SECTOR 2021 11,282 Internal R&D expenses (thousands of euros) Manufacture 2021 109,315 Internal R&D expenses (thousands of euros) Services 2021 1,525,477 Internal R&D expenses (thousands of euros) TOTAL ICT SECTOR 2021 1,634,791 Internal R&D expenses (thousands of euros) TOTAL BUSINESS SECTOR 2021 9,696,150 Staff (in FTE) in R&D Manufacture 2021 1,812.0 Staff (in FTE) in R&D Services 2021 24,408.6 Staff (in FTE) in R&D TOTAL ICT SECTOR 2021 26,220.6 Staff (in FTE) in R&D TOTAL BUSINESS SECTOR 2021 116,465.1 Number of women (in FTEs) in R&D Manufacture 2021 300.6 Number of women (in FTEs) in R&D Services 2021 4,970.1 Number of women (in FTEs) in R&D TOTAL ICT SECTOR 2021 5,270.6 Number of women (in FTEs) in R&D TOTAL BUSINESS SECTOR 2021 36,215.3 Number of researchers (in FTEs) in R&D Manufacture 2021 1,204.7 Number of researchers (in FTEs) in R&D Services 2021 11,537.1 Number of researchers (in FTEs) in R&D TOTAL ICT SECTOR 2021 12,741.8 Number of researchers (in FTEs) in R&D TOTAL BUSINESS SECTOR 2021 60,374.3 Number of female researchers (in FTE) in R&D Manufacture 2021 188.8 Number of female researchers (in FTE) in R&D Services 2021 2,251.6 Number of female researchers (in FTE) in R&D TOTAL ICT SECTOR 2021 2,440.5 Number of female researchers (in FTE) in R&D TOTAL BUSINESS SECTOR 2021 19,077.0