Indicator type	Branch of activity	Total
Number of companies carrying out R&D in Biotechnology	Total companies	1.444
Number of companies carrying out R&D in Biotechnology	Services	107
Number of companies carrying out R&D in Biotechnology	Industry and Construction	455
Number of companies carrying out R&D in Biotechnology	Agriculture	883
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Genetic Code	Total companies	30,7
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Genetic Code	Services	21,5
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Genetic Code	Industry and Construction	16,8
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Genetic Code	Agriculture	38,9
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Functional Units	Total companies	37,6
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Functional Units	Services	18,7
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Functional Units	Industry and Construction	33,2
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Functional Units	Agriculture	42,1
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Cell and Tissue Culture and Engineering	Total companies	21,3
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Cell and Tissue Culture and Engineering	Services	15,6
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Cell and Tissue Culture and Engineering	Industry and Construction	15,1
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Cell and Tissue Culture and Engineering	Agriculture	25,2
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioprocesses	Total companies	50,9
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioprocesses	Services	47,5
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioprocesses	Industry and Construction	75,7
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioprocesses	Agriculture	38,6
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Subcellular Organisms	Total companies	8,1
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Subcellular Organisms	Services	0,9
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Subcellular Organisms	Industry and Construction	6,6
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Subcellular Organisms	Agriculture	9,7
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioinformatics	Total companies	22,6
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioinformatics	Services	4,7
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioinformatics	Industry and Construction	10,2
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Bioinformatics	Agriculture	31,2
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Nanobiotechnology	Total companies	9,8
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Nanobiotechnology	Services	0,9
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Nanobiotechnology	Industry and Construction	5,1
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Nanobiotechnology	Agriculture	13,3
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Other	Total companies	16,9
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Other	Services	29,6
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Other	Industry and Construction	9,8
% Companies by type of biotechnology used: Other	Agriculture	19
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: Main and/or exclusive	Total companies	629
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: Main and/or exclusive	Services	20
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: Main and/or exclusive	Industry and Construction	111
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: Main and/or exclusive	Agriculture	498
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A secondary business line	Total companies	262
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A secondary business line	Services	17
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A secondary business line	Industry and Construction	100
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A secondary business line	Agriculture	145
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A necessary tool for production	Total companies	553
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A necessary tool for production	Services	70
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A necessary tool for production	Industry and Construction	243
Companies in which biotechnology activities are: A necessary tool for production	Agriculture	240
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Human Health	Total companies	44,3
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Human Health	Services	1,9
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Human Health	Industry and Construction	24,5
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Human Health	Agriculture	59,6
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Animal Health and Aquaculture	Total companies	15,8
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Animal Health and Aquaculture	Services	17,9
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Animal Health and Aquaculture	Industry and Construction	13,2
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Animal Health and Aquaculture	Agriculture	16,9
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Food Products	Total companies	30,7
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Food Products	Services	30,9
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Food Products	Industry and Construction	48,3
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Food Products	Agriculture	21,6
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Agriculture and Forestry	Total companies	24,9
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Agriculture and Forestry	Services	65,7
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Agriculture and Forestry	Industry and Construction	22,2
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Agriculture and Forestry	Agriculture	21,4
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Environment	Total companies	16,9
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Environment	Services	13,2
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Environment	Industry and Construction	17,2
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Environment	Agriculture	17,2
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Industry	Total companies	12,6
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Industry	Services	6,3
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Industry	Industry and Construction	13
% Companies by final application areas of biotechnology use: Industry	Agriculture	13,1
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP)	Total companies	17.743
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP)	Services	1.000
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP)	Industry and Construction	5.585
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP)	Agriculture	11.158
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Research personnel	Total companies	9.445
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Research personnel	Services	293
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Research personnel	Industry and Construction	2.218
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Research personnel	Agriculture	6.934
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Total companies	8.298
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Services	708
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Industry and Construction	3.367
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Agriculture	4.224
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women	Total companies	9.907
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women	Services	356
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women	Industry and Construction	3.102
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women	Agriculture	6.449
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Research personnel	Total companies	5.104
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Research personnel	Services	113
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Research personnel	Industry and Construction	1.155
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Research personnel	Agriculture	3.836
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Total companies	4.802
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Services	243
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Industry and Construction	1.946
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (PP). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Agriculture	2.613
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE)	Total companies	12.993,4
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE)	Services	616,8
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE)	Industry and Construction	3.924,1
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE)	Agriculture	8.452,5
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Research personnel	Total companies	7.069,9
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Research personnel	Services	194,7
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Research personnel	Industry and Construction	1.616
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Research personnel	Agriculture	5.259,3
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Total companies	5.923,6
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Services	422,1
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Industry and Construction	2.308,1
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE): Technical and auxiliary personnel	Agriculture	3.193,3
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women	Total companies	7.471,8
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women	Services	223,8
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women	Industry and Construction	2.336,7
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women	Agriculture	4.911,2
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Research personnel	Total companies	3.870,1
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Research personnel	Services	73,4
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Research personnel	Industry and Construction	894
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Research personnel	Agriculture	2.902,8
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Total companies	3.601,6
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Services	150,5
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Industry and Construction	1.442,8
R&D personnel in Biotechnology (FTE). Women: Technical and auxiliary personnel	Agriculture	2.008,4
Expenditure on internal R&D in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Total companies	1.223.801
Expenditure on internal R&D in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Services	36.807
Expenditure on internal R&D in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Industry and Construction	437.823
Expenditure on internal R&D in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Agriculture	749.171
1) By type of expenditure: Current expenditure	Total companies	1.108.189
1) By type of expenditure: Current expenditure	Services	33.108
1) By type of expenditure: Current expenditure	Industry and Construction	406.903
1) By type of expenditure: Current expenditure	Agriculture	668.179
1.1) Labour expenditure of research personnel	Total companies	360.922
1.1) Labour expenditure of research personnel	Services	9.392
1.1) Labour expenditure of research personnel	Industry and Construction	108.070
1.1) Labour expenditure of research personnel	Agriculture	243.460
1.2) Labour expenditure of technical and auxiliary personnel	Total companies	220.540
1.2) Labour expenditure of technical and auxiliary personnel	Services	11.866
1.2) Labour expenditure of technical and auxiliary personnel	Industry and Construction	91.401
1.2) Labour expenditure of technical and auxiliary personnel	Agriculture	117.272
1.3) Other current expenditure	Total companies	526.727
1.3) Other current expenditure	Services	11.849
1.3) Other current expenditure	Industry and Construction	207.432
1.3) Other current expenditure	Agriculture	307.446
2) By type of expenditure: Capital expenditure	Total companies	115.612
2) By type of expenditure: Capital expenditure	Services	3.699
2) By type of expenditure: Capital expenditure	Industry and Construction	30.921
2) By type of expenditure: Capital expenditure	Agriculture	80.993
2.1) Land and buildings	Total companies	16.843
2.1) Land and buildings	Services	1.812
2.1) Land and buildings	Industry and Construction	2.957
2.1) Land and buildings	Agriculture	12.074
2.2) Equipment and tools	Total companies	63.527
2.2) Equipment and tools	Services	1.809
2.2) Equipment and tools	Industry and Construction	22.909
2.2) Equipment and tools	Agriculture	38.809
2.3) Acquisition of specific R&D software	Total companies	3.959
2.3) Acquisition of specific R&D software	Services	61
2.3) Acquisition of specific R&D software	Industry and Construction	841
2.3) Acquisition of specific R&D software	Agriculture	3.057
2.4) Other R&D-specific IP products	Total companies	31.284
2.4) Other R&D-specific IP products	Services	17
2.4) Other R&D-specific IP products	Industry and Construction	4.214
2.4) Other R&D-specific IP products	Agriculture	27.054
1.1) By origin of funds: Own funds	Total companies	860.603
1.1) By origin of funds: Own funds	Services	34.837
1.1) By origin of funds: Own funds	Industry and Construction	371.804
1.1) By origin of funds: Own funds	Agriculture	453.963
1.2) By origin of funds: Funds from the Business sector	Total companies	128.002
1.2) By origin of funds: Funds from the Business sector	Services	84
1.2) By origin of funds: Funds from the Business sector	Industry and Construction	5.242
1.2) By origin of funds: Funds from the Business sector	Agriculture	122.675
1.3) By origin of funds: Funds from the Public Administration sector	Total companies	119.498
1.3) By origin of funds: Funds from the Public Administration sector	Services	1.832
1.3) By origin of funds: Funds from the Public Administration sector	Industry and Construction	17.353
1.3) By origin of funds: Funds from the Public Administration sector	Agriculture	100.313
1.4) By origin of funds: Funds from the Higher Education sector	Total companies	647
1.4) By origin of funds: Funds from the Higher Education sector	Services	0
1.4) By origin of funds: Funds from the Higher Education sector	Industry and Construction	9
1.4) By origin of funds: Funds from the Higher Education sector	Agriculture	638
1.5) By origin of funds: Funds from the Private Non-Profit Institutions sector	Total companies	12.986
1.5) By origin of funds: Funds from the Private Non-Profit Institutions sector	Services	0
1.5) By origin of funds: Funds from the Private Non-Profit Institutions sector	Industry and Construction	19
1.5) By origin of funds: Funds from the Private Non-Profit Institutions sector	Agriculture	12.966
1.6) By origin of funds: Funds from the rest of the world	Total companies	102.065
1.6) By origin of funds: Funds from the rest of the world	Services	54
1.6) By origin of funds: Funds from the rest of the world	Industry and Construction	43.395
1.6) By origin of funds: Funds from the rest of the world	Agriculture	58.617
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Total companies	123.396
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Services	775
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Industry and Construction	74.871
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros)	Agriculture	47.750
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In Spain	Total companies	88.985
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In Spain	Services	775
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In Spain	Industry and Construction	63.502
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In Spain	Agriculture	24.707
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In the rest of the world	Total companies	34.412
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In the rest of the world	Services	0
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In the rest of the world	Industry and Construction	11.368
Purchase of R&D services (external R&D) in Biotechnology (thousands of euros): In the rest of the world	Agriculture	23.043
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to capital	Total companies	39,8
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to capital	Services	31,1
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to capital	Industry and Construction	28,2
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to capital	Agriculture	46,8
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to technology/information	Total companies	15,3
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to technology/information	Services	15,3
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to technology/information	Industry and Construction	18,5
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to technology/information	Agriculture	13,6
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to human resources	Total companies	22,3
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to human resources	Services	24,6
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to human resources	Industry and Construction	20,8
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Access to human resources	Agriculture	22,8
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Disconnection from the value chain	Total companies	12,1
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Disconnection from the value chain	Services	8,1
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Disconnection from the value chain	Industry and Construction	11,5
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Disconnection from the value chain	Agriculture	12,9
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of access to international markets	Total companies	17,1
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of access to international markets	Services	8,1
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of access to international markets	Industry and Construction	12,2
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of access to international markets	Agriculture	20,7
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of distribution and marketing channels	Total companies	17,8
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of distribution and marketing channels	Services	11
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of distribution and marketing channels	Industry and Construction	14,6
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Lack of distribution and marketing channels	Agriculture	20,3
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Public acceptance/perception	Total companies	16
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Public acceptance/perception	Services	14,9
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Public acceptance/perception	Industry and Construction	16,5
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Public acceptance/perception	Agriculture	15,8
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Legal and regulatory requirements	Total companies	41,4
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Legal and regulatory requirements	Services	49
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Legal and regulatory requirements	Industry and Construction	39,6
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Legal and regulatory requirements	Agriculture	41,5
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Time/cost	Total companies	50,2
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Time/cost	Services	51,3
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Time/cost	Industry and Construction	50,5
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Time/cost	Agriculture	50
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Difficult access to patenting	Total companies	20,1
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Difficult access to patenting	Services	25,4
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Difficult access to patenting	Industry and Construction	17,2
% Companies that consider the following obstacles to the development of biotechnologies as very important: Difficult access to patenting	Agriculture	20,9
% Companies with international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Total companies	22,7
% Companies with international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Services	8,1
% Companies with international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Industry and Construction	22,3
% Companies with international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Agriculture	24,7
% Companies representing international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Total companies	2,1
% Companies representing international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Services	4,6
% Companies representing international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Industry and Construction	1,9
% Companies representing international revenues related to biotechnology activities	Agriculture	3,5
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the EU	Total companies	60,6
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the EU	Services	88,4
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the EU	Industry and Construction	63
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the EU	Agriculture	46,9
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the rest of the world	Total companies	39,4
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the rest of the world	Services	11,6
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the rest of the world	Industry and Construction	37
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities distributed in: Revenues from the rest of the world	Agriculture	53,1
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: International trade in goods and services	Total companies	87,8
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: International trade in goods and services	Services	100
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: International trade in goods and services	Industry and Construction	88,6
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: International trade in goods and services	Agriculture	82,7
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Milestones, royalties, sale or licensing of technologies outside Spain	Total companies	10,1
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Milestones, royalties, sale or licensing of technologies outside Spain	Services	0
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Milestones, royalties, sale or licensing of technologies outside Spain	Industry and Construction	10,7
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Milestones, royalties, sale or licensing of technologies outside Spain	Agriculture	8,8
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Subsidies from external sources	Total companies	1,4
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Subsidies from external sources	Services	0
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Subsidies from external sources	Industry and Construction	0,6
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Subsidies from external sources	Agriculture	4,9
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Other	Total companies	0,8
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Other	Services	0
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Other	Industry and Construction	0,1
% International revenues related to biotechnology activities by classification: Other	Agriculture	3,6