| Characteristic | Innovation expenditure in million euros |
|---|---|
| 2026¹ | 720 |
| 2025¹ | 860 |
| 2024 | 980 |
| 2023 | 430 |
| 2022 | 450 |
| 2021 | 410 |
| 2020 | 320 |
| 2019 | 670 |
| 2018¹ | 680 |
| 2017 | 460 |
| 2016 | 400 |
| 2015 | 240 |
| 2014 | 180 |
| 2013 | 320 |
| 2012 | 230 |
| 2011 | 180 |
| 2010 | 250 |
| 2009 | 270 |
| 2008 | 480 |
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January 2026
Germany
2008 to 2025
companies with a minimum of five employees
¹ From 2018, the definitions and measuring concepts correspond with the international standards of OECD and Eurostat. Every other year, the innovation survey is part of the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS) coordinated by Eurostat. All figures were projected to the population of companies with a minimum of five employees in Germany. More than 16,400 companies took part in the 2018 innovation survey (= 54 percent of random sample), 285 of which belonged to the consulting and advertising sector.
¹ The numbers for the years 2025 and 2026 are forecasts.Â
According to the source, the German innovation survey is carried out on behalf of the German department of education (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). It is conducted by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW, Mannheim), which has cooperated with infas (Institute for Applied Social Sciences) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) since 1993. The survey takes into account all companies in Germany with a minimum of at least five employees whose economic focus lies in the relevant sector.
