UK innovation survey 2021: results for Scotland

Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2021, covering the three-year period from 2018 to 2020.


Innovation Activities – by Size

Figure 4: In Scotland, in 2018-20, small (10-49 employees) businesses were least likely to be innovation active (36.5%).  Businesses with 100-249 employees were most likely to be innovation active (57.5%).

Bar chart showing share of innovation active businesses by sizeband in Scotland and the UK in 2018-20

A similar pattern was found for broader innovators and wider innovators (Table 3).

Figure 5: Innovation activity increased between 2016-18 and 2018-20 among businesses of all sizes in Scotland.

Bar chart showing share of innovation active businesses by sizeband in Scotland from 2010-12 to 2018-20

The largest increase is seen in businesses with 100-249 employees (+16.4 percentage points).

Contact

For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Marina Curran

Business & Innovation Statistics

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser

e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot

 

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician

Telephone: 0131 244 0442

e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

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