Businesses that are innovation active by year

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37Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2010
44Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2012
53Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2014
49Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2016
38Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2018
45Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2020
36Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2022
34Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeUnited Kingdom3 Years ending 31 December 2024
37Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2010
45Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2012
54Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2014
50Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2016
38Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2018
46Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2020
37Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2022
35Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeEngland3 Years ending 31 December 2024
40Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2010
47Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2012
53Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2014
42Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2016
34Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2018
40Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2020
39Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2022
37Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth East3 Years ending 31 December 2024
32Percentage of businesses that are innovation activeNorth West3 Years ending 31 December 2010
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Next update expected:2028

Updates

11th June 2026

Routine update to add new data and amend existing data where needed.

30th October 2025
25th September 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Data source
UK Innovation Survey (UKIS)
Time period covered
January 2008 to December 2024
Dataset ID
6d704dbd-12ab-4d8d-9f2f-0058c1c6fdf1

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

This data shows the percentage of businesses that are innovation active. The UK definition of innovation is based on an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) definition, outlined in the Oslo Manual 2018.

Businesses are considered to be innovation active if they:

• Introduced a new or significantly improved product (goods or service) or process;

• Engaged in innovation projects not yet complete or abandoned;

• Acquired new and significantly improved forms of organisation, business structures or practices and marketing concepts or strategies.

Data collection or calculation

The UK Innovation Survey is funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). The survey was conducted on behalf of DBT by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The survey was voluntary and conducted by means of both an electronic questionnaire and telephone interview for businesses that had not yet completed an electronic response. The sample is drawn from the ONS Inter-Departmental Business Register.

Statistical quality

As the data come from a survey, the results are sample-based estimates and therefore subject to differing degrees of sampling variability, i.e. the true value for any measure lies in a differing range about the estimated value. This range or sampling variability increases as the detail in the data increases, for example individual local authority data are subject to higher variability than Wales data.

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Welsh Government
Contact email
economic.stats@gov.wales