Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Science and technology indicators
Main R+D indicators in companies by type of company,  autonomous comunities and type of indicator.
Units: specified in variables

	Nº of companies	Expenditure on R+D (thousands of euros)	Personnel in FTE	
high and medium-high technology industries	
    Total	3,170	2,416,305	26,339.3	
    Andalucía	203	132,474	1,327.4	
    Aragón	177	84,163	1,271.6	
    Asturias (Principado de)	48	12,365	232.7	
    Balears (Illes)	8	851	18.7	
    Canarias	6	477	7.6	
    Cantabria	32	7,622	106.8	
    Castilla y León	120	54,326	785.3	
    Castilla - La Mancha	99	35,763	445.2	
    Cataluña	1,059	844,770	9,338.4	
    Comunitat Valenciana	337	81,459	1,450.0	
    Extremadura	19	1,335	27.7	
    Galicia	163	165,837	1,075.5	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	377	608,368	5,460.2	
    Murcia (Región de)	84	24,383	359.3	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	130	75,561	912.3	
    País Vasco	465	277,108	3,422.3	
    Rioja (La)	26	9,442	98.2	
    Ceuta	..	..	..	
    Melilla	..	..	..	
high tech services	
    Total	2,335	2,267,579	27,477.6	
    Andalucía	251	114,597	1,843.5	
    Aragón	55	31,051	536.7	
    Asturias (Principado de)	58	26,329	455.1	
    Balears (Illes)	28	5,468	87.7	
    Canarias	41	40,937	344.5	
    Cantabria	30	9,032	165.8	
    Castilla y León	103	186,619	1,654.0	
    Castilla - La Mancha	38	13,627	249.0	
    Cataluña	524	440,624	5,562.5	
    Comunitat Valenciana	224	117,833	2,036.2	
    Extremadura	9	3,751	62.7	
    Galicia	158	63,888	807.0	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	603	768,744	8,043.0	
    Murcia (Región de)	51	11,735	248.2	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	33	26,361	425.0	
    País Vasco	289	400,407	4,834.5	
    Rioja (La)	27	6,575	122.2	
    Ceuta	..	..	..	
    Melilla	..	..	..	
Notes:
1) FTE: Full Time Equivalent  
  
 HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES:  
   Pharmaceutical industry (NACE 244)  
   Office machinery and computers (NACE 30)  
   Electrical components (NACE 321)  
   Radio, TV and communication apparatus (NACE 32-321)  
   Precision medical, optical and clocks and watches instruments (NACE 33)  
   Manufacture of aircraft and spacecraft (NACE 353)  
  MEDIUM-HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES:  
  Chemical industry except pharmaceutical industry (NACE 24-244)  
   Machinery and equipment (NACE 29)  
   Electrical machinery and apparatus (NACE 31)  
   Automobile industry (NACE 34)  
   Naval construction (NACE 351)  
   Other transport equipment  (NACE 35-351-353)  
   HIGH TECH SERVICES:  
  Post and communications  (NACE 64)  
   Computer activities  (NACE 72)  
   Research and development (NACE 73)
Source: National Statistics Institute