Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector Indicators 
Information and communications technology (ICT) sector indicators. 2021
Number of companies in the ICT sector  by branches of activity of the ICT sector and period. 
Units: Number of companies

	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013 (extended scope)	2013 (scope 2012)	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	
1. ICT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES: CNAE 2611, 2612, 2620, 2630, 2640, 2680	1,394	1,425	1,383	1,461	1,479	1,491	1,525	1,440	1,415	781	765	824	927	892	980	
2. SERVICES	73,009	71,431	68,141	67,622	68,342	64,664	53,729	50,764	48,448	48,448	47,453	43,474	42,524	41,186	42,728	
2.A ICT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIES: CNAE 4651, 4652	4,400	5,900	5,737	5,648	6,320	5,500	5,590	5,390	5,375	5,375	5,429	5,737	5,914	5,769	6,155	
2.B.1 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: SOFTWARE EDITING: CNAE 5821, 5829	5,307	3,907	3,997	4,103	3,441	3,068	1,601	1,036	1,122	1,122	1,013	1,118	1,061	1,089	1,009	
2.B.2 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: CNAE 6110, 6120, 6130, 6190	6,919	6,561	5,931	6,905	6,778	6,305	4,707	4,879	4,663	4,663	5,064	4,548	4,927	4,931	6,016	
2.B.3 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING AND OTHER COMPUTER-RELATED ACTIVITIES: CNAE 6201, 6202, 6203, 6209	40,681	39,944	38,621	37,677	37,778	35,445	29,594	28,346	26,559	26,559	25,991	23,674	22,770	22,216	20,750	
2.B.4 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: WEB PORTALS, DATA PROCESSING, HOSTING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES: CNAE 6311, 6312	5,838	6,058	5,258	5,326	5,965	5,187	5,013	3,913	3,621	3,621	3,679	3,577	3,471	3,218	3,495	
2.B.5 ICT SERVICE INDUSTRIES: COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT REPAIR: CNAE 9511, 9512	9,864	9,061	8,598	7,963	8,060	9,159	7,224	7,200	7,108	7,108	6,277	4,820	4,381	3,963	5,303	
TOTAL ICT SECTOR	74,403	72,857	69,524	69,083	69,821	66,155	55,254	52,204	49,863	49,229	48,218	44,298	43,451	42,078	43,708	
Notes:
1) Source: Structural Business Statistics: Industrial Sector and Structural Business Statistics: Services Sector (new names from the former Industrial Companies Survey and Annual Services Survey)
 2) ICT sector according to CNAE 2009: 2611, 2612, 2620, 2630, 2640, 2680, 4651, 4652, 5821, 5829, 6110, 6120, 6130, 6190, 6201, 6202, 6203, 6209, 6311, 6312, 9511, 9512.
 3) Until the 2012 reference year, the Industrial Companies Survey focused its scope of study on industrial companies, with at least one employed wage-earning person, in the whole of Spain, with the exception of Ceuta and Melilla. As of reference year 2013, the survey extends its population and territorial scope, covering industrial companies without employees and incorporating the companies of both autonomous cities.
 4) For the reference year 2016, several methodological improvements were implemented on the Structural Business Statistics, framed within the 'Structural Economic Surveys Integration Project'. Due to these changes, the results from this year are not strictly comparable to those of other years since the evolution of variables is due not only to possible real changes produced in this period, but also for the purposes of the methodological improvements on the estimation of said variables. This impact is most pronounced for the variable number of enterprises in the Trade and Services Sectors, and relatively small for the rest of the information.
 5) For more details, please refer to the specific document 'Measuring the effect of methodological changes in Structural Business Statistics 2016': https://www.ine.es/metodologia/t37/metodologia_eee_cambios2016.pdf
Source: National Statistics Institute