Wholesale: innovation intensity in Germany 2022

This graph depicts the innovation intensity of the wholesale trade sector in Germany from 2008 to 2022. In 2022, the innovation intensity of the German wholesale sector was roughly 0.3 percent, unchanged from the previous two years. The term innovation intensity refers to the innovation expenditure share of all companies in the total revenue of the industry.

Innovation intensity in the wholesale sector in Germany from 2008 to 2022

Characteristic	Innovation intensity
2022	0.3%
2021	0.3%
2020	0.3%
2019	0.3%
2018	0.2%
2017	0.2%
2016	0.3%
2015	0.2%
2014	0.19%
2013	0.22%
2012	0.2%
2011	0.18%
2010	0.2%
2009	0.3%
2008	0.3%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2008 to 2022

Special properties

companies in with at least 5 employees

Supplementary notes

Wholesale excluding trade with motor vehicles.
According to the source, the German Innovation Survey has been conducted on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) by the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW, Mannheim, Germany) since 1993 in cooperation with the Institute for Applied Social Science (Infas) and the Fraunhofer-Institute for System and Innovation Research (ISI). The survey covers German companies with at least five employees and an economic focus on one of the relevant segment groups. Definitions and evaluation methods correspond to OECD standards and Eurostat. Every two years, the innovation survey is part of the Europe-wide innovation evaluation Community Innovation Survey (CIS) of Eurostat. Figures depict projected base of companies with at least five employees. In 2023, over 15,500 enterprises participated in the survey (= 50% of sample size), of which 709 were wholesalers.

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