Biotechnology firms in Europe total by select country 2020

This statistic shows the number of active biotechnological companies in selected OECD countries in Europe in 2020 (or latest available - 2019). France had the largest number of biotechnology firms in that year at over 2,200, while Spain has the second largest number at over 1,200.

Total number of biotechnology firms in selected European countries in 2020

Characteristic	Number of companies
France	2,239
Spain	1,233
Germany (2021)	877
Italy (2021)	790
Switzerland	345
Belgium	327
Norway	300
Portugal	229
Austria	200
Poland	177
Denmark	119
Czech Republic (2021)	100
Estonia	36
Slovenia	27

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Numbers are for 2020 or latest year available (2019). For some countries, 2021 numbers were already available.
Biotechnology firms use biotechnology to produce goods or services and/or to perform biotechnology R&D. These firms are captured by biotechnology firm surveys. Biotechnology R&D firms perform biotechnology R&D. These firms are captured by R&D surveys.
For the Czech Republic and Lithuania, 2021 data are preliminary.
For Latvia, this includes medical biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology and agricultural biotechnology.

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