SITE OECD Key Nanotech Indicators

TABLE KNI 1
TITLE Number of firms active in nanotechnology, 2008-15
SUBTITLE
SOURCE OECD, Key Nanotechnology Indicators, http://oe.cd/kni, May 2017.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Belgium #N/A #N/A #N/A 125 #N/A 157
Brazil (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A 123 #N/A #N/A
Canada (*) #N/A 50 47 49 44 44
Czech Republic 69 73 74 71 70 61
Denmark (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A 51 #N/A 54
Finland #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 98
France #N/A #N/A 577 532 651 659
Germany 740 #N/A #N/A 960 #N/A 1,135
Ireland #N/A #N/A #N/A 79 #N/A #N/A
Italy #N/A #N/A 157 136 162 164
Japan (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A 210 197 225
Mexico (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 80
Norway #N/A #N/A #N/A 63 68 69
Poland #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 48 71
Portugal 26 27 28 34 31 32
Russian Federation (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 486
Slovak Republic #N/A #N/A #N/A 5 #N/A #N/A
Slovenia #N/A #N/A #N/A 11 15 15
Switzerland 222 #N/A #N/A #N/A 141 #N/A
United States (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A

Nanotechnology firms use nanotechnology to produce goods or services and/or to perform nanotechnology R&D. These firm
nanotechnology firm surveys.
Nanotechnology R&D firms perform nanotechnology R&D. These firms are captured by R&D surveys.

For Brazil, firms with 10 or more employees only.

For Canada, 2013 will represent the last year that counts of Nanotech R&D firms is possible from the R&D survey due to a ch
For Denmark, 2015 data are preliminary.
For Japan, number of business enterprises with a paid-in capital of 100 million yen or more.
For Mexico, data are for firms with 20 or more employees only.
For the Russian Federation, excluding small business enterprises performing nanotechnology R&D.
For the United States, statistics for number of companies are based only on companies in the United States that reported to t
do not include an adjustment to the weight to account for unit nonresponse. Firms with 5 or more employees only.
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159 #N/A Nanotech R&D firms
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62 64 Nanotech R&D firms
#N/A 35 Nanotech R&D firms
#N/A #N/A Nanotech R&D firms
545 #N/A Nanotech R&D firms
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157 #N/A Nanotech R&D firms 1 000
221 165 Nanotech R&D firms
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79 91 Nanotech R&D firms
66 101 Nanotech firms
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#N/A 99 Nanotech R&D firms
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SITE OECD Key Nanotech Indicators
TABLE KNI 1
TITLE Number of dedicated firms active in nanotechnology, 2008-15
SUBTITLE
SOURCE OECD, Key Nanotechnology Indicators, http://oe.cd/kni, May 2017.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Belgium #N/A #N/A #N/A 14 #N/A 12
Czech Republic 21 20 22 27 25 23
Denmark (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A 4 #N/A 5
Finland #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 16
France #N/A #N/A 118 131 154 152
Germany (*) 222 #N/A #N/A 250 #N/A 300
Italy #N/A #N/A 47 39 55 52
Norway #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 6
Poland #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 6 12
Portugal 3 3 1 5 4 3
Slovak Republic #N/A #N/A #N/A 3 #N/A #N/A
Slovenia #N/A #N/A #N/A 3 6 6
Switzerland 65 #N/A #N/A #N/A 25 #N/A
United States (*) #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A

Dedicated nanotechnology firms devote at least 75% of their production of goods and services, or R&D, to nanotechnology. Thes
nanotechnology firm surveys.
Dedicated nanotechnology R&D firms devote at least 75% of their total R&D to nanotechnology. These firms are captured by R&D

For Denmark, 2015 data are preliminary.

For Germany, firms where nanotechnology is part of the companies core business and accounts for over 60 percent of the busine
For the United States, statistics for number of companies are based only on companies in the United States that reported to the s
do not include an adjustment to the weight to account for unit nonresponse. Firms with 5 or more employees only.
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2014 2015
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