R&D in the business enterprise sector
In 2022, 2,886 companies carried out research and development (R&D), which spent 85.6 billion crowns on this activity, which was 64% of the total R&D expenditure in the Czech Republic. Most part of R&D in business enterprises sector were financed from enterprises sources, which accounted for 91% of R&D expenditures in the business sector. CZK 4.2 billion went to corporate R&D from government national sources and CZK 3.2 billion from government foreign sources. A total of 50.7 thousand persons in full-time equivalent worked in research and development in enterprises, among whom 18% were women.
Research and development in business enterprise sector by region - basic indicators
(Year 2024)
| Czechia, Region | Number of workplaces performing R&D | R&D personnel | R&D expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | of which with R&D expenses CZK 10 million or more | Full-time equivalent | women | Total (CZK million) | share of regional GDP (%) | |
| Czechia | 2,865 | 880 | 51,740 | 9,698 | 95,039 | : |
Hlavní město Praha | 553 | 205 | 16,435 | 3,377 | 32,736 | : |
Středočeský kraj | 269 | 81 | 6,341 | 1,125 | 14,420 | : |
Jihočeský kraj | 117 | 31 | 1,556 | 297 | 2,515 | : |
Plzeňský kraj | 115 | 33 | 2,688 | 396 | 4,453 | : |
Karlovarský kraj | 22 | 5 | 219 | 38 | 233 | : |
Ústecký kraj | 113 | 31 | 847 | 261 | 1,354 | : |
Liberecký kraj | 132 | 40 | 1,693 | 311 | 3,088 | : |
Královéhradecký kraj | 133 | 43 | 1,526 | 313 | 2,340 | : |
Pardubický kraj | 153 | 38 | 2,193 | 446 | 3,531 | : |
Kraj Vysočina | 112 | 32 | 1,087 | 131 | 1,672 | : |
Jihomoravský kraj | 524 | 162 | 9,657 | 1,783 | 15,343 | : |
Olomoucký kraj | 148 | 38 | 1,931 | 355 | 4,220 | : |
Zlínský kraj | 207 | 75 | 2,664 | 398 | 4,190 | : |
Moravskoslezský kraj | 267 | 66 | 2,902 | 469 | 4,945 | : |
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Source: CZSO, Annual survey on research and development VTR 5-01