Statistics and Accounts of the Cultural Companies. 2021

The turnover of the cultural sector in Catalonia was 11,460 million euros in 2021. The sector generated a gross added value of 4,418 million euros and employed 109,911 people.

By cultural domains, Advertising is the one that generated the highest turnover, with 2,245 million euros (19.6% of the total), followed by the domain Other services related to culture, with a turnover of 2,128 million euros (18.6%). On the contrary, the domain of Heritage, archives and libraries is the one that created the lowest turnover, with 100 million euros (1%).

In the reference year 2021, several methodological improvements are applied to the Structural Business Statistics. Consequently, this year's results are not strictly comparable with those of previous years. The most significant changes affecting the Statistics and Accounts of the Cultural Business are: the inclusion of Education (section P of the CCAE-2009); the extension of the sample of Arts, entertainment and recreation (section R), Repair of computers and personal and household goods (division 95 of the CCAE-2009) and Other personal service activities (division 96); the specification of which institutional sectors are covered by the Statistics, and, finally, an improvement in the estimation of the number of companies.

From 2020 onwards, the Innovation in Companies Survey is conducted every two years, in even years. For this reason, in 2021 there is no data available on innovation.