Business activity in the PCUV

The Principle Survey Conclusions in 2017 were:

• 26% of the companies had revenues of less than 50 thousand euros in 2015 (according to the European Startup Monitor, the figures in Europe are 40.9% and in Spain 64.7%), but 21% higher than 500,000 euros (according to the European Startup Monitor in Europe, the figure is19.8% and  5.8% in Spain)
• There are 4 sectors:  'Agro-Food-Biotechnology', 'Information, Computing and Telecommunications', 'Engineering, Consultancy and Advice' and 'Medicine and Health', which concentrate 80% of the companies.
• 90% of the companies/entities are commercial companies (Limited liability companies or Public limited companies).
• 80% of the companies are less than 10 years old, so may be considered start-ups (according to European Start-up Monitor).
• The average start date of the PCUV companies was 04/05/2010, therefore, they are currently 6 and a half years old.
• 76% of the companies have entered the PCUV in the last 5 years.  It should be noted that the PCUV began its activity in 2008 with the opening of the Business nursery.
• The 59 companies which have been recorded through surveys, or through our search in the Mercantile Registry, show 333,357 and 411 workers for the 3 years: 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively. On average there are 6.9 workers per company, a figure in contrast to the 12 employees per start-up (including Founders) that characterises European start-ups (according to European Startup Monitor).  This highlights the small company size within this group, compared to their European equivalents.  However, (according to the same study) the PCUV companies show a value slightly higher than the Spanish data for the same group (5.1 workers).
• 90% of companies have less than 10 workers (micro-enterprises or start-ups), 8% have between 10 and 50 workers (small companies) and there is 1 company with 59 workers. There are 3 companies with 50 or more workers (medium-sized companies).
• Regarding employees´ university qualifications, 85% of the workers have higher university studies, such as university degrees, Bachelor's degrees, Engineering degress, Masters or Ph.Ds.
• Regarding the distribution by gender of direct jobs in the PCUV, 43% were women.
• 25% of the companies allocate more than 50% of their budget to Research, Development and Innovation.

 

 

• 39% of the companies have protected research results.With respect to the companies that protect their research results, 65% opted for patents and 39% for brands and distinctive signs.
• 12 companies (20%) declare that they have 167 patents granted in total and 66% of those companies innovate, stating that they have introduced new or significantly improved products, goods or services into the market during the 2013-2015 period.
• 44% of companies export or internationalise, that is to say, they stated having invoiced services or sales of products abroad in the last 3 years.
• 90% of the companies have a website, of which almost 50% (49.1%) have their website translated into English.
• 37 companies (63%) use some social network for corporate purposes, although 22 use none.  The social networks used by companies included Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
• 49% of companies are interested in being contacted by investors to consider new financial partners, such as private investors, business angels, venture capital funds or similar.
• 18% of companies (11) have obtained funding from the European Union for participating in R+D+I framework programmes in the 3 years 2013-2015.
• 30% of companies have ideas for proposals to present to Horizon 2020, and 25% of companies would like to participate.
• 42% of companies have a strategic plan, of which 29% have it in progress.
• 94% of the companies declared a style of internal management or organisation of a traditional/functional type, or by processes.
• 54% of the companies have contracted services at the University in the last 3 years and 15% have been contracted by the University in the same period.  76% of the companies are interested in collaborating with the University in the development of R+D+I projects.
• 78% of the companies are interested in having the University contact them in order to identify areas of common interest to collaborate in the future on R+D + I projects.