According to the current monitoring report Cultural and Creative Industries 2019, there were 40,363 companies in the software and games industry in 2018 (compared to 27,018 in 2009). The turnover in 2018 was 45.0 billion EUR (2009: 24.3 billion EUR). In 2018, the software and games industry employed 439,000 people in main occupation (2009: 244,000), 399,000 of whom were subject to social security contributions (2009: 217,000). Gross value added in the software and games industry amounted to 32.7 billion EUR in 2018 (2009: 15.2 billion EUR). At 25,800, other software development accounted for the highest share of companies (2009: 18,600). Within the software and games industry, the largest revenue of 33.3 billion EUR was generated by other software development.
The federal government also promotes game development. The federal budget for 2019 is also to receive funds of 50 million EUR for the introduction of a games fund, which in future will be used to promote computer game development at federal level. The fund will be located at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
According to the same report, there were 60,822 companies in the design industry in 2018 (compared to 48,332 in 2009). The turnover in 2018 was 20.5 billion EUR (2009: 17.6 billion EUR). In 2018, 153,000 people were employed in the design industry in main occupation (2009: 125,000), 92,000 of whom were subject to social insurance contributions (2009: 77,000). The gross value added in the design industry in 2018 was 10.5 billion EUR (2009: 9.0 billion EUR). Advertising design accounted for the highest proportion of companies, with 13,100 companies (2009: 18,100). Within the design industry, advertising design generated the highest turnover of 12.6 billion EUR.
The report also states that there were 39,285 companies in the architecture market in 2018 (compared to 39,956 in 2009). The turnover in 2018 was 11.9 billion EUR (2009: 8.0 billion EUR). In 2018, 133,000 people were employed in the architecture market in main occupation (2009: 100,000), 93,000 of whom were employees subject to social insurance contributions (2009: 77,000). Gross value added in the architecture market amounted to 7.4 billion EUR in 2018 (2009: 4.7 billion EUR). The highest share of companies was made up of 24,400 architectural offices for building construction (2009: 28,100). Within the design industry, the largest turnover of 8.0 billion EUR was achieved by architectural offices for building construction.
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