The following publication constitutes a result of surveys concerning innovation activities of industrial and service enterprises in the years 2014-2016 conducted in 2017 by the Central Statistical Office. These surveys were carried out within the framework of the Programme of Statistical Surveys of Official Statistics under items 1.43.02 – Innovations in industry (PNT-02) and 1.43.13 – Innovations in services (PNT-02/u). The methodology developed by Eurostat and OECD, and presented in Oslo Manual has been applied