3/4 Galician GDP
The clustered sectors produce a turnover equivalent to ¾ of Galician GDP.
With the support of the IGAPE (Agencia de Desarrollo Regional de Galicia/GalicianRegional Development Agency), via the Atclusters Galicia project, the 10 Galician clusters whose excellence has been recognised on a European (European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis) and national level (Programa de Agrupaciones Empresariales Innovadoras del Minetur/Minetur Innovative Business Group Programme) make their work visible under the brand Clusters de Galicia.
Clusters Galicia in figures
90% SMEs
Over 90% of Galician cluster members are SMEs
Value Chain
The concept of cluster integrates all the agents related to the activity in question.
Objectives
Competitiveness, cooperation, innovative projects and internationalisation.
Together to be more competitive
Firms that make up the clusters create the joint strategy for the sector which is key for public policy design
Clusters actively participate in work groups in order to define industrial policy, for example, Axenda de Competitividade de Galicia, Industria 4.0 and other initiatives.
Companies that are part of the clusters have a higher level of internationalisation and access to other markets.
Various Galician clusters export around 70% of their production.
Belonging to a cluster leads to savings via formulas like group purchases, among others.
83 plants that make up Ceaga saved 28% on energy costs via group bargaining.
Companies can make contact with new investors with the clusters as intermediates and with their contacts.
The ICT Cluster’s Investors Club puts forward almost half a million euros annually to promote and finance start-ups.
Clusters concentrate a large part of the employment in galicia, with thousands of highly qualified employees.
They constitute 4.5% of the firms in Galicia but represent around 20% of the employment.
The clusters carry out cooperation projects in order to boost their companies’ competitiveness.
The Wood cluster, via the project Lignum Facile, has managed to take its product to universities, architects and diverse forums to extend its optimum use.
The clusters create competitiveness projects that generate synergies for the rest of the firms.
The granite cluster is a national leader and occupies the fifth position in the world.
Clusters help firms to generate new business through diversification and/or international opportunities thanks to formulas that allow better adaptation to market demands.
Together, firms in the business sector of the cluster have a turnover of 75% of the GDP.
The strength of belonging to a cluster helps to break the dependency on local buyers.
In the automobile sector, 73% of the total turnover of accessory manufacturers is already destined to the foreign market.
Galicia is the leader in spain in cluster excellence, according to the european cluster observatory.
Galicia is the Spanish region that has the highest number of clusters with the top level awards, ahead of Catalonia, Madrid and the Basque Country.
*The number of SMEs and large companies in clusters is approximately equal.
