Polish enterprises as beneficiaries of EU funds from 2007 onwards – an analysis including sectorial and regional differentiation

Abstract

The article presents data concerning different statistical sections and populations of enterprises – beneficiaries of EU funds in Poland during the 2007–2013 and 2014–2020 programming periods. Information and data used were obtained from different databases maintained by the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and the Polish Central Statistical Office. Data analysed includes i.a. the size class of different entities, their regional implantation (seat of main business activity according to official registrars), the number of projects realized as well as their value, the NACE code of the beneficiary. The merger of two independent data sources allows for a more complex research as well as for a rudimentary data quality assessment. Results obtained point out several challenges concerning the data completeness. However further analysis is possible and deemed as needed. This is especially true in the case of the economic sectors receiving funding from different National and Regional Operational Programs.