The Industry
The cultural and creative industries in Saxony include approximately 10,000 companies in 12 subsectors that create or disseminate creative and innovative products and services. The cultural and creative industries are the key sector for economic and social innovations and shape change in the region.
Designers, painters and gallery owners, filmmakers, advertisers, radio and TV producers, graphic artists, software and game developers, artists, dancers and choreographers, architects, artisans, musicians and composers, editors, writers, publishers and booksellers… all have something in common. They are part of the cultural and creative industries.
Designers, painters and gallery owners, filmmakers, advertisers, radio and TV producers, graphic artists, software and game developers, artists, dancers and choreographers, architects, artisans, musicians and composers, editors, writers, publishers and booksellers… all have something in common. They are part of the cultural and creative industries.
The cultural and creative industries in Saxony include 10,000 companies in 12 sub-sectors that create or disseminate creative and innovative products and services. The cultural and creative industries are the key sector for economic and social innovations and shape change in the region.
The 12 subsectors
Saxony’s cultural and creative industries as employers and economic sectors
The cultural and creative industries are a competitive employer and a strong economic sector in Saxony. Measured in terms of sales and gross value added, the software and games industry, the press market and arts and crafts are among the strongest submarkets of Saxony’s culture and creative industries. (as of 2020)
Almost half of Saxony’s cultural and creative enterprises are based outside the major cities of Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig: cultural and creative industries are therefore by no means an urban phenomenon.
Source: Interim Report on the Second Cultural Industries Report, SMWA (ed.), 2018
Training opportunities in the cultural and creative industries
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Many dream jobs are in the cultural and creative industries.
Things to know about the cultural and creative industries
Cultural and Creative Industries Saxony – compact 2022
Published by: Saxon State Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport, 2022.
Second Cultural and Creative Industries Report for Saxony
Published by: Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport in coordination with the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts, 2019.
Interim Report on the Second Cultural Industries Report for Saxony
Published by: Saxon State Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport in coordination with the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts, 2018.
First Cultural Industries Report for the Free State of Saxony 2008
Prepared by the Saxony Cultural Industries Working Group, Published by: Saxon State Ministry of Economics, Labor and Transport in coordination with the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts.
