The concentration of the creative sector firms as a potential basis for the formation of creative clusters in Poland

The study aims to present the structure and analyse the distribution of\udeconomic activities comprising the creative sector (covering 10 sections of PKD\ud2007 – the Polish Classification of Activities based on NACE rev. 2 – the Statistical\udClassification of Economic Activities in the European Community) of the Polish\udeconomy in the context of the potential basis for the formation of creative clusters\udin Poland. The study concentrates on the numbers of creative firms based in\udall 3,076 Polish gminas (306 urban gminas, 1,576 rural gminas and 597 urban-rural\udgminas; in the latter, 597 urban areas and 597 rural areas are considered separately).\udAs found, most of the firms are involved in architectural and engineering\udactivities; technical testing and analysis (M 71) and other professional, scientific\udand technical activities (M 74). It has also been established that some local incubators\udof the potential clusters of creative industries form eight distinct centres,\udthe most prominent of which is the Warszawa centre. The identification of areas\udwith higher concentrations of creative firms has demonstrated that in Poland,\udlike in western countries, creative firms tend to locate in large cities (Warszawa,\udKraków, Poznań, Wrocław and Tri-City) and in the regions around themStefania Środa-Murawsk