The aim of this research is to determine the extent and scope of innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the city of Berlin in the years 2010 to 2012 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2013 and 2014. Based on a special sample of Berlin-based enterprises as part of the German Innovation Survey 2013, which is simultaneously a part of the European innovation survey   (Community Innovation Survey), a survey is conducted. The innovation survey for Berlin is conceived as an “additional survey”, which means that the basic methodical elements (sample surveys, questionnaires, evaluation procedures) remain unrevised compared to the German innovation survey.