Using the terms "creative" or "culture" as descriptors of industry has become increasingly noticeable over the last ten years. one reason is that "creative industries" are sometimes assumed to produce growth in turnover, employment or income at a level higher than the average for the economy as a whole.

The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis has been commissioned to propose a definition of "creative industries" based on existing statistics. Taking as its starting point the study from Unesco and Eurostat, the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis proposes the concept of "cultural industries".