Basic data and indicators describing the functioning of cultural and creative industries in Poland in 2014-2016. In Chapter I - the genesis, definitions, concepts and models of the categorisation of cultural and creative industries. In Chapter II - number of entities, employed persons, average paid employment and gross wages and salaries, selected information on the financial results of enterprises belonging to cultural and creative industries (total revenues, total costs, value added), against the background of the group of non-financial enterprises and data on foreign trade of cultural and creative goods and services.