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Functioning of enterprises in the contemporary economy, marked by strong competition and progressive integration processes, is increasingly dependent on the strength of relationship and links between actors on the market. One of the most important factors determining the development of companies is their ability to create innovation. Significant innovation potential of smaller business is a result of combination of available opportunities of cooperation and the need to support the expansion of innovative activity in the dominant Polish sector of small and medium-sized enterprises. The main purpose of this article is an attempt to assess the dimension of the cooperation between small companies in the field of innovative activity in Poland in 2012–2014. The achievement of the main objective was executed using the query literature, analysis of data from Central Statistical Office and carried out in 2015 empirical study on a representative sample of small companies from Poland.