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Top 25 Automotive research institutions based in Germany

Name: Automotive research institutions based in Germany
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026 159 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 159 automotive research institutions headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 25,926 professional contacts across them, including 7,182 with verified work emails. Munich is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive research institutions headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest automotive research institutions based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 159 automotive research institutions based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive research institutions: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	MAHLE	Partial evidence	Stuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	10001+	19,325 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MAHLE is a leading international development partner and supplier to the automotive industry with customers in both passenger car and commercial vehicle sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2	IAV Gmbh	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,012 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We develop the mobility of the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3	Gedia Deutschland	Indirect evidence	Attendorn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	283 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ready for the next car.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4	German Association Of The Automotive Industry VDA	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	199 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The VDA nationally and internationally promotes the interests of the entire German automotive industry and relies on a strong power base of members consisting of automobile…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5	Magna Telemotive Gmbh	Partial evidence	Mühlhausen Im Täle, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	154 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MAGNA Telemotive ist ein führender strategischer Entwicklungspartner international agierender Unternehmen im Automotive-Umfeld.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6	Fraunhofer LBF	Partial evidence	Darmstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	149 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit LBF is a research company based out of Bartningstraße 47, Darmstadt, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7	Institute For Automotive Engineering IKA	Partial evidence	Aachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	134 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) of RWTH Aachen University is Europe’s leading institute in automotive engineering and directed by Professor Lutz Eckstein.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8	FKFS	Strong evidence	Stuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	88 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Research Institute for Automotive Engineering and Powertrain Systems Stuttgart (FKFS) is an independent institute that has been providing research and development services for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9	FEV Norddeutschland Gmbh	Indirect evidence	Braunschweig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die FEV Norddeutschland GmbH entwickelt in Braunschweig effiziente und wegweisende Lösungen für modernste Transportsysteme.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10	FKA Gmbh	Indirect evidence	Aachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “creating ideas and driving innovations Als Partner der Automobilindustrie bieten wir als fka seit mehr als 40 Jahren innovative Lösungen und Entwicklungsdienstleistungen an.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11	Chair Of Thermodynamics Of Mobile Energy Conversion Systems	Partial evidence	Aachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	78 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At the Chair of Thermodynamics of Mobile Energy Conversion Systems (TME) and the Center for Mobile Propulsion (CMP) of RWTH Aachen University, research on all topics concerning…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12	AES DLS Group	Indirect evidence	Düsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die AES/DLS Group ist ein Zusammenschluss innovativer Unternehmen im Bereich der Erprobung, Qualitätssicherung und technischen Entwicklung von Fahrzeugen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13	FES Gmbh Fahrzeug-Entwicklung Sachsen	Indirect evidence	Zwickau, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Als Entwicklungspartner der Automobilindustrie gestalten und unterstützen wir die wachsenden Qualitäts- und Innovationserwartungen unserer Kunden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14	Dataforce Gmbh	Strong evidence	Frankfurt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Dataforce, the leading market research firm for the European automotive market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15	Softing Automotive	Partial evidence	Haar, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With its core areas of expertise – diagnostics and testing – Softing Automotive is all about key technologies in automotive electronics as well as closely related areas of the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16	FTM Institute Of Automotive Technology TUM	Strong evidence	Garching, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The main research at the Institute of Automotive Technology under the supervision of Prof.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17	ZD Automotive	Partial evidence	Großmehring, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Die Begeisterung für Autos ist der Kern aller Produkte und Dienstleistungen von ZD Automotive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18	SEI Automotive Europe Gmbh	Partial evidence	Wiesbaden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1997 (former SEI ANTech-Europe GmbH/ SEAUTO-E GmbH) Locations in Wiesbaden and Wolfsburg Currently about 70 employees Market Research, Advanced RD, Business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19	Inggreen Gmbh	Partial evidence	Koblenz, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2016, INGgreen is a flexible engineering service provider for automotive OEMs and suppliers worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20	Institute Of Machine Tools And Production Technology IWF	Indirect evidence	Braunschweig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are the Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fertigungstechnik, IWF) of the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21	Cmore Automotive Gmbh	Partial evidence	Lindau, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CMORE Automotive is the independent and strategical development partner for the automotive industry worldwide, focusing on solving the challenges of autonomous driving…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22	Institut FÜR Automation UND Kommunikation	Indirect evidence	Magdeburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das 1991 aus der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität heraus gegründete ifak – Institut für Automation und Kommunikation ist ein selbstständiges ingenieurwissenschaftliches…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23	Digitalwerk Gmbh Regensburg	Indirect evidence	Regensburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Den Weg ins digitale Zeitalter ebnet digitalwerk – ob Audi, Volkswagen, BMW oder Mercedes-Benz: Sie alle setzen auf unsere ständig weiterentwickelten Werkzeuge zur Entwicklung von…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
24	Mdynamix	Indirect evidence	Benningen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MdynamiX is an Affiliated Institute of Munich University of Applied Sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25	IFM	Indirect evidence	Benningen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IFM – Institute for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and Connected Mobility Assisted and automated driving, electric mobility and smart networking are megatrends in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: automotive research institutions. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names automotive research institutions.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of automotive research institutions, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name automotive research institutions. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Automotive research institutions based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026

27.7%Verified-email coverage

163.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

5.7%Largest-city concentration · Munich

Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 159 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive research institutions, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “automotive research institutions”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive research institutions), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive research institutions, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,182 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive research institutions, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many automotive research institutions are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 159 automotive research institutions headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

MAHLE, headquartered in Stuttgart, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive research institutions?

Munich leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Aachen (6) and Berlin (6).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,182 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 159 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.