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Top 25 Engineering and technology research centers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,183 engineering and technology research centers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 99,893 professional contacts across them, including 17,543 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Bangalore the largest hub.

This list covers engineering and technology research centers worldwide, 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 15, 2026. Country and city lists for engineering and technology research centers follow the table.

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.

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The 25 largest engineering and technology research centers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,183 engineering and technology research centers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to engineering and technology research centers: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceLe Chesnay Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0003,484 contacts →

Strong evidence

“World-leading research and technological innovation are an integral part of its DNA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2Partial evidenceSan Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0003,025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3Partial evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0002,502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We Engineer Solutions for the Nation’s Toughest Problems As an independent nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper provides engineering services directly to government…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0002,205 contacts →

Partial evidence

“An independent non-profit institute headquartered in Silicon Valley, SRI is a global leader in research and development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5Indirect evidencePalaiseau, FranceHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0001,943 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le centre français de recherches aérospatiales/ L’ONERA, acteur central de la recherche aéronautique et spatiale, emploie environ 2200 personnes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6Indirect evidenceMalibu, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0001,011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HRL Laboratories pioneers the next frontiers of physical and information science.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7Strong evidencePorto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000998 contacts →

Strong evidence

“INESC TEC is the largest Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) in Portugal.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8Partial evidenceErlangen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000983 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As the largest Fraunhofer Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, headquartered in Erlangen, is a global leader in applied research, driving innovation for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9Partial evidenceNew Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 15, 202610001+922 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CSIR is one of the largest and most diversified publicly funded scientific and industrial research organisations in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000650 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Civil aeronautics R&D laboratories.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSorocaba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500532 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fundado em 2003, o FIT - Instituto de Tecnologia é uma organização sem fins econômicos, de abrangência nacional, credenciada pelo Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12Partial evidenceCuritiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,000527 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lactec serves the market and society, offering innovative solutions using science and technology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13Strong evidenceMatosinhos, PortugalHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500507 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are an Engineering and Product Development Center that conceives, develops, and productizes new technologies, products and services towards a more sustainable society.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14Indirect evidenceSaint Etienne Du Rouvray, FranceHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000469 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Première école d'ingénieurs-es de Normandie et figurant parmi les principaux établissements français, l'INSA Rouen occupe une place majeure dans le paysage de la formation…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15Indirect evidenceCuritiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500451 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16Partial evidenceFlorianópolis, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500449 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CERTI is a technology-based institution, located at Florianopolis – SC, Brazil.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17Indirect evidenceRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500435 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tecgraf/PUC-Rio Institute is a successful self-supported model of R,D&I.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18Partial evidenceTerrassa, SpainHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,000429 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Leitat is a technology centre at both state and European level.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19Indirect evidenceManaus, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500427 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A FPFtech é um centro tecnológico privado de pesquisa e desenvolvimento de projetos nas áreas de software e hardware, capacitação tecnológica, responsabilidade social…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20Strong evidenceKansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500397 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MRIGlobal is a world leader in applied science and technology research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21Strong evidenceHuntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500351 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1987, CFD Research develops innovative technologies that advance national security, aerospace, defense, life sciences, materials, and energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22Strong evidenceBengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500334 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), is an autonomous Research & Development Institute focusing on providing 'Technology Solutions' to the manufacturing sector and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23Strong evidenceSaskatoon, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500330 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is one of Canada’s leading providers of applied research, development and demonstration (RD & D) and technology commercialization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24Partial evidenceSan Sebastián, SpainHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500328 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ceit is a non profit research centre that was created by the University of Navarra in 1982.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25Indirect evidenceSão Cristóvão, BrazilHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500317 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SergipeTec”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

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Engineering and technology research centers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026
17.6%Verified-email coverage
84.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
1.8%Largest-city concentration · Bangalore
Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
361
11-50
413
51-200
215
201-500
84
501-1,000
33
1,001-5,000
44
5,001-10,000
11
10001+
16

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 engineering and technology research centers, 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.
Coverage
11 countries, largest first: the United States, India, Brazil, Türkiye, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and 1 more. Country and city lists for engineering and technology research centers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “engineering and technology research centers”. 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 engineering and technology research centers), 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 engineering and technology research centers, and records with no verified work email.
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, 17,543 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 15, 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.

Engineering and technology research centers by location

11 lists · largest first

Every Engineering and technology research centers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

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 engineering and technology research centers, 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 engineering and technology research centers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,183 engineering and technology research centers worldwide 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?

INRIA, headquartered in Le Chesnay Cedex, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most engineering and technology research centers?

The United States leads with 368 companies, followed by India (179) and Brazil (133). Every engineering and technology research centers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most engineering and technology research centers?

Bangalore leads with 21 headquartered companies, followed by Istanbul (21) and Chennai (19).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 15, 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.