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Top 25 Materials science research institutes worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,271 company matches for materials science research institutes worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 41,859 professional contacts across them, including 8,648 with verified work emails. Germany is the largest market and Aachen the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for materials science research institutes worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for materials science research institutes follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 materials science research institutes worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,271 company matches for materials science research institutes worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchDübendorf, SwitzerlandHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,0001,023 contacts →

Exact match

“Empa is the interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology development of the ETH Domain.”

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2Exact matchMalibu, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,011 contacts →

Exact match

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

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3Exact matchJapanHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000574 contacts →

Exact match

“Research institution specializing in materials research in metals, organic or inorganic substances.”

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4Exact matchDurgapur, IndiaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500427 contacts →

Exact match

“The Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) is the apex R&D institute for mechanical engineering under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial…”

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5Exact matchThiruvananthapuram, IndiaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200419 contacts →

Exact match

“The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, is a constituent Laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial…”

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6Exact matchUnited KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026n/a278 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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7Exact matchHyderabad, IndiaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500272 contacts →

Exact match

“Research and Development”

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8Exact matchSan Sebastián, SpainHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500239 contacts →

Exact match

“CIDETEC is a private organization for applied research founded in 1997 that seeks to contribute value to companies by harnessing, generating and transferring technological…”

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9Exact matchAmsterdam, NetherlandsHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200235 contacts →

Exact match

“AMOLF carries out research on the fundamental physics and design principles of natural and man-made functional complex matter.”

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10Exact matchBellaterra, SpainHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500234 contacts →

Exact match

“The Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) is a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence research center which beongs to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas…”

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11Exact matchGaborone, BotswanaHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200215 contacts →

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“Corporate Profile Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) was established in 2012 as a Government of the Republic of Botswana company limited by…”

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12Exact matchStone, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500212 contacts →

Exact match

“Lucideon is a materials science consultancy, solving your most complex challenges through materials development, process optimisation, and characterisation.”

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13Exact matchNancy, FranceHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500204 contacts →

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“The Institut Jean Lamour (IJL) is a fundamental and applied research laboratory specialized in materials and processes science and engineering.”

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14Exact matchDresden, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000200 contacts →

Exact match

“The Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden - IFW Dresden - conducts modern materials science.”

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15Exact matchVila Nova De Famalicão, PortugalHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200197 contacts →

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“CeNTI is a reference private non-profit Centre for Technology and Innovation (CTI), with a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary orientation and equipped with cutting-edge…”

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16Exact matchSha Tin, Hong KongHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500193 contacts →

Exact match

“To support and collaborate with the industry, offering frontier-applied research on nanotechnology and advanced materials as well as technology transfer for commercialization…”

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17Exact matchGetafe, SpainHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200181 contacts →

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“IMDEA Materials Institute, one of seven Madrid Institutes for Advanced Studies (IMDEA), is a public research centre founded in 2007 by Madrid’s regional government.”

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18Exact matchFreiburg, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500177 contacts →

Exact match

“Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials Fraunhofer IWM is the point of contact for component and systems reliability, safety, durability, and functionality.”

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19Exact matchChangwon, South KoreaHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000173 contacts →

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“As a government funded research institute, our object at KIMS is to comprehensively facilitate R&D, test and evaluation and provide technical support related to materials…”

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20Exact matchDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500170 contacts →

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“The Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials is a research institute based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and part of the Max Planck Society.”

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21Exact matchLuleå, SwedenHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200169 contacts →

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“The metals research institute Swerim conducts needs-based industrial research and development concerning metals and their route from raw material to finished product.”

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22Exact matchAveiro, PortugalHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500167 contacts →

Exact match

“The associate laboratory CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, formerly CICECO-Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials, was created in March 2002 at the…”

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23Exact matchBouguenais, FranceHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200157 contacts →

Exact match

“L'Institut de Recherche Technologique Jules Verne est l'un des 8 retenu au niveau national dans le cadre des Investissements d’avenir.”

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24Exact matchMadrid, SpainHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500155 contacts →

Exact match

“The Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM) is an institute of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)(Spanish National Research Council) founded in…”

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25Exact matchDarmstadt, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500149 contacts →

Exact match

“Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit und Systemzuverlässigkeit LBF is a research company based out of Bartningstraße 47, Darmstadt, Germany.”

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Materials science research institutes worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
20.7%Verified-email coverage
32.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
1.5%Largest-city concentration · Aachen
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
274
11-50
447
51-200
303
201-500
140
501-1,000
47
1,001-5,000
33
5,001-10,000
13
10001+
9

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for materials science research institutes are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “materials science research institutes” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 8,648 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
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Materials science research institutes by location

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Every Materials science research institutes list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “materials science research institutes”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many materials science research institutes are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,271 company matches for materials science research institutes worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

EMPA tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most materials science research institutes?

Germany leads with 166 companies, followed by the United States (166) and France (77). Every materials science research institutes list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most materials science research institutes?

Aachen leads with 19 company records, followed by Tehran (14) and Dresden (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 8,648 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 1,271 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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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 SmartSearch, 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.