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Top 25 Nanotechnology research centers worldwide

RevenueBase identified 692 nanotechnology research centers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 20,596 professional contacts across them, including 4,059 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Tehran the largest hub.

This list covers nanotechnology 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology research centers worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 692 nanotechnology research centers worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nanotechnology 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
1Indirect evidenceLeuven, BelgiumHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0003,748 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At imec, we shape the future by enabling nano- and digital technology innovation that enhances quality of life, together with partners from the industry, government, and academia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceSeoul, South KoreaHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,282 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) was founded in 1966 as the premier multi-disciplinary research institute in Korea.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceDübendorf, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,0001,023 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceKlong Luang District, ThailandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000442 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) was established on 16 September 1986, initially as a project under the Office of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceSan Sebastián, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500239 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Strong evidenceBellaterra, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500234 contacts →

Strong evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidencePalaiseau, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500205 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N) is a joint research unit from CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay and Université Paris Cité.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceVila Nova De Famalicão, PortugalHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200197 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“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…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Strong evidenceSha Tin, Hong KongHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500193 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Strong evidenceCerdanyola Del Vallès, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500185 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) is one of the three research centers belonging to the National Microelectronics Center (CNM) created in 1985 by the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Partial evidenceBenguerir, MoroccoHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200169 contacts →

Partial evidence

“La Fondation MAScIR, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, est un centre de recherche marocain relevant de l'Université Mohammed IV Polytechnique.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Strong evidenceElgoibar, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200145 contacts →

Strong evidence

“IDEKO is a research center that specialises in advanced manufacturing technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceSingapore, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000141 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nanofilm is a leading sustainable deep tech nanotechnology materials manufacturer and the leading provider of nanotechnology solutions in Asia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Strong evidenceDonostia - San Sebastián, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200135 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Biomaterials Research Center.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidenceDonostia-san Sebastian, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200127 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The CIC nanoGUNE is a research center established in 2009 with the mission of addressing basic and applied world-class research in nanoscience and nanotechnology, fostering…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceMadrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200110 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nanoscience is a fast-developing research field with an immense range of potential applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceJoinville, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Strong evidenceAlbany, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20098 contacts →

Strong evidence

“SUNY Poly SEMATECH provides a platform for partners and collaborators to foster innovation in nanotechnology research and development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceCatania, ItalyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IMM develops cutting-edge processes and technologies to create micro-nano devices and electronic and photonic sensors for applications in numerous sectors, such as energy…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Strong evidenceAmsterdam, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20087 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At the Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL) we do exciting fundamental physics at the highest possible level with a relevance to key technologies in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Strong evidenceLecce, ItalyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50085 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Institute of Nanotechnology CNR-NANOTEC develops fundamental and applied research in the fields of nanosciences and nanotechnology.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceVoluntari, RomaniaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20084 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“INCD for Microtechnology - IMT Bucharest stands out as an institute created on a high technology theme, corresponding to the evolutions in the European Union.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Strong evidenceSan Cristobal De La Laguna, SpainHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20079 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ARQUIMEA Research Center is ARQUIMEA's research center opened in 2019 in the Canary Islands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Partial evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20078 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CMC Microsystems is a not-for-profit organization that accelerates research and innovation in advanced technologies including microelectronics, photonics, microelectromechanical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceBelo Horizonte, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20075 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“O CTNano é um centro de tecnologia (CT) em nanomateriais, que tem como foco o desenvolvimento de produtos, processos e serviços a partir dessas classes de materiais de estrutura…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Nanotechnology research centers worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
19.7%Verified-email coverage
29.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.3%Largest-city concentration · Tehran
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
228
11-50
233
51-200
144
201-500
53
501-1,000
12
1,001-5,000
11
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
5

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 nanotechnology 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
Every country. Country and city lists for nanotechnology research centers are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology 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, 4,059 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 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Nanotechnology research centers by location

3 lists · largest first

Every Nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology research centers are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 692 nanotechnology 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?

IMEC, headquartered in Leuven, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most nanotechnology research centers?

The United States leads with 119 companies, followed by Spain (37) and Brazil (31). Every nanotechnology research centers list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most nanotechnology research centers?

Tehran leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Istanbul (8) and Cambridge (7).

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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 20, 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.