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Top 25 Contract research organizations based in Italy
RevenueBase identified 132 contract research organizations headquartered in Italy as of September 2026 and tracks 3,893 professional contacts across them, including 1,725 with verified work emails. Milano is the largest hub.
This list covers contract research organizations headquartered in Italy, 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 19, 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.
The 25 largest contract research organizations based in Italy
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 678 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Aptuit, an Evotec company, is a pharmaceutical services provider that offers the most complete set of integrated early discovery to mid-phase drug development solutions by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Doppel Farmaceutici is an Italian Company operating in the pharmaceutical market with competence, seriousness and reliability, since 1994.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 332 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fine Foods & Pharmaceuticals N.T.M.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OPIS was founded in 1998 by medical doctors from the Pharma Industry and is a global clinical CRO with 26 years of experience in a wide range of therapeutic areas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 218 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “IRBM is a scientific contract research organization (CRO) that stands at the forefront of drug discovery, leveraging a single, unified research facility to accelerate team-based…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In JSB Solutions crediamo che l'eccellenza nel settore Life Science nasca dalla capacità di creare un ambiente unico, dove una solida cultura aziendale ispirata da valori etici e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SAGEA Group is a private and independent Contract Research Organisation (CRO) providing research, product development and regulatory services to the agrochemical, biocide…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PHD opera nel mercato healthcare offrendo servizi ad alto valore aggiunto attraverso l’impiego di competenze mediche, infermieristiche, fisioterapiche, psicologiche, tecnologiche…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pharma D&S was born in 2001 as service company for the pharmaceutical and lifescience field through the activity of executive managers coming from various business areas where…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Arithmos is a consulting, technology, and services company fully dedicated to R&D for life sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a CRO made by people full of passion and enthusiasm for their work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Yghea was founded in 2003 by clinical research professionals of drugs for human and veterinary use.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PRINEOS is both a CRO and strategic consulting company whose goal is to improve and innovate clinical research in the healthcare industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Centro Ricerche Cliniche di Verona (CRC) was founded in 2005 by the G.B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sintesi Research is a Clinical Research Organization headquartered in Italy, with regional offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, Barcelona, Spain, Nashville, USA; and international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PTM Consulting is a leading company in Life Science world (pharmaceutical and medical devices companies) providing R&D / Manufacturing strategic support and technical services for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a research center providing the pharmaceutical industry worldwide with extensive scientific and technical know-how and high-quality, value-added analytical services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our mission is to be an ideal partner for local and multinational pharmaceutical companies in the management of all types of clinical trials, working in synergy from the contract…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Innopharma is a fully integrated Contract Research Organization (CRO) operating in the Research and Development of healthcare products to be used in human or veterinary medicine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Latis is a Contract Research Organization born in 2012 and based in Genova with local offices in Milan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ClinOpsHub is a CRO specialized in quality assurance services, drugs and medical device clinical development, patient recruitment and retention, training programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “S.A.V.E.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a team of passionate specialists delivering innovative, high quality, tailored clinical trial, regulatory and pharmacovigilance solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Donawa Lifescience, headquartered in Rome, Italy, is a leader in providing US and European regulatory, quality system and clinical services to life science companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ABOUT US Techorizon is a worldwide provider of technology solutions for the Life Sciences industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: contract research organizations. 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 contract research organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of contract research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name contract research organizations. 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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Contract research organizations based in Italy at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Italy, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Italy, over 132 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 contract research organizations, 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 Italy whose own description of what they do matches “contract research organizations”. 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 contract research organizations), 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 contract research organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Italy 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, 1,725 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 19, 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 contract research organizations, 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 contract research organizations are there based in Italy?
RevenueBase identified 132 contract research organizations headquartered in Italy 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?
Aptuit, headquartered in Verona, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most contract research organizations?
Milano leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Roma (10) and Milan (8).
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 19, 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 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.
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