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Top 22 Defense and security research organizations based in France

Name: Defense and security research organizations based in France
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 106 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 106 defense and security research organizations headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 55,655 professional contacts across them, including 8,326 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers defense and security research organizations headquartered in France, 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 22 largest defense and security research organizations based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 22 of 106 defense and security research organizations based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to defense and security research organizations: 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	CEA	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	15,685 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission ("Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives").” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Naval Group	Partial evidence	Paris Cedex 15, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	11,130 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As an international naval defence player, Naval Group is a partner for countries seeking to maintain control of their maritime sovereignty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	ONERA	Indirect evidence	Palaiseau, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,943 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 28, 2026
4	IRT Saint Exupéry	Indirect evidence	Toulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	284 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Institute of Technology Saint Exupéry (IRT Saint Exupéry), dedicated to aeronautics, space and embedded systems, is one of eight Technology Institutes accredited by the French…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Eurecom	Partial evidence	Sophia Antipolis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	238 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EURECOM is a Graduate school and Research Centre in digital science located in the Sophia Antipolis technology park (French Riviera), a major European place for telecommunications…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Seres Technologies	Indirect evidence	Marseille, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	214 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Seres Technologies est une société spécialisée dans la maîtrise des risques, la conception de systèmes complexes et la R&D.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	IRISA	Partial evidence	Rennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	158 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IRISA, a joint research unit IRISA is today one of the largest French research laboratory (more than 850 people) in the field of computer science and information technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	French-German Research Institute Of Saint-Louis	Strong evidence	Saint-louis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	153 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1959, the French-German research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL) is a binational institution jointly operated by the French and German Ministries of Defence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	LORIA	Indirect evidence	Vandoeuvre-lès-nancy, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	142 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Loria, Laboratoire lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, est une Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR 7503), commune à plusieurs établissements : le CNRS…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Institut Pascal	Indirect evidence	Aubiere, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	135 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since its creation in 2012, the Institut Pascal gave birth to a structuring cluster in the field of «Engineering and Systems Sciences» aimed at national and international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	FRS Fondation Pour LA Recherche Stratégique	Strong evidence	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	71 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Foundation for Strategic Research is France's main independent think tank on strategic, defense and security issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Caplogy	Indirect evidence	Vélizy-villacoublay, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	62 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Caplogy est une entreprise innovante, spécialisée dans la Recherche et Développement (R&D), les services technologiques, scientifiques et l’enseignement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Valabre	Indirect evidence	Gardanne, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Formation des spécialités de sécurité Civile; Recherche scientifique; Innovations et Nouvelles technologies; Prévention et Information en matière de Risques naturels et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	CGARM	Indirect evidence	75700 Paris Sp 07, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Créé en 1988 par André Giraud, alors ministre de la défense, le Conseil général de l'armement (CGARM) est compétent pour donner au ministre des armées des avis sur les questions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Eden Cluster	Partial evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EDEN (European Defense Economic Network) est le cluster des PME Défense, Sécurité et Sûreté.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	IESD	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Créé en 2018, l’Institut d’études de stratégie et de défense (IESD) est un centre de recherche dédié au champ des études stratégiques, vues comme une branche de la science…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Ventura Associates	Indirect evidence	Lisieux, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ventura Associates is a consulting company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	French Institute For Strategic And Operational Education	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IFESO for Defense : education and training (COPD)- exercises IFESO consulting for private sector strategic management IFESO for innovation and prospective” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Fondation Saint-Cyr	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La Fondation Saint-Cyr contribue à l'unité nationale en renforçant les interactions entre la société civile et la communauté de défense.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Cluster Primus Défense & Sécurité	Indirect evidence	Toulouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Le Cluster PRIMUS Défense & Sécurité regroupe plus de 65 acteurs des secteurs de la Défense, de la Sécurité et de la Sûreté en Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine et PACA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Ares Group - EU	Partial evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Armament Industry European Research Group (Ares Group) was created in 2016 by The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), who coordinates the Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Redcore SAS	Indirect evidence	Lanester, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Née en Bretagne, de l’association d’un ancien gendarme et d’un jeune ingénieur spécialisé en mécatronique, REDCORE SAS est une entreprise qui développe et distribue des solutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: defense and security 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 defense and security research organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of defense and security research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name defense and security 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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Defense and security research organizations based in France at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

15.0%Verified-email coverage

525.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

42.5%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 106 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 defense and security 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “defense and security 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 defense and security 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 defense and security research organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 8,326 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 28, 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 defense and security 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 defense and security research organizations are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 106 defense and security research organizations headquartered in France 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?

CEA, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most defense and security research organizations?

Paris leads with 45 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (4) and Rennes (3).

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 8,326 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 106 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 28, 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.