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Top 22 Defense and security research organizations based in Germany

Name: Defense and security research organizations based in Germany
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 62 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 62 defense and security research organizations headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 3,236 professional contacts across them, including 435 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers defense and security research organizations headquartered in Germany, 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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3,236Contacts tracked

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The 22 largest defense and security research organizations based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 22 of 62 defense and security research organizations based in Germany, 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	Fraunhofer IIS	Partial evidence	Erlangen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	983 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 28, 2026
2	Cispa Helmholtz Center For Information Security	Partial evidence	Saarbrücken, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	444 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a national Big Science institution within the Helmholtz Association.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Fraunhofer Fkie	Indirect evidence	Wachtberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	244 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Fraunhofer-Institut für Kommunikation, Informationsverarbeitung und Ergonomie FKIE hilft, Gefahren aufzuspüren und zu vermeiden.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	George C. Marshall Center	Indirect evidence	Garmisch-partenkirchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	200 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The George C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	OFFIS	Partial evidence	Oldenburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	189 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OFFIS is a 1991-founded, internationally active Research and Development Institute for information technology based in Oldenburg, Lower-Saxony.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Fraunhofer Institute For Secure Information Technology SIT	Partial evidence	Darmstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	129 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT is the leading expert for IT Security and develops solutions for immediate use, tailored to the customer's needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	NEC Laboratories Europe	Indirect evidence	Heidelberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	104 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “NEC Laboratories Europe is based in Heidelberg, a city of science and culture, located in southwest Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	STARK	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	84 contacts →
	Partial evidence “STARK is a new kind of defence company, delivering the systems that Europe and NATO need now.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Agentur FÜR Innovation In DER Cybersicherheit Gmbh Cyberagentur	Indirect evidence	Halle (saale), GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wir verstehen uns als treibende Kraft einer offenen Innovations- und Wagniskultur und für ein lebendiges Ökosystem zur Förderung von Cybersicherheitstechnologien.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Institute For Internet Security	Partial evidence	Gelsenkirchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Institute for Internet Security - if(is) is an innovative, independent, scientific facility of the Westfälische Hochschule ("Westphalian University of Applied Sciences").” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Research Institute Cyber Defence Code	Partial evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Information and communication technology (ICT) pervades all areas of modern society and is a driver of innovation in business and research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	European Defense Tech	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We're building a pan-European network for defense innovation, bringing more talent into the defense sector, accelerating defense innovation through rapid action and iteration, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Cassis	Partial evidence	Bonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Das Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) ist ein interdisziplinäres Forschungszentrum im Bereich der strategischen Außen, Europa- und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Centre For International Security	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Centre for International Security at the Hertie School provides a home for the study and debate of the complex 21st-century security challenges facing Germany, Europe, and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Deutsche Gesellschaft FÜR Wehrtechnik E.V	Indirect evidence	Bonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UNSER SELBSTVERSTÄNDNIS WIR SIND eine Gesellschaft, die 1957 mit Unterstützung des Bundesministeriums der Verteidigung als Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Wehrtechnik gegründet wurde und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	BIGS	Partial evidence	Potsdam, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS) is an independent, non-partisan non-profit institute in Potsdam with the mission of building bridges between theory and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Viataurus	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Innovation & Sicherheit sind unser Antrieb Wir setzen auf kollaborative Innovationen, um neue Standards in Sicherheits, IT- und Elektrotechnik zu schaffen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	IFSH	Indirect evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik ist eine eigenständige Forschungseinrichtung an der Universität Hamburg.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Fachgebiet Bevölkerungsschutz, Katastrophenhilfe UND Objektsicherheit BUK	Indirect evidence	Wuppertal, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Fachgebiet von Univ-Prof.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	EMT Penzberg	Indirect evidence	Osterrönfeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Stefan Peil Systems Engineering	Indirect evidence	Weimar, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Systems Thinking for Organisations: Applying cybernetic principles (feedback loops, self-regulation, and adaptive control) to create agile, learning organisations that thrive in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Simblast Gmbh	Strong evidence	Baldham, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SIMBLAST offers numerical simulations of short-term phenomena like blast and impact threats for the security / defense industry and authorities.” 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 Germany at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

13.4%Verified-email coverage

52.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

9.7%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 62 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 Germany 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 Germany 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, 435 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 Germany?

RevenueBase identified 62 defense and security research organizations headquartered in Germany 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?

Fraunhofer IIS, headquartered in Erlangen, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most defense and security research organizations?

Hamburg leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (5) and Bonn (4).

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 435 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 62 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.