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Top 25 Engineering and technology research centers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 368 engineering and technology research centers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 38,679 professional contacts across them, including 9,429 with verified work emails. Cambridge is the largest hub.

This list covers engineering and technology research centers headquartered in the United States, 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 15, 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.

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The 25 largest engineering and technology research centers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 368 engineering and technology research centers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 15, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to engineering and technology 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.
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1Partial evidenceSan Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0003,025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
2Partial evidenceCambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0002,502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We Engineer Solutions for the Nation’s Toughest Problems As an independent nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper provides engineering services directly to government…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
3Partial evidenceMenlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0002,205 contacts →

Partial evidence

“An independent non-profit institute headquartered in Silicon Valley, SRI is a global leader in research and development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMalibu, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,0001,011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
5Strong evidenceKansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500397 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MRIGlobal is a world leader in applied science and technology research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
6Strong evidenceHuntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500351 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1987, CFD Research develops innovative technologies that advance national security, aerospace, defense, life sciences, materials, and energy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202610001+297 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At AT & T, our greatest passion is innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
8Strong evidenceAlbany, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261,001-5,000255 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science (NY Creates) is a world-leading R&D innovation hub and commercialization facilitator.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
9Strong evidenceWarner Robins, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500173 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Mercer Engineering Research Center (MERC) is a non-profit research institute of Mercer University, a private, comprehensive university located in Macon, Georgia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
10Strong evidenceEast Hartford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026501-1,000171 contacts →

Strong evidence

“United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) models, makes, powers, connects and secures the next generation of UTC products in order to transform entire industries and set new…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
11Partial evidenceBeavercreek, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-200146 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Parallax Advanced Research is a research institute that drives innovation through collaboration among government, industry, and academia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
12Partial evidenceBuffalo, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 2026201-500127 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since CUBRC’s emergence in 1983, the company has grown from a small facilitator of research into a fully staffed, highly respected, scientifically crucial entity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
13Strong evidenceDurham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-50119 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) is a world-class technology research consortium.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
14Strong evidenceEast Hartford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-200116 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) is a manufacturing technology innovation and readiness center focused on accelerating the adoption of advanced manufacturing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSouth Charleston, WV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-200115 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
16Indirect evidencePlymouth, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20095 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fraunhofer USA, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
17Partial evidenceCharlottesville, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20094 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a product development company bridging the gap between applied research and commercial impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
18Strong evidenceChapel Hill, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20086 contacts →

Strong evidence

“RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute) develops and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries and practical innovations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
19Partial evidenceTerre Haute, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20074 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rose-Hulman Ventures, a program of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, brings together outstanding students with technology-based companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
20Strong evidenceHonolulu, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202651-20073 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PacMar Technologies provides research and development capabilities for the Department of Defense, NASA, and other government agencies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
21Partial evidenceColorado Springs, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5038 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The vision of Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation is to leverage an economic development cluster strategy that capitalizes on the competitive advantage of Colorado’s…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
22Strong evidenceHuntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5038 contacts →

Strong evidence

“OAR (On-Line Applications Research) Corporation was founded to research, develop, and implement practical solutions to computer science and engineering problems arising in defense…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
23Strong evidenceAshburn, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5032 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) is a professional organization that provides a collaborative forum for government, academia and industry to resolve…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
24Strong evidenceButte, MT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 202611-5027 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a research and development firm with a focus on engineering and design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026
25Strong evidenceAlbuquerque, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 15, 20261-1020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“COSMIAC proudly serves as a Tier-2 Research Center under the School of Engineering at The University of New Mexico.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 15, 2026

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Engineering and technology research centers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 15, 2026
24.4%Verified-email coverage
105.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.4%Largest-city concentration · Cambridge
Sep 15, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
127
11-50
102
51-200
69
201-500
26
501-1,000
16
1,001-5,000
18
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
5

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 368 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 engineering and technology 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “engineering and technology 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 engineering and technology 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 engineering and technology research centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 9,429 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 15, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 engineering and technology 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 engineering and technology research centers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 368 engineering and technology research centers headquartered in the United States 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?

Southwest Research Institute, headquartered in San Antonio, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most engineering and technology research centers?

Cambridge leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by New York (8) and Atlanta (7).

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 9,429 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 368 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 15, 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.