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Top 25 Nanotechnology research organizations based in France

RevenueBase identified 108 nanotechnology research organizations headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 4,466 professional contacts across them, including 495 with verified work emails. Grenoble is the largest hub.

This list covers nanotechnology 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 20, 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 nanotechnology research organizations based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 108 nanotechnology research organizations based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nanotechnology 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceBesançon, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000303 contacts →

Partial evidence

“FEMTO-ST (Franche-Comté Electronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique – Sciences et Technologies) is a joint research unit which is affiliated with the French National Centre of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Strong 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
3Indirect evidenceIllkirch-graffenstaden, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026501-1,000202 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ICube UMR 7357 - Laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie Le laboratoire des sciences de l'ingénieur, de l'informatique et de l'imagerie…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBouguenais, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200157 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L'Institut de Recherche Technologique Jules Verne est l'un des 8 retenu au niveau national dans le cadre des Investissements d’avenir.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAubiere, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500135 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 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceSt-étienne, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Laboratoire Hubert Curien is a joint research unit of Saint-Etienne University (member of the University of Lyon), The French National Centre for Scientific Research and the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceMulhouse, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20083 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“L’Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M) est une unité mixte de recherche Université de Haute-Alsace CNRS UMR7361 spécialisée dans les matériaux et leurs…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceMontpellier, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier - LIRMM - est une unité mixte de recherche, dépendant conjointement de l'Université Montpellier…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceGif-sur-yvette, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50053 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The GeePs laboratory (Group of electrical engineering of Paris) is a leading research center in Île-de-France, affiliated with CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Partial evidencePessac, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our organisation : The Institute of Chemistry & Biology of Membranes & Nano-objects (CBMN), is a joint research unit (UMR 5248) of the CNRS, the University of Bordeaux (UB), the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Partial evidenceGrenoble, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Materials and Physical Engineering Laboratory (LMGP) is a research laboratory in materials science and materials for biomedical engineering.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceOrsay, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20042 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Laboratoire de Physique des Solides est une unité mixte de recherche (UMR 8502) de l’Université Paris-Saclay et du CNRS.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceOrsay, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20038 contacts →

Partial evidence

“L'Institut Galien Paris-Saclay (UMR CNRS 8612) développe des micro et nanotechnologies appliquées au médicament et au diagnostic dans le domaine de la santé.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Partial evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20036 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Physics for Medicine Paris is a French academic research institute dedicated to develop non-invasive technologies for medical imaging and therapy based on innovative concepts of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidenceTalence, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Photonics, Numerical and Nanosciences Laboratory (LP2N) is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 5298) between the Institut d'Optique Graduate School, the University of Bordeaux and the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLe Mans, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Laboratoire de Recherche en Chimie et Science Physique,(Unité Mixte de Recherche entre L'Université du Mans et le CNRS)”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidence06903 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Laboratory of Electronics, Antennas and Telecommunications ( LEAT ) is a Joint Unit of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (member of the University of the Côte d'Azur)-…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceOrléans, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The ICMN institute (Interface, Confinement, Materials and Nanostructures) is a research laboratory of the CNRS and University of Orleans which activities are oriented towards the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChâtillon, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a16 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Innover pour préparer l’avenir.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceTours, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceDijon, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SON is a company specialized in design and manufacturing of nanoproducts (nanoparticles, functionalized nanoparticles, nanocalyst).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Indirect evidenceVersailles, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-2009 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Le Groupe d’Étude de la Matière Condensée (GEMaC) est une unité de recherche (UMR8635) commune à l’Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) et au Centre National…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLes Ulis, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Quantum Design est l'un des leaders mondiaux, spécialisé dans la fourniture de composants et d’instruments à la pointe des toutes dernières technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceGrenoble, FranceHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Nanotechnology research organizations based in France at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
11.1%Verified-email coverage
41.4Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
13.0%Largest-city concentration · Grenoble
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
31
11-50
21
51-200
37
201-500
12
501-1,000
5
1,001-5,000
1
10001+
1

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 108 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 nanotechnology 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 “nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology 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 nanotechnology 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, 495 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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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 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 nanotechnology research organizations are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 108 nanotechnology 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?

Femto-St Institute, headquartered in Besancon, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nanotechnology research organizations?

Grenoble leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (12) and Toulouse (7).

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 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.