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Top 19 Oceanographic research centers based in Norway

RevenueBase identified 30 oceanographic research centers headquartered in Norway as of September 2026 and tracks 3,197 professional contacts across them, including 1,325 with verified work emails. Bergen is the largest hub.

This list covers oceanographic research centers headquartered in Norway, 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.

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The 19 largest oceanographic research centers based in Norway

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 30 oceanographic research centers based in Norway, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to oceanographic 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceLaksevåg, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,031 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shearwater is a global marine geoscience and technology business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceBergen, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000783 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) is one of the biggest research institute of its kind in Europe, with over employees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceHorten, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000638 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In a constantly changing market environment, Kongsberg Discovery is serving the ocean space from the deepest sea to the outer space.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceTrondheim, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500298 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SINTEF Ocean conducts research and innovation related to ocean space.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceTrondheim, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20051 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK) and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture are merged into a new private limited company, SINTEF Ocean, operative from 1…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceStavanger, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50049 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IRIS AS is from January 1 2018 a part of NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceBergen, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20041 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Nansen Center is a leading European research institution established in Bergen in 1986.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceÅlesund, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Møreforsking Research Institute has 40 years of experience in researching the ocean and society.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceKårvik, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Havbruksstasjonen i Tromsø AS er et forskningsanlegg for studier av marin fisk, ferskvannsfisk, skalldyr, skjell og andre akvatiske organismer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSvolvær, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With our main office located in Svolvær at 68° north, we live and work in the Arctic, with front row seats to both future opportunities and the raw challenges of today.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceHaugesund, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Enabling the sustainable, green energy shift by significantly reducing manned offshore operations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Partial evidenceBergen, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) is a collaboration on climate research between four partner institutions in Bergen, Norway.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceTromsø, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Oceanbox is the leading platform for advanced ocean simulation and visualization.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceKristiansand S, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GCE NODE is an industry-driven cluster for ocean technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Partial evidenceRunde, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Runde Environmental Centre is an international research station, an exhibition space, and a meeting place for courses, seminars and conferences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceOslo, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Volcanic Basin Energy Research (VBER) is a research and consulting company in Oslo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceTromsø, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (formerly K.G.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceTromsø, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We provide a unique overview of activity and knowledge in coastal and sea areas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Partial evidenceOslo, NorwayHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-501 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Oceanlab – havlaboratoriet is OsloMet's meeting point for research and innovation within ocean technology and sustainability.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Oceanographic research centers based in Norway at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
41.4%Verified-email coverage
106.6Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
20.0%Largest-city concentration · Bergen
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3
11-50
13
51-200
6
201-500
3
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
3
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Norway, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Norway, over 30 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 oceanographic 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 Norway whose own description of what they do matches “oceanographic 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 oceanographic 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 oceanographic research centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Norway 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, 1,325 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 oceanographic 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 oceanographic research centers are there based in Norway?

RevenueBase identified 30 oceanographic research centers headquartered in Norway 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?

Shearwater Geoservices, headquartered in Laksevag, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most oceanographic research centers?

Bergen leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by Tromso (5) and Trondheim (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 1,325 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 30 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 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.