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Top 19 Physical and earth sciences research centers based in France
RevenueBase identified 68 physical and earth sciences research centers headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 3,862 professional contacts across them, including 920 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.
This list covers physical and earth sciences research centers 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 19, 2026.
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The 19 largest physical and earth sciences research centers based in France
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,377 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “BRGM, the French geological survey, is France’s reference public institution for Earth Science applications in the management of surface and subsurface resources and risks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avec plus de chercheurs, ingénieurs et techniciens, le centre INRAE Occitanie-Toulouse, ouvert sur l’innovation, est un lieu de recherches disciplinaires, interdisciplinaires et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Si l’Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA) possède un patrimoine architectural et scientifique remarquable, ouvert au public, il n’en est pas moins un opérateur de recherche en…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le sens de nos recherches?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 105 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Created in 2013, GeoRessources is a multidisciplinary laboratory devoted to the field of geological resources - their exploration and exploitation, including recovery, treatment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L’Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP) est une unité mixte de recherche (UMR) multidisciplinaire de l’Université de Poitiers et du CNRS (Chimie et Terre…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “L’Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (EOST) forme des étudiants en sciences de la Terre et de l’environnement dans un contexte international.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Le Laboratoire Géosciences Paris-Saclay (GEOPS) est une unité mixte de recherche (UMR 8148) entre le CNRS et l’Université Paris-Saclay.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Biogéosciences is a research unit comprising a staff of over 150 scientists including full-time researchers, assistant professors & professors, engineers, technicians and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L'Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg est une unité mixte de recherche sous tutelles de l'Université de Strasbourg, du CNRS et de l'ENGEES.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “L'observatoire de Lyon est un « observatoire des sciences de l'univers » (OSU) école interne de l'université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 et co-piloté par l'Institut national des…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “L’Observatoire de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (OVSQ), sous la double tutelle de l’Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) et du Centre National de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “L’Observatoire des sciences de l'environnement de Rennes (OSERen) a quatre missions principales :> Unité d'Appui et de Recherche, l'OSERen coordonne la mutualisation de moyens…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: physical and earth sciences research centers. 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 physical and earth sciences research centers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of physical and earth sciences research centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name physical and earth sciences research centers. 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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Physical and earth sciences research centers based in France at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
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 68 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 physical and earth sciences 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 France whose own description of what they do matches “physical and earth sciences 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 physical and earth sciences 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 physical and earth sciences research centers, 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, 920 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 19, 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 physical and earth sciences 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 physical and earth sciences research centers are there based in France?
RevenueBase identified 68 physical and earth sciences research centers 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?
BRGM, headquartered in France, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most physical and earth sciences research centers?
Paris leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Toulouse (5) and Orsay (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 920 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 68 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 19, 2026.
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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.
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