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Top 25 Research and development centers based in Spain
RevenueBase identified 67 research and development centers headquartered in Spain as of September 2026 and tracks 2,013 professional contacts across them, including 371 with verified work emails. Barcelona is the largest hub.
This list covers research and development centers headquartered in Spain, 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 21, 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.
The 25 largest research and development centers based in Spain
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 429 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Leitat is a technology centre at both state and European level.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 328 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ceit is a non profit research centre that was created by the University of Navarra in 1982.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 185 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) is one of the three research centers belonging to the National Microelectronics Center (CNM) created in 1985 by the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “R&D Technology Institute ITC pursues to provide solid support for production companies in the defence and enhancement of their strategic positioning in the current global context…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a Private Non-Profit Technology Centre, accredited by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, and closely linked to the industrial ecosystem of Castilla y León…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GAIKER, member of Basque Research and Technology Alliance, BRTA, is a Technology Centre located in the Technological Park of Bizkaia and is devoted to the up-take of own knowledge…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mapfre's R&D technology center for the design, insurance, maintenance, repair and recycling of vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “El CITIC (Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones) es un Centro Tecnológico singular impulsado por la Universidade da Coruña, con el fin de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NAITEC · Innovación inteligente para un futuro sostenible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Innova Experts forma parte del prestigioso grupo de consultoría internacional EPSA, líder europeo en creación de eficacia y aumento del rendimiento empresarial, con más de veinte…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Aeronautics (CFAA for Centro de Fabricación Avanzada Aeronáutica in Spanish) was created with the objective of developing advanced…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Product & Process Development ( PPD ) is a R&D Spanish engineering company for third parties leader in the national market; we CREATE, DEVELOP, OPTIMIZE and INNOVATE…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic tiene como objetivo contribuir eficazmente a la mejora de la competitividad y al progreso tecnológico de la empresa mediante la prestación de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are the R&D unit of the INZU Group, dedicated to developing cutting-edge technological solutions that address the challenges of modern industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A provider of innovative and exceptional technology to respond to your needs for innovation and to drive and enhance their competitive edge.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “INBROOLL INDUSTRIES is a strategic supplier of technological products and solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nuestra misión es analizar e identificar dentro de las empresas, actividades que puedan ser calificadas como I+D+i y, tras un diagnóstico tecnológico personalizado, colaborar en…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In Nechi we work to be leaders in the relationship with the customer and number one in innovation and development of new technologies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos una consultora tecnológica y de gestión especializada en la implantación de estrategias de I+D+i en cualquier tipo de empresa industrial, porque nuestro know-how se basa en…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Somos un Centro de I+D y un Laboratorio que ayudan a sus clientes a disponer de soluciones y tecnologías innovadoras para el tratamiento físico eficiente de sólidos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Drone Hopper es una empresa especialista en proyectos de I+D.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Consultoría I+D+i, especializada en la búsqueda de ayudas (en forma de subvención, créditos o incentivos fiscales) para empresas que llevan a cabo proyectos de Investigación…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ventaja Tecnológica, the best systems for R&D, Education and Product Development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Investigación y desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías aplicadas” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “En redinnova somos una consultoría de I+D+i que ofrecemos servicios avanzados en la definición de estrategias de I+D+i y la gestión integral de las ayudas públicas para la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: research and development 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 research and development centers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of research and development centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name research and development 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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Research and development centers based in Spain at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Spain, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Spain, over 67 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 research and development 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 Spain whose own description of what they do matches “research and development 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 research and development 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 research and development centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Spain 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, 371 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 21, 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 research and development 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 research and development centers are there based in Spain?
RevenueBase identified 67 research and development centers headquartered in Spain 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?
Leitat Technological Center, headquartered in Terrassa, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most research and development centers?
Barcelona leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Madrid (3) and Valencia (3).
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 371 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 67 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 21, 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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