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Top 25 Research institutes based in Italy

Name: Research institutes based in Italy
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 398 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 398 research institutes headquartered in Italy as of September 2026 and tracks 38,995 professional contacts across them, including 18,004 with verified work emails. Milano is the largest hub.

This list covers research institutes headquartered in Italy, 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.

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The 25 largest research institutes based in Italy

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 398 research institutes based in Italy, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to research institutes: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche	Partial evidence	Rome, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,757 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	ISPRA	Indirect evidence	Rome, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	811 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ISPRA è l'Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, ente pubblico di ricerca italiano dedicato alla protezione dell'ambiente.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	SISSA	Partial evidence	Trieste, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	509 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) is a university institution and a scientific center of excellence within the national and international academic scene.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca	Partial evidence	Lucca, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	264 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is a research university within the Italian public higher education system.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	ISPI	Partial evidence	Milan, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	254 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1934, ISPI is one of the oldest and most prestigious international relations institutes in Italy, with its headquarters in Palazzo Clerici, Milan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Fondazione Policlinico	Indirect evidence	Milan, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	231 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pagina non ufficiale” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Istituto Universitario DI Studi Superiori, Pavia	Indirect evidence	Pavia, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	218 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lo IUSS di Pavia è il punto di arrivo di un processo di istruzione superiore di lunga durata iniziato nell’825 d.C, quando Lotario I, imperatore dei Romani e dei Re d'Italia…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	GSSI	Strong evidence	L’aquila, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	197 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) is an international PhD school and a center for research and higher education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	CNIT	Indirect evidence	Parma, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	148 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CNIT (National, Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications, is a non-profit consortium, established in 1995, bringing together 37 public Italian universities to perform…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Cima Research Foundation	Partial evidence	Savona, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CIMA Research Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale (CIMA)- is a private non-profit research organisation which operates under Italian National Civil…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Collegio Carlo Alberto	Indirect evidence	Torino, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	114 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Collegio Carlo Alberto is a foundation created in 2004 as a joint initiative of the Compagnia di San Paolo and the University of Torino.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	IRES	Indirect evidence	Torino, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	75 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’IRES PIEMONTE è un istituto di ricerca che svolge la sua attività d’indagine in campo socio-economico e territoriale, fornendo un supporto all’azione di programmazione della…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	CSIL	Strong evidence	Milan, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	57 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in Milan in 1980, CSIL is an independent research institute, specialising in applied economics, industry competitiveness, small business, market analysis, evaluation and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	REF	Indirect evidence	Milan, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “REF è una società indipendente che offre ricerca e consulenze personalizzate, organizza osservatori e attività di formazione e affianca aziende, istituzioni, organismi governativi…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Istituto PER LA Ricerca Sociale	Indirect evidence	Milan, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IRS is a wholly independent, non-profit cooperative currently counting 60 members.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Isnart	Indirect evidence	Roma, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ISNART - Istituto Nazionale Ricerche Turistiche - Società Consortile per Azioni "in house" al sistema camerale, realizza studi e pubblicazioni sul turismo, indagini, rilevazioni e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Fraunhofer Italia - IEC	Partial evidence	Bolzano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Fraunhofer Italia Research Scarl - Innovation Engineering Center is the first legally independent foreign affiliate in Italy of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and was founded in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	ARCO	Partial evidence	Prato, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ARCO is university centre for research, consulting and training specialized in locale development, social economy, inclusive development, M&E, impact evaluation and sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Centro DI Ricerca E. Piaggio	Partial evidence	Pisa, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Research Center "E.Piaggio" is an interdisciplinary research center of the University of Pisa dedicated to frontier research in the study and engineering of Natural and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Quintegia	Partial evidence	Treviso, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Quintegia creates interactions of people, companies, competences and information aimed at processes of change and strategy innovation through focused research, cross-topic events…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Rff-Cmcc European Institute On Economics And The Environment Eiee	Partial evidence	Milano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Euricse	Indirect evidence	Trento, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Euricse’s mission is to promote knowledge development and innovation for the field of cooperatives, social enterprises and other nonprofit organizations engaged in the production…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	CATAS	Strong evidence	San Giovanni Al Natisone, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CATAS is the most important Italian research institute and test laboratory in the wood and furniture field, with laboratories located in San Giovanni al Natisone (UD) and Lissone…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Codici Ricerca E Intervento	Partial evidence	Milano, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Codici is an independent non-for-profit social research organisation, founded in 2005 in Milan (Italy).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Robert Schuman Centre For Advanced Studies	Strong evidence	Florence, ItalyHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	33 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies is an inter-disciplinary research centre at the heart of the European University Institute (EUI).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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 institutes. 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 institutes.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of research institutes, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name research institutes. 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 institutes based in Italy at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

46.2%Verified-email coverage

98.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

10.3%Largest-city concentration · Milano

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

142

11-50

159

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Italy, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Italy, over 398 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 institutes, 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 Italy whose own description of what they do matches “research institutes”. 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 institutes), 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 institutes, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Italy 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, 18,004 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.

Research institutes by metro

Research institutes in Milano41
Research institutes in Roma39

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 institutes, 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 institutes are there based in Italy?

RevenueBase identified 398 research institutes headquartered in Italy 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?

Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, headquartered in Roma, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most research institutes?

Milano leads with 41 headquartered companies, followed by Roma (39) and Rome (24).

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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 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.