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Innovation Ranking

North Data publishes the most innovative companies and research institutions in Germany every year. The number of registered patents, the number and volume of research projects and also trademark registrations are used to calculate the ranking. All of these key figures are indicators of the innovative strength of large and established companies, which includes the ability to manage research projects, to obtain funding for them, to secure a market position through patents and finally to establish new products on the market, which can be seen in the trademark registrations.

Below we present the winners of the year and the top 50 in the table for the two categories of business and research. Finally, we explain the calculation basis and offer the raw data for free download.

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Winners

Winners Commercial
2024
Thales SA Orange SA Schneider Electric Industries SAS
Winners Research
2024
Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Agence Francaise de Developpement

Top 50

Rank Company Patent
applications 		Funded
projects 		Funding
Amount (EUR) 		Trademark
applications 		Score
1
Thales SA 230 15 7,890,486 0 56.18
2
Orange SA 152 12 16,689,813 5 49.85
3
Schneider Electric Industries SAS 259 2 753,997 85 48.53
4
Airbus Operations SAS 146 8 17,972,332 2 47.81
5
L'Oreal SA 216 0 0 511 47.53
6
Stellantis Auto SAS 215 2 1,129,831 17 39.93
7
Renault SAS 201 3 865,894 55 38.53
8
SNCF Reseau SA 7 13 30,024,162 2 38.48
9
Airbus Defence AND Space SAS 41 16 21,946,016 2 37.98
10
L'air Liquide sa Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude SA 209 0 0 11 36.53
11
Totalenergies Onetech SAS 184 5 907,700 0 35.65
12
Airbus SAS 103 15 7,342,364 16 33.88
13
Bull SAS 66 5 17,143,383 5 31.47
14
Safran Electronics & Defense SAS 24 8 18,933,043 12 27.77
15
Arianegroup SAS 22 4 21,716,594 1 27.76
16
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA 146 0 0 55 26.44
17
Thales six GTS France SAS 0 17 16,131,494 1 25.58
18
Eurenco France SAS 6 3 22,232,542 0 24.92
19
SEB SA 134 0 0 2 23.32
20
Framatome SAS 17 15 10,097,770 0 21.38
21
Sanofi SA 90 0 0 136 18.30
22
Electricite de France SA 0 18 7,988,258 1 18.00
23
Thales LAS France SAS 0 9 11,878,138 3 16.93
24
Thales DMS France SAS 0 5 13,211,113 1 16.00
25
Ampere SAS 84 2 250,099 0 15.96
26
La Poste SA 0 27 103,212 2 15.14
27
Thales DIS France SAS 66 3 1,638,637 3 14.83
28
Valeo Systemes Thermiques SAS 78 1 369,400 4 14.56
29
Soitec SA 24 3 8,531,733 0 14.36
30
Eurecom GIE 4 14 5,764,696 0 14.23
31
Specialty Operations France SAS 40 7 2,903,854 7 13.88
32
Arkema France SA 0 12 6,935,713 4 13.68
33
Safran SA 49 5 1,422,281 3 12.77
34
CS Group - France SAS 1 7 8,674,429 0 12.73
35
Nexans SA 68 0 0 4 11.89
36
Naval Group SA 0 5 8,896,699 4 11.75
37
Amadeus SAS 49 3 309,720 18 10.84
38
SNCF Voyageurs SA 6 4 7,080,000 9 10.52
39
Stmicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS 9 5 5,988,844 0 10.33
40
Stmicroelectronics Rousset SAS 41 2 1,650,600 0 9.88
41
Mbda France SAS 0 5 6,674,905 3 9.51
42
Medecins du Monde 0 5 6,501,589 1 9.29
43
Sagemcom Energy & Telecom SAS 52 0 0 2 9.07
44
Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS 14 4 3,759,717 0 8.41
45
Absolut System SAS 1 4 5,595,279 0 7.99
46
Alphanov 1 5 4,972,180 0 7.92
47
Amplitude SAS 1 7 3,516,588 0 7.58
48
Valeo Comfort AND Driving Assistance SAS 26 4 813,448 0 7.55
49
Aeroports de Paris SA 0 6 4,148,494 1 7.50
50
Somfy Activites SA 40 0 0 7 7.09
Rank Organisation Patent
applications 		Funded
projects 		Funding
Amount (EUR) 		Trademark
applications 		Score
1
Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives 691 164 137,442,132 20 78.93
2
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 328 143 133,489,509 1 43.61
3
Agence Francaise de Developpement 0 60 461,771,327 2 36.49
4
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale 39 79 75,298,961 1 15.16
5
Institut National de Recherche Pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement 10 57 33,790,486 1 8.56
6
Universite de Bordeaux 17 37 13,296,013 0 5.36
7
Institut Mines-Telecom 17 31 16,776,392 0 5.03
8
Institut Pasteur 12 27 16,316,022 0 4.31
9
Universite de Lorraine 0 29 16,713,311 1 4.24
10
IFP Energies Nouvelles 0 9 4,454,224 6 4.11
11
Institut Pasteur 6 28 16,307,351 0 4.01
12
Universite d'AIX Marseille 15 23 14,284,715 0 4.01
13
Universite de Strasbourg 0 28 10,727,392 1 3.76
14
Ceske Vysoke Ucení Technicke V Praze 4 26 13,201,516 0 3.50
15
Universite de Montpellier 19 15 4,302,016 1 3.39
16
Universite Cote d'Azur 0 16 13,136,993 2 3.32
17
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique 3 10 8,800,568 2 2.68
18
Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble 21 11 4,335,252 0 2.66
19
Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 17 11 7,761,297 0 2.62
20
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris 4 21 4,831,087 0 2.50
21
Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris 19 8 5,893,833 0 2.35
22
Institut Curie 6 8 4,269,544 1 1.90
23
Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne 0 7 1,054,774 2 1.71
24
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse 8 11 2,452,071 0 1.69
25
Universite de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 6 10 4,242,212 0 1.58
26
Centralesupelec 10 8 2,682,386 0 1.56
27
Institut Gustave Roussy 4 7 10,054,803 0 1.55
28
Avignon Universite 1 3 1,217,204 2 1.42
29
Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux 8 9 955,506 0 1.41
30
Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L Exploitation de la mer 3 11 3,040,414 0 1.40
31
Supergrid Institute SAS 13 4 2,615,700 0 1.38
32
CY Cergy Paris Universite 4 8 2,899,380 0 1.18
33
College de France 4 8 2,657,854 0 1.16
34
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers 2 7 4,031,393 0 1.03
35
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epiniere 1 7 2,680,288 0 0.88
36
Institut de Recherche Technologique Jules Verne 9 2 1,307,625 0 0.85
37
Universite de Technologie de Compiegne 2 4 5,004,800 0 0.82
38
Centrale Lille Institut 3 6 833,899 0 0.80
39
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales 10 1 0 0 0.74
40
Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon 1 6 1,208,211 0 0.69
41
Institut D Optique 1 4 3,555,560 0 0.66
42
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et des Microtechniques 3 5 0 0 0.65
43
Universite de Haute Alsace 1 4 3,298,670 0 0.65
44
Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour 1 6 330,844 0 0.64
45
Institut National des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l'Environnement 5 3 264,883 0 0.62
46
BRGM 2 4 1,568,915 0 0.60
47
Universite de Caen Normandie 3 4 269,854 0 0.58
48
Universite de Bretagne SUD 2 4 1,241,649 0 0.58
49
Fondation B-COM 6 1 734,000 0 0.53
50
Universite Polytechnique Hauts-de-France 1 4 478,095 0 0.46

Calculation basis

The following four performance indicators are taken into account when calculating the score:

Indicator Sources Weight
Patents Epobase 45 %
Number of public fundings Fts Sat Hor 15 %
Total public funding Fts Sat Hor 30 %
Trademarks Euipotm Euipods 10 %

The highest value achieved for each key figure in the period under review is set as the maximum point value of 100. The two categories Economy and Research are evaluated separately. The period under review was the year 2024.

The performance indicators used are available together with financial figures as Deep Data Finance/Marketing/Tech via the North Data's Data Services.

An evaluation is required and only carried out if the respective organization is entered in the sources with the correct name and registered office. Subsequent changes are not permitted.

Data

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