2019 tables: Institutions - corporate

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 BASF SE, Germany 8.08 8.75 49 2.1%
2 Bayer AG, Germany 3.61 5.51 41 43.9%
3 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 6.37 5.49 24 -18.7%
4 Merck KGaA, Germany 3.92 3.84 24 -7.5%
5 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 2.95 3.09 17 -1.1%
6 Carl Zeiss AG, Germany 0.33 1.43 8 304.1%
7 Surflay Nanotec GmbH, Germany – 1.43 2 N/A
8 Evonik Industries AG, Germany 0.96 1.37 9 33.8%
9 Siemens AG, Germany 1.06 1.24 19 10.2%
10 Nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies GmbH, Germany 0.17 0.90 2 409.7%
11 AMO GmbH, Germany – 0.89 5 N/A
12 Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Germany 0.85 0.87 5 -4.0%
13 Proteros Biostructures GmbH, Germany – 0.80 3 N/A
14 BioNTech AG, Germany 1.49 0.66 6 -58.1%
15 Trumpf Laser GmbH, Germany 0.50 0.63 1 18.0%
16 Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, Germany 0.04 0.59 3 1242.1%
17 Monasterium Laboratory Skin and Hair Research Solutions GmbH, Germany – 0.59 2 N/A
18 Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany 0.21 0.56 10 152.9%
19 Abberior Instruments GmbH, Germany 0.64 0.51 2 -24.5%
20 GlycoThera GmbH, Germany – 0.50 1 N/A
21 Signatope GmbH, Germany – 0.46 2 N/A
22 Labor Dr. Merk & Kollegen GmbH, Germany – 0.40 1 N/A
23 Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik GmbH, Germany 0.25 0.39 3 47.9%
24 Singulus Technologies AG, Germany 0.25 0.34 3 25.2%
25 nextnano GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
25 PNDetector GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
26 NPI Electronic GmbH, Germany 0.15 0.33 2 100.8%
27 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Germany 0.22 0.32 8 41.2%
27 SAP AG, Germany 0.49 0.32 8 -37.3%
28 Micromod Partikeltechnologie GmbH, Germany – 0.32 2 N/A
29 glyXera GmbH, Germany – 0.30 2 N/A
30 ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Germany 0.02 0.29 1 1626.1%
30 HYDRO-BIOS Apparatebau GmbH, Germany – 0.29 1 N/A
30 Mast Diagnostica GmbH, Germany – 0.29 1 N/A
30 Accurion GmbH, Germany – 0.29 1 N/A
30 Forschungsinstitut für Anorganische Werkstoffe - Glas/Keramik - GmbH (FGK), Germany – 0.29 1 N/A
31 Allianz SE, Germany 0.00 0.28 2 39177.7%
32 Coriolis Pharma Research GmbH, Germany – 0.28 2 N/A
33 Climate Analytics GmbH, Germany 0.18 0.28 3 43.8%
34 NanoAnalytics GmbH, Germany – 0.26 2 N/A
35 Biolog Life Science Institute, Germany 0.11 0.25 2 112.4%
35 Beiersdorf AG, Germany 0.17 0.25 1 41.6%
35 AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
35 Celltool GmbH, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
36 European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA), Germany – 0.24 3 N/A
37 PolyAn GmbH, Germany 0.12 0.22 1 78.3%
37 ATG:biosynthetics GmbH, Germany – 0.22 1 N/A
38 Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA, Germany – 0.22 2 N/A
39 Evotec AG, Germany 0.51 0.21 4 -60.3%
40 Texplor Exploration and Environmental Technology GmbH, Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
40 PCO AG, Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
40 Stadtentwässerung Kaiserslautern, Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
41 PNSensor GmbH, Germany 0.24 0.19 2 -22.5%
42 Curt-Engelhorn-Centre Archaeometry gGmbH, Germany 0.10 0.19 2 81.5%
43 Infineon Technologies AG, Germany 2.43 0.19 2 -92.6%
44 Institute Kurz GmbH, Germany – 0.19 1 N/A
45 RheinCell Therapeutics GmbH (RCT), Germany – 0.18 2 N/A
46 Postnova Analytics GmbH, Germany 0.20 0.18 1 -14.2%
46 IONTOF GmbH, Germany – 0.18 1 N/A
47 Otto Bock Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Germany 0.59 0.18 9 -71.3%
48 TNG Technology Consulting GmbH, Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
48 Jobst Technologies GmbH, Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
48 Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
48 NOXXON Pharma AG, Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Wacker Chemie AG, Germany – 0.16 2 N/A
50 Lead Discovery Center GmbH (LDC), Germany 0.75 0.16 1 -80.1%
51 InSCREENeX GmbH, Germany – 0.16 1 N/A
52 Heraeus Holding GmbH, Germany 0.17 0.16 2 -11.9%
53 Matricel GmbH, Germany – 0.15 1 N/A
53 Raith GmbH, Germany – 0.15 1 N/A
53 Silantes GmbH, Germany – 0.15 1 N/A
54 Symrise AG, Germany 0.25 0.15 2 -45.1%
55 Metabion International AG, Germany – 0.14 1 N/A
56 Charles River Discovery Research Services Germany GmbH, Germany – 0.14 2 N/A
57 NVision Imaging Technologies GmbH, Germany – 0.14 1 N/A
58 MetaSysX GmbH, Germany 0.20 0.13 1 -37.1%
59 Attocube Systems AG, Germany 0.20 0.13 1 -41.0%
59 Gesellschaft für Materialprüfung und Geophysik mbH (GMUG), Germany – 0.13 1 N/A
59 SciClus GmbH & Co. KG, Germany – 0.13 1 N/A
60 Dynamic Biosensors GmbH, Germany 0.68 0.12 2 -83.1%
61 2bind GmbH, Germany – 0.12 1 N/A
61 Cube Biotech GmbH, Germany – 0.12 1 N/A
62 Lipotype GmbH, Germany 0.54 0.11 2 -80.4%
63 GeneWerk GmbH, Germany – 0.11 2 N/A
64 Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Germany 0.68 0.11 2 -84.6%
64 A.p.f. Aqua System AG, Germany – 0.11 1 N/A
64 CONARIS Research Institute AG, Germany – 0.11 1 N/A
64 Sciloop, Germany – 0.11 1 N/A
64 IStLS - Information Services to Life Science, Germany – 0.11 1 N/A
65 Monasterium Laboratory, Germany – 0.10 1 N/A
66 MTU Aero Engines AG, Germany 0.10 0.10 1 -5.6%
66 Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG), Germany 0.10 0.10 1 -5.6%
66 Multiscale Consulting, Germany – 0.10 1 N/A
67 Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
68 Intellux Berlin GmbH, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
69 ChromoTek GmbH, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
69 Emissionskonzepte Motoren UG, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
69 10° E Maritime Consulting, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
70 Deutsche Börse Group, Germany – 0.08 1 N/A
70 ImevaX GmbH, Germany – 0.08 1 N/A
70 Patzold, Köbke Engineers GmbH & Co. KG, Germany – 0.08 1 N/A
71 Alere Technologies GmbH, Germany 0.03 0.08 5 139.1%
71 Analytik Jena AG, Germany – 0.08 5 N/A
72 Kerntechnische Entsorgung Karlsruhe GmbH (KTE), Germany – 0.08 1 N/A
72 FAccTs GmbH, Germany – 0.08 1 N/A
73 CeGaT GmbH, Germany – 0.07 3 N/A
74 BioMed X GmbH, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
74 Büro für faunistisch-ökologische Fachgutachten, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
74 nowcast GmbH, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
74 Natura Büro für zoologische und botanische Fachgutachten, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
75 ScreenSYS GmbH, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
76 Contilia GmbH, Germany – 0.07 2 N/A
76 HBB Datenkommunikation und Abrechnungssysteme GmbH, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
76 Mroe-Consulting, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
77 Chemometrix GmbH, Germany 0.08 0.06 1 -29.2%
77 DyNAbind GmbH, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
77 Wessling GmbH, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
78 OHB System AG, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
79 Zellmechanik Dresden GmbH, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
80 NEO New Oncology AG, Germany 0.06 0.06 2 -7.3%
81 NMR Service GmbH, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
81 Software Quality Systems (SQS) Group Limited, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
82 Endotherm GmbH, Germany – 0.05 1 N/A
83 Vanguard Photonics GmbH, Germany – 0.05 1 N/A
84 Heidelberg Engineering, Germany – 0.05 1 N/A
85 Lipidomix GmbH, Germany 0.03 0.05 1 75.3%
86 Numerus Ltd., Germany – 0.05 1 N/A
87 Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Germany 0.07 0.04 5 -35.6%
88 Polymer Libraries GmbH, Germany – 0.04 1 N/A
88 OsteoARC, Germany – 0.04 1 N/A
89 Swabian Instruments GmbH, Germany 0.03 0.04 1 45.2%
90 Apceth Biopharma GmbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
91 Freiberg Instruments GmbH, Germany 0.03 0.03 1 6.2%
92 Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Germany 0.00 0.03 1 4204.4%
92 Volkswagen AG, Germany 0.24 0.03 1 -87.7%
93 Vossius Partner, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
93 OmicScouts GmbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
93 X-Spectrum GmbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
94 Hilti Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
95 K-Metics GmbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
96 Munich Leukemia Laboratory (MLL), Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
97 Diamond Materials GmbH, Germany – 0.02 1 N/A
98 XL-protein GmbH, Germany – 0.02 1 N/A
99 Tierzuchtforschung e.V. München, Germany 0.13 0.02 1 -86.8%
99 Coparion GmbH Co. KG, Germany – 0.02 1 N/A
100 Dynamit Nobel GmbH Explosivstoff- und Systemtechnik (DNES), Germany – 0.02 1 N/A

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