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Top 500 R&D globally
Analysis of the Research and Development intensity of the Top 500 publicly listed companies with the highest spending on research and development worldwide
Authors:
Stefan Rösch-Rütsche
Publication:
June 2025
Language:
German
Number of pages:
21
Document type:
Study
Findings from the study:
- The top 500 companies globally increased their spending on research and development in 2024 by six percent – revenues only rose by three percent.
- The growth of research and development spending in North America has halved from 13.2 to 6.1 percent.
- European companies increased spending by five percent – despite a revenue decline of two percent.
- Two European companies – Roche and Volkswagen – are among the top ten R&D investors worldwide – seven are from the USA.
- Switzerland ranks ninth among all countries globally with 14 companies in the top 500, and ranks sixth in terms of the amount of R&D spending.
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