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As of 4 November 2026, 3,528 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in France; 33 are hiring right now and Paris has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,528
- Hiring now
- 33 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Biomedical research groups · 628
- Top city
- Paris · 427
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 99,278
Research institutes & think tanks in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research groups | 628 | 18% |
| Humanities social research projects | 449 | 13% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 402 | 11% |
| University research labs | 400 | 11% |
| Environmental & agri research | 350 | 10% |
| Health services research groups | 334 | 9% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 330 | 9% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 258 | 7% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 255 | 7% |
| Policy think tanks | 247 | 7% |
| Local history societies | 147 | 4% |
| Cultural heritage research projects | 143 | 4% |
| Professional bodies | 132 | 4% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 119 | 3% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 107 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,452 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,002 · 7 |
| 11-50 employees | 765 · 13 |
| 51-200 employees | 221 · 7 |
| 201-500 employees | 51 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 18 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 12 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 427 | 12% |
| Roubaix | 139 | 4% |
| Paris 15 | 74 | 2% |
| Veselyy Kut | 73 | 2% |
| Paris 05 | 64 | 2% |
| Lyon | 50 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 47 | 1% |
| Montpellier | 43 | 1% |
| Paris 07 | 40 | 1% |
| Toulouse | 40 | 1% |
| Lille | 38 | 1% |
| Bordeaux | 36 | 1% |
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Other segments of public, community & associations in France
Public, community & associations in France, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 41,614 →
Amateur sports clubs · 22,449 →
Public programmes & agencies · 16,660 →
Membership associations & unions · 15,520 →
Charitable foundations · 12,193 →
Churches congregations · 4,831 →
Municipal government · 2,442 →
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3,528 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in France; 33 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/france/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Research institutes & think tanks in France: questions
How many research institutes & think tanks companies are there in France?
3,528 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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