{"id":44049,"date":"2026-02-04T07:45:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ris3rcm.eu\/?p=44049"},"modified":"2026-02-04T07:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:45:40","slug":"the-2025-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ris3rcm.eu\/en\/the-2025-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 EU Industrial R&amp;D Investment Scoreboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The EU Industrial R&amp;D Investment Scoreboard tracks and compares the performance of the EU&#8217;s leading industrial R&amp;D investors with their global counterparts. Since 2004, it has provided valuable insights and data for companies, researchers, and policymakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The global top 2 000 R&amp;D investors in the 2025 Scoreboard are based in 45 countries and control over 500 000 corporate subsidiaries. In 2024, they invested EUR 1 446 billion in R&amp;D, representing over 90% of global business-funded R&amp;D. This group includes 318 EU-based companies (16.2% of total R&amp;D investment), 674 US firms (47.1%), 525 Chinese firms (16.1%), 192 Japanese firms (7.8%), and 291 companies from other regions (12.9%). As a novelty, the 2025 Scoreboard includes Amazon, whose estimated R&amp;D investment makes it the world\u2019s leading R&amp;D investor (EUR 65 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/scoreboard\/2025-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/thefoundation.gr\/2025\/12\/11\/fwd-greece-innovation-pulse-2025-2026-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU Industrial R&amp;D Investment Scoreboard tracks and compares the performance of the EU&#8217;s leading industrial R&amp;D investors with their global counterparts. 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