ÖNACE 72: Scientific research and development
Section: Professional, scientific and technical activities. Assignment by Statistics Austria under ÖNACE 2025, not from the register.
Statistics Austria assigns 1,136 active companies in the register to ÖNACE division 72: Scientific research and development (as of 5 Nov 2026).
444 of them have a company page on firmenbuchdaten.at. The shares below refer to these 444.
Most have their seat in: Vienna 44 %, Lower Austria 14 %, Styria 11 %.
Most common legal forms: GmbH 93 %, FlexCo 4 %, KG 2 %.
Places with the most companies: Wien (195), Graz (27), Innsbruck (18), Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (11), Salzburg (9).
436 have filed annual accounts with a size class, 21 of them as medium-sized or large.
The largest class is 72.10-0 Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering with 1,009 companies.
Largest classes
- 72.10-0 Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering: 1,009
- 72.20-0 Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities: 127
Scientific research and development: companies, larger first
- AUMOVIO Austria GmbHFN 199428b · Wien · Large (G)
- IMS Nanofabrication GmbHFN 208021p · Brunn am Gebirge · Large (G)
- EBG MedAustron GmbHFN 291863k · Wiener Neustadt · Large (G)
- Valneva Austria GmbHFN 389960x · Wien · Large (G)
- Forschungsinstitut für molekulare Pathologie Gesellschaft m.b.H.FN 82531w · Wien · Large (G)
- AC2T research GmbHFN 225694d · Wiener Neustadt · Medium (M)
- Beck Engineering GmbH & Co KGFN 17999w · Mauerkirchen · Medium (M)
- PROFACTOR GmbHFN 129658z · Steyr · Medium (M)
- IQVIA RDS GesmbHFN 143418i · Wien · Medium (M)
- piCHEM Forschungs-und Entwicklungs GmbHFN 170774p · Raaba-Grambach · Medium (M)
- Scantox Neuro GmbHFN 185179y · Raaba-Grambach · Medium (M)
- IMBA - Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie GmbHFN 187213p · Wien · Medium (M)
- GMI - Gregor-Mendel-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenbiologie GmbHFN 203743y · Wien · Medium (M)
- Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbHFN 223698v · Leoben · Medium (M)
- IQVIA RDS Eastern Holdings GmbHFN 272496f · Wien · Medium (M)
- Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbHFN 320215f · Wien · Medium (M)
- Glock Technology GmbHFN 363986z · Ferlach · Medium (M)
- Polymun Scientific Immunbiologische Forschung GmbH.FN 37617w · Klosterneuburg · Medium (M)
- MaxLinear Austria GmbH in Liqu.FN 517670f · Villach · Medium (M)
- Mobius Biotechnology GmbHFN 561674t · Wien · Medium (M)
- ERMAFA Environmental Technologies GmbHFN 487982x · Wien · Medium (M)
- Pro2Future GmbHFN 469403z · Linz · Small (K)
- BRP-Rotax Vienna GmbHFN 474805v · Kottingbrunn · Small (K)
- K & N Schalterentwicklungsgesellschaft m.b.H.FN 148353t · Wien · Small (K)
Datenquelle: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (Statistics Austria), register number to ÖNACE assignment, CC BY 4.0, as of 5 Nov 2026. Source: Austrian company register (Firmenbuch), Republic of Austria, represented by the BMJ, open data under CC BY 4.0.