The 2025 edition of ‘The EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard’ monitors and analyses industrial research and development (R&D) investment trends in the context of the EU’s 3% of GDP R&D investment policy target and the related policy initiatives by the Competitiveness Compass. The 2025 Scoreboard analyses the world's top 2 000 industrial R&D investors, responsible for over 90% of R&D performed by the business sector globally, based on the financial information in the latest published audited accounts of firms. Following the introduction, chapter 2 analyses the main global trends and benchmarks the EU’s top R&D investing companies against global competitors. Chapter 3 provides details by sector, and chapter 4 does a deep-dive on a subsample of the EU’s top 800 R&D investing firms. Chapter 5 analyses R&D internationalisation and chapter 6 key green technologies.

NINDL Elisabeth;  NAPOLITANO Lorenzo;  CONFRARIA Hugo;  RENTOCCHINI Francesco;  FAKO Peter;  INCE Ela;  GEORGAKAKI Aliki;  GAVIGAN James;  TUEBKE Alexander; 

2025-12-22

Publications Office of the European Union

JRC144638

978-92-68-34801-7 (online),    978-92-68-34802-4 (print),   

2599-574X (online),    2599-5731 (print),   

OP KJ-01-25-623-EN-N (online),    OP KJ-01-25-623-EN-C (print),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144638,   

10.2760/7802619 (online),    10.2760/6526424 (print),