Aucune banque française, ne se trouve dans le classement des meilleures entreprises qui investissent en recherches et développement alors que ce secteur est considéré comme stratégique et connaît des chamboulements profonds. A contrario, certaines sociétés issues de secteurs dit traditionnels y figurent.
Nous vous laissons découvrir les 126 entreprises françaises les plus innovantes qui sont dans le dernier rapport 2012 « UE Industrial R & D Investment Scoreboard » que vient de publier la Commission européenne.
Le classement est réalisé selon un échantillon élargi de 1000 sociétés basées dans l’UE. Il se compose de 405 sociétés comprises dans le monde issu du classement R&D des 1500 meilleures entreprises investisseuses en R&D et 595 entreprises supplémentaires classées par niveau d’investissement Recherche et développement.
| EU | Entreprises | Secteur | R&D-2011 en millions d’euros |
R&D croissance sur 1 an % |
| 1 | Sanofi-Aventis | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
4795,0 | 9,2 |
| 2 | Peugeot (PSA) | Automobiles & parts | 2634,0 | 9,7 |
| 3 | Alcatel-Lucent | Technology hardware & equipment |
2514,0 | -1,8 |
| 4 | Renault | Automobiles & parts | 2064,0 | 19,4 |
| 5 | Vivendi | Media | 998,0 | -10,2 |
| 6 | Schneider | Electronic & electrical equipment | 838,0 | 18,9 |
| 7 | France Telecom |
Fixed line telecommunications |
819,0 | -3,1 |
| 8 | ALSTOM | Industrial engineering | 780,0 | 11,0 |
| 9 | Total | Oil & gas producers |
776,0 | 8,5 |
| 10 | SAFRAN | Aerospace & defence | 723,0 | 33,9 |
| 11 | L’Oreal | Personal goods |
720,5 | 8,4 |
| 12 | Thales | Aerospace & defence | 629,2 | -4,0 |
| 13 | Valeo | Automobiles & parts |
617,0 | 10,8 |
| 14 | Michelin | Automobiles & parts | 592,0 | 8,6 |
| 15 | Electricite de France |
Electricity | 518,0 | 6,6 |
| 16 | AREVA | Electricity | 434,0 | -16,5 |
| 17 | Saint-Gobain | Construction & materials |
430,0 | 5,9 |
| 18 | Dassault Systemes | Software & computer services | 329,3 | 2,2 |
| 19 | UBIsoft Entertainment |
Software & computer services |
306,5 | -5,2 |
| 20 | Dassault Aviation | Aerospace & defence | 273,4 | 36,9 |
| 21 | Danone | Food producers |
233,0 | 11,5 |
| 22 | GDF Suez | Gas, water & multiutilities | 231,0 | 4,1 |
| 23 | Ipsen | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
206,3 | 2,0 |
| 24 | BioMerieux | Health care equipment & services | 204,5 | 37,1 |
| 25 | Legrand | Electronic & electrical equipment |
201,6 | 16,2 |
| 26 | L’Air Liquide | Chemicals | 201,5 | 9,3 |
| 27 | Zodiac Aerospace |
Aerospace & defence |
181,0 | 29,7 |
| 28 | Burelle | Automobiles & parts | 173,1 | 44,7 |
| 29 | Technicolor | Media | 152,0 | 4,8 |
| 30 | Essilor International | Health care equipment & services | 139,9 | -7,3 |
| 31 | Veolia Environnement |
Gas, water & multiutilities |
135,0 | -3,2 |
| 32 | Arkema | Chemicals | 132,0 | 7,3 |
| 33 | Vilmorin | Food producers |
129,6 | 10,4 |
| 34 | Lafarge | Construction & materials | 129,0 | -15,7 |
| 35 | SNCF | Industrial transportation |
117,0 | 41,0 |
| 36 | Bouygues | Construction & materials | 116,0 | -0,9 |
| 37 | Gameloft | Software & computer services |
86,8 | 11,1 |
| 38 | Ingenico | Electronic & electrical equipment | 82,7 | -7,7 |
| 39 | LFB | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
79,3 | 4,4 |
| 40 | CGGVeritas | Oil equipment, services & distribution | 71,2 | 24,9 |
| 41 | Nexans | Electronic & electrical equipment |
71,0 | 0,0 |
| 42 | Groupe SEB | Household goods & home construction | 68,7 | 0,9 |
| 43 | Vallourec | Industrial engineering |
68,1 | 0,0 |
| 44 | Technip | Oil equipment, services & distribution | 65,3 | 15,4 |
| 45 | Christian Dior |
Personal goods |
63,0 | 37,0 |
| 46 | LVMH | Personal goods | 63,0 | 37,0 |
| 47 | Nexter | Aerospace & defence |
62,1 | 30,8 |
| 48 | Cegedim | Software & computer services | 51,6 | 29,0 |
| 49 | Transgene | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
50,4 | 68,0 |
| 50 | Bollore | Industrial transportation | 48,2 | -29,9 |
| 51 | Somfy | Electronic & electrical equipment |
47,4 | 1,8 |
| 52 | Eramet | Industrial metals & mining | 47,0 | 6,8 |
| 53 | Vinci | Construction & materials |
47,0 | 17,5 |
| 54 | Latecoere | Aerospace & defence | 45,8 | 47,7 |
| 55 | Akka Technologies |
Support services |
44,0 | 34,4 |
| 56 | Neopost | Technology hardware & equipment | 43,8 | -1,4 |
| 57 | Guerbet | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
42,4 | 26,4 |
| 58 | Soitec | Technology hardware & equipment | 41,5 | 73,3 |
| 59 | Edenred | Support services |
34,0 | 88,9 |
| 60 | Parrot | Technology hardware & equipment | 33,4 | 16,2 |
| 61 | CEGID | Software & computer services |
32,0 | 10,8 |
| 62 | Saft | Electronic & electrical equipment | 30,1 | 40,7 |
| 63 | Ipsos | Media | 29,7 | 7,2 |
| 64 | Aeroports De Paris | Industrial transportation | 29,5 | 3,3 |
| 65 | Sopra | Software & computer services |
28,8 | -51,4 |
| 66 | MGI Coutier | Automobiles & parts | 27,4 | 36,3 |
| 67 | Wendel | Other financials |
26,9 | 12,6 |
| 68 | Axway Software | Software & computer services | 26,5 | -4,5 |
| 69 | Stallergenes | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
25,6 | -18,8 |
| 70 | Bull | Technology hardware & equipment | 24,4 | 205,0 |
| 71 | BIC | Household goods & home construction |
24,0 | 9,6 |
| 72 | Montupet | Automobiles & parts | 22,6 | -7,7 |
| 73 | GFI Informatique |
Software & computer services |
21,5 | 181,6 |
| 74 | ACTIA | Electronic & electrical equipment | 21,1 | 11,5 |
| 75 | Accor | Travel & leisure |
21,0 | -4,5 |
| 76 | Flamel Technologies | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology | 19,4 | 38,4 |
| 77 | Fives | Industrial engineering |
19,2 | 6,9 |
| 78 | Auchan | General retailers | 19,0 | -17,4 |
| 79 | LISI | Industrial engineering |
18,9 | 2,7 |
| 80 | Fimalac | Other financials | 18,2 | 10,3 |
| 81 | Tarkett | Construction & materials |
18,0 | 38,5 |
| 82 | CS Communication & Systemes | Software & computer services | 17,7 | -15,2 |
| 83 | Beneteau | Leisure goods |
17,3 | 22,1 |
| 84 | ESI | Software & computer services | 16,8 | -4,5 |
| 85 | Vetoquinol | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
16,7 | -21,0 |
| 86 | Manitou BF | Industrial engineering | 16,6 | 19,2 |
| 87 | Radiall | Technology hardware & equipment |
14,6 | 0,8 |
| 88 | Unibel | Food producers | 14,5 | -7,4 |
| 89 | CNP Assurances |
Life insurance |
14,0 | 37,3 |
| 90 | Finatis | Food & drug retailers | 14,0 | 7,7 |
| 91 | Cellectis | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
12,3 | 0,0 |
| 92 | Faiveley Transport | Industrial engineering | 12,1 | 4,2 |
| 93 | Sequana | Forestry & paper |
12,0 | 20,0 |
| 94 | Dynaction | Chemicals | 12,0 | -4,5 |
| 95 | Carmat | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
11,7 | 24,4 |
| 96 | Lectra | Software & computer services | 11,3 | 18,2 |
| 97 | Avanquest Software |
Software & computer services |
11,1 | -6,0 |
| 98 | Atari | Software & computer services | 10,8 | -63,4 |
| 99 | METabolic Explorer |
Chemicals | 10,2 | 691,7 |
| 100 | Infovista | Software & computer services | 9,7 | 1,7 |
| 101 | Linedata Services |
Software & computer services |
9,2 | 384,2 |
| 102 | NicOx | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology | 9,0 | -67,6 |
| 103 | Lafuma | Personal goods |
8,9 | 0,2 |
| 104 | Virbac | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology | 8,9 | -3,3 |
| 105 | Adocia | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
8,6 | 44,6 |
| 106 | Sword | Software & computer services | 7,9 | -61,2 |
| 107 | Bioalliance Pharma |
Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
7,9 | -7,7 |
| 108 | JC Decaux | Media | 7,7 | -8,3 |
| 109 | AB Science |
Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
7,6 | -5,1 |
| 110 | Television Francaise 1 | Media | 7,4 | 23,3 |
| 111 | Archos | Leisure goods |
7,4 | 196,7 |
| 112 | Groupe Gorge | Industrial engineering | 7,3 | -52,7 |
| 113 | Genfit | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology |
6,7 | -44,0 |
| 114 | Iliad | Software & computer services | 6,7 | 9,3 |
| 115 | Cast | Software & computer services |
6,5 | -29,7 |
| 116 | ExonHit Therapeutics | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology | 6,5 | -23,5 |
| 117 | Serma Technologies |
Construction & materials |
6,3 | 27,3 |
| 118 | Neovacs | Pharmaceuticals & biotechnology | 6,1 | -24,0 |
| 119 | Cap Gemini |
Software & computer services |
6,0 | -14,3 |
| 120 | Itesoft | Software & computer services | 5,9 | 3,5 |
| 121 | Vicat | Construction & materials |
5,9 | 207,6 |
| 122 | Generix | Support services | 5,7 | -29,6 |
| 123 | NSC Groupe |
Industrial engineering |
5,7 | -10,3 |
| 124 | Orchestra Kazibao | Personal goods | 5,5 | 17,7 |
| 125 | Constructions Industrielles De La Mediterranee |
Industrial engineering |
5,4 | -20,8 |
| 126 | Ige+Xao | Software & computer services | 5,3 | 0,0 |
