Company Index Stats

How many Biotechnology companies are there?

There are 302,442 Biotechnology companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Biotechnology covers life-science research and production: genomics, therapeutics development, lab equipment supply and the contract organisations serving them.

Where it meets Pharmaceuticals

Contract manufacturers and suppliers appear in both. Biotechnology is the research and platform side, Pharmaceuticals the production and distribution of finished drugs.

Business selling dominates
63% sell to businesses (B2B), against 26% to consumers (B2C); business-facing companies will dominate.
Small firms are underrepresented
1-10 employee firms account for 68% (39,289), below 76% index-wide; 11-50 employee companies make a useful size cut at 15,282.
Lab equipment is the largest subtype
Lab Equipment Supplier has 71,758 companies, versus 17,663 Genomics Company and 15,956 Therapeutics Developer; it will dominate subtype selections.

213,270 carry Biotechnology as their main industry; 89,172 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Biotechnology

1United States95,722
2China24,146
3Germany16,793
4United Kingdom16,720
5India11,376
6Canada9,974
7France6,157
8Italy5,795
9Japan5,705
10Australia5,584
11Switzerland5,423
12Netherlands5,271
13Spain5,202
14Brazil5,158
15Russia5,047
16South Korea4,870
17Türkiye3,146
18Sweden2,819
19Mexico2,734
20Poland2,654
21Belgium2,566
22Taiwan2,464
23Iran1,885
24Czechia1,876
25Austria1,854
26Hong Kong SAR China1,825
27Denmark1,810
28Singapore1,681
29South Africa1,554
30Indonesia1,539
All 88 countries with Biotechnology companies
  • Argentina1,413
  • Vietnam1,264
  • Israel1,232
  • Norway1,154
  • United Arab Emirates1,109
  • Colombia1,092
  • Malaysia1,081
  • Ireland1,055
  • Hungary1,046
  • Thailand993
  • Chile988
  • Portugal983
  • Finland967
  • New Zealand946
  • Greece943
  • Ukraine871
  • Romania734
  • Peru649
  • Pakistan629
  • Slovakia537
  • Bulgaria519
  • Philippines496
  • Nigeria466
  • Egypt459
  • Iceland443
  • Lithuania430
  • Saudi Arabia414
  • Kazakhstan387
  • Bangladesh385
  • Slovenia336
  • Ecuador330
  • Estonia311
  • Kenya309
  • Belarus262
  • Serbia250
  • Croatia236
  • Uruguay202
  • Cyprus199
  • Morocco193
  • Luxembourg191
  • Latvia191
  • Tunisia177
  • Venezuela167
  • Algeria156
  • Ghana155
  • Sri Lanka141
  • Moldova137
  • Uganda135
  • Costa Rica130
  • Iraq130
  • Uzbekistan119
  • Puerto Rico118
  • Jordan110
  • Guatemala109
  • Tanzania107
  • Bolivia106
  • Panama106
  • Nepal103

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees39,289
11-50 employees15,282
51-200 employees2,872
201-500 employees373
501-1000 employees135
1001-5000 employees124

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 3 sub-industries account for 35% of the 302,442 Biotechnology companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1Lab Equipment Supplier71,758
2Genomics Company17,663
3Therapeutics Developer15,956

By Region

Regional rollups for Biotechnology

European Union

61,475

DACH

24,070

Nordics

7,193

Benelux

8,028

GCC

1,523

ASEAN

7,054

ANZ

6,530

Map

Where Biotechnology companies are

Most Biotechnology companies are concentrated in United States, China, Germany.

See the interactive map

Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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DiscoLike, "Biotechnology companies", Company Index Stats, October 2026. https://discolike.com/company-stats/biotechnology/

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