With the measures and metrics the Top 100 Global Innovators™ program has at its disposal, the question becomes: what if we looked ahead? If we took the macro-view and extended out the trend lines? Can we use excellence in innovation performance to assess the likely future shape of ideation?
On this page, explore the world’s leading innovators by industry and region – beyond those included on the Top 100 list.
Please note that companies are listed in alphabetical order by default.
| Innovator | Region | Industry |
| Cirrus Logic | Americas | Semiconductors |
| Citrix Systems | Americas | Software, media, fintech |
| CJ Cheiljedang | APAC | Consumer goods and food |
| CNH Industrial | EMEA | Industrial systems |
| CNRS | EMEA | Government and academic research |
| Colgate-Palmolive | Americas | Consumer goods and food |
| CommScope | Americas | Telecommunications |
| Continental | EMEA | Automotive |
| Corning | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| Covestro | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| Daido Steel | APAC | Mining and metals |
| Daikin Industries | APAC | Industrial systems |
| Danaher | Americas | Industrial conglomerate |
| Danfoss | EMEA | Energy and electrical |
| Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche | APAC | Mining and metals |
| Dassault Systèmes | Americas | Software, media, fintech |
| Datang Telecom Group | APAC | Telecommunications |
| Deere & Company | Americas | Industrial systems |
| Delta Electronics | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Demant | EMEA | Medical and biotechnology |
| Denso | APAC | Automotive |
| Dentsply Sirona | Americas | Medical and biotechnology |
| Deutsche Telekom | EMEA | Telecommunications |
| Diehl Group | EMEA | Aerospace and defense |
| Disco | APAC | Industrial systems |
| Doosan | APAC | Industrial conglomerate |
| Dow | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| Dowa Holdings | APAC | Mining and metals |
| DuPont | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| Eisai | APAC | Pharmaceuticals |
| Elbit Systems | EMEA | Aerospace and defense |
| Electrolux | EMEA | Consumer goods and food |
| Emerson | Americas | Industrial systems |
| ENEOS | APAC | Energy and electrical |
| Enercon | EMEA | Energy and electrical |
| Ericsson | EMEA | Telecommunications |
| EssilorLuxottica | EMEA | Medical and biotechnology |
| Essity | EMEA | Medical and biotechnology |
| ETRI | APAC | Government and academic research |
| Evonik | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| Fanuc | APAC | Industrial systems |
| Faurecia | EMEA | Automotive |
| Ford | Americas | Automotive |
| Foxconn | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft | EMEA | Government and academic research |
| Fresenius | EMEA | Medical and biotechnology |
| Freudenberg Group | EMEA | Industrial conglomerate |
| Fuji | APAC | Industrial systems |
| Fuji Electric | APAC | Energy and electrical |
| FujiFilm | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Innovator | Region | Industry |
| 3M | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| ABB | EMEA | Industrial systems |
| Airbus | EMEA | Aerospace and defense |
| Alphabet | Americas | Software, media, fintech |
| AMS | EMEA | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Analog Devices | Americas | Semiconductors |
| Ant Group | APAC | Software, media, fintech |
| Apple | Americas | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Applied Materials | Americas | Semiconductors |
| Arkema | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| ASML | EMEA | Semiconductors |
| Atlas Copco | EMEA | Industrial systems |
| AUO | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| BASF | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| Becton Dickinson | Americas | Medical and biotechnology |
| BOE Technology | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Boeing | Americas | Aerospace and defense |
| BorgWarner | Americas | Automotive |
| Bosch | EMEA | Industrial conglomerate |
| Boston Scientific | Americas | Medical and biotechnology |
| British American Tobacco | EMEA | Consumer goods and food |
| Brother Industries | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Canon | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Carrier | Americas | Energy and electrical |
| Caterpillar | Americas | Industrial systems |
| CEA | EMEA | Government and academic research |
| Cirrus Logic | Americas | Semiconductors |
| CNH Industrial | EMEA | Industrial systems |
| CNRS | EMEA | Government and academic research |
| Colgate-Palmolive | Americas | Consumer goods and food |
| Continental | EMEA | Automotive |
| Corning | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| Covestro | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| Danaher | Americas | Industrial conglomerate |
| Deere & Company | Americas | Industrial systems |
| Delta Electronics | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Denso | APAC | Automotive |
| Dow | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| DuPont | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| Emerson | Americas | Industrial systems |
| Ericsson | EMEA | Telecommunications |
| Evonik | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| Fanuc | APAC | Industrial systems |
| Faurecia | EMEA | Automotive |
| Ford | Americas | Automotive |
| Foxconn | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft | EMEA | Government and academic research |
| FujiFilm | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| Fujitsu | APAC | Electronics and computing equipment |
| GE | Americas | Industrial conglomerate |
| Innovator | Region | Industry |
| 3M | Americas | Chemicals and materials |
| ABB | EMEA | Industrial systems |
| Accenture | EMEA | Software, media, fintech |
| AGC | APAC | Chemicals and materials |
| Airbus | EMEA | Aerospace and defense |
| Aisin | APAC | Automotive |
| Alcon | Americas | Medical and biotechnology |
| Alibaba | APAC | Software, media, fintech |
| Alphabet | Americas | Software, media, fintech |
| Alstom | EMEA | Energy and electrical |
| Amgen | Americas | Pharmaceuticals |
| Analog Devices | Americas | Semiconductors |
| Ant Group | APAC | Software, media, fintech |
| Applied Materials | Americas | Semiconductors |
| AptarGroup | EMEA | Medical and biotechnology |
| ArcelorMittal | EMEA | Mining and metals |
| Arkema | EMEA | Chemicals and materials |
| ASML | EMEA | Semiconductors |
| AstraZeneca | EMEA | Pharmaceuticals |
| Atlas Copco | EMEA | Industrial systems |
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