Research institutions of the Bundeslaender
| Federal state | Public funded institutions | Private institutions | Non governmental organisation |
| sort | sort | sort | sort |
| Baden-Württemberg | 40 | 49 | 8 |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 39 | 73 | 22 |
| Bavaria | 33 | 55 | 8 |
| Lower Saxony | 32 | 62 | 8 |
| Brandenburg | 23 | 15 | 3 |
| Berlin | 20 | 25 | 10 |
| Hesse | 16 | 27 | 5 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 16 | 22 | 1 |
| Saxony | 16 | 29 | 5 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 14 | 10 | 2 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 12 | 26 | 4 |
| Thuringia | 12 | 13 | 6 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| Bremen | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| Hamburg | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Saarland | 1 | 2 | 0 |