Tracking German Innovation: New Grants Mapped on Beauhurst
This month, we’ve started tracking innovation grants from the EU State Aid Transparency database. This has significantly broadened our grant coverage for Germany, and it strengthens our UK coverage, too.
We have now matched 9,279 German innovation grants to 5,806 German company profiles, with an additional 1,100 to be added soon. By the year’s end, we’ll be tracking around 10,000 grants dating back to 2016.
With this update, we’re hitting yet another milestone in uncovering who’s really innovating across Germany.
Why it matters
Innovation grants can serve as signals to identify companies with fresh R&D momentum, spot emerging leaders before they gain headlines, and map regional or sector-specific innovation clusters.
The Beauhurst platform already covers 2.8m active German companies across registry data, financials, directors, corporate structures, funding, and more. And our industry classifications cover over 1.5m companies.
Now, with the addition of grant data, you can build a rich picture of early-stage innovators with public backing.
How else can I utilise German innovation grants?
- Flag potential buyouts or strategic partnerships from companies with validated grant-backed activity
- Build value propositions around clients with tangible, externally funded innovation
- Map macro trends in innovation funding across sectors and German regions, and benchmark against the UK
More on Beauhurst's German data
Innovation grants are just one small part of the German data that Beauhurst covers.
Take a look at our video below to see how you can use Beauhurst to discover German high-growth lists, and the companies on them.