Where are the world’s medtech headquarters?

The world’s major medtech headquarters are concentrated in specific countries and regions: Germany, Japan, Northern California, Southern California, Massachusetts, Minnesota and more.

That’s a major takeaway from an analysis of data from Medical Design & Outsourcing's Big 100 list of largest medical device companies in the world. Check out the heat map above of where the headquarters are located.

These countries and U.S. states had the largest share of headquarters among the 100 largest medical device companies in the world:

Countries

U.S. — 57

Japan — 12

Germany — 6

Denmark — 4

France, U.K., Sweden — each have 3

U.S. states

California — 19

Massachusetts — 7

Minnesota — 4

Illinois — 4

Texas — 4

Here’s our analysis of how major U.S. medical device states compare>>

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