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Battelle Memorial Institute

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American applied science and technology development company

Battelle Memorial Institute (or simply Battelle) is an American private nonprofit applied science and technology development company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.2 Its revenue was $13.3 billion in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1929Founded1
  • Industryresearch1
  • HeadquartersColumbus, United States1
  • Founded inColumbus1
  • Websitewww.battelle.org
  • Legal formCorporation (Nonprofit)3
  • Kind of organizationNonprofit organization1
  • LEI549300DYS451UPLR54663
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O RUSSELL P AUSTIN, 43201 Columbus, United States3
  • Registered withCorporation Database (Ohio Secretary of State), 1157823
Battelle Memorial Institute in Winter 1
Photo: Sixflashphoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Battelle Memorial Institute (or simply Battelle) is an American private nonprofit applied science and technology development company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.2

Corporate structure

Battelle Memorial Institute sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, Ohio, United States
    • Battelle Subsidiary · Carouge, Switzerland
    • Battelle Seattle Research Center Subsidiary · Seattle, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The institute was founded in 1929 by Gordon Battelle. Originally focusing on contract research and development work in the areas of metals and material science, Battelle is now an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, develops and commercializes technology, and manages laboratories for customers. It has 3,200 employees, and manages another 29,500 in ten United States Department of Energy National Laboratories.

From 1969 to 1975, the institute was involved in a lawsuit over whether it was "neglecting its philanthropic promises" as a nonprofit organization. It reached an $80 million settlement in 1975 (equivalent to $479 million in 2025), used to demolish Union Station, build Battelle Hall at the Columbus Convention Center, refurbish the Ohio Theatre and create Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park. The institute lost its nonprofit status in the 1990s, though regained it by 2001.

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Products and brands

Contract research business

Battelle serves the following:

Agribusiness: crop protection, encapsulation, formulation, environmental fate, spray drift and droplet characterization

Ecology and environment: scientific data packages for researchers, air, water and soil analysis, PFAS and emerging contaminant assessment, analysis, destruction and remediation

Health: genomics, life sciences research, medical device development, neurotechnology, public health studies

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Materials science: analytical chemistry, characterization, coatings, compounds and structures, corrosion studies, nanoparticles and materials

National security: aviation and aerospace technologies, chemical and biological defense systems, cyber innovations, ground tactical systems, maritime technologies

Research infrastructure: Biosafety Laboratory 3 (BSL3) operations, chemical demilitarization facilities, National Ecological Observatory Network, national laboratory management

STEM education: BattelleEd, STEMX, Battelle Arts Grant, STEM Learning Networks

In addition to its Columbus, Ohio headquarters, Battelle has offices in Aberdeen, Maryland; West Jefferson, Ohio; Seattle, Washington; Arlington, Virginia; Norwell, Massachusetts; Charlottesville, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boulder, Colorado; and Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.

National laboratories

In addition to operating its own research facilities, as of 2022, Battelle managed or co-managed on behalf of the United States Department of Energy the following national laboratories:

Brookhaven National Laboratory (through Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC – a collaboration between Battelle and Stony Brook University)

Idaho National Laboratory (through the Battelle Energy Alliance – a collaboration between Battelle, BWX Technologies, Inc., Washington Group International, Electric Power Research Institute and an alliance of universities)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (through Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC – a collaboration between Battelle, BWX Technologies, Inc., Washington Group International, the University of California, Bechtel National, and The Texas A&M University System)

Los Alamos National Laboratory (through Triad National Security, LLC – a collaboration between Battelle, the University of California, and The Texas A&M University System)

National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly National Renewable Energy Laboratory; in partnership with MRIGlobal as part of the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (through UT-Battelle, LLC – a collaboration between Battelle and the University of Tennessee)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Savannah River National Laboratory (through the Battelle Savannah River Alliance)

Homeland Security

On behalf of the Department of Homeland Security:

National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center

National Science Foundation projects

In March 2016, Battelle was selected to manage the completion of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for the National Science Foundation.

Battelle Center for Science and Technology Policy (OSU/Glenn)

Battelle provides funds for a public policy research center at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs of Ohio State University to focus on scholarly questions associated with science and technology policy. The Battelle Center for Science and Technology Policy at Ohio State in July 2011.

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Battelle
  • Battelle Seattle Research Center

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Battelle Memorial Institute revenue by year1$13.3B in 2024+180% since 2015
0$5.0B$10.0B$15.0B2015: $4.8B$4.8B20152016: $4.8B$4.8B2016+0%2017: $4.9B$4.9B2017+3%2018: $5.1B$5.1B2018+3%2019: $8.3B$8.3B2019+62%2020: $9.2B$9.2B2020+12%2021: $10.1B$10.1B2021+9%2022: $11.0B$11.0B2022+9%2023: $12.5B$12.5B2023+13%2024: $13.3B$13.3B2024+7%
  • 2024$13.3B1
  • 2023$12.5B1
  • 2022$11.0B1
  • 2021$10.1B1
  • 2020$9.2B1
  • 2019$8.3B1

Timeline

  1. 1929Founded Founded in Columbus1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$33.7B 2008–2026
Without federal contracts$1.8B 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceFederal contractsTotal
2026$91.7M$4.6M$1.9B$2.0B
2025$131.1M–$2.3B$2.4B
2024$232.4M–$2.5B$2.7B
2023$124.1M–$2.5B$2.6B
2022$102.9M–$2.0B$2.1B
2021$113.8M–$2.1B$2.2B
2020$110.8M–$1.7B$1.8B
2019$105.3M–$1.2B$1.4B
2018$128.7M$1.5M$1.7B$1.8B
2017$98.4M–$1.2B$1.3B
2016$166.0M–$1.5B$1.7B
2015$34.6M–$1.3B$1.3B
2014$36.6M–$1.3B$1.3B
2013$30.0M–$1.3B$1.3B
2012$35.0M–$1.5B$1.5B
2011$24.6M–$1.2B$1.2B
2010$139.4M–$1.2B$1.3B
2009$43.1M–$1.8B$1.9B
2008$18.9M–$1.7B$1.7B

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov7, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 17 registered units, including subsidiaries under the same parent. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Nov 1, 2017$401.0M from National Science Foundation: Biological Sciences8 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award 1724433
  2. Nov 1, 2023$268.3M from National Science Foundation: Biological Sciences9 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award 2217817
  3. Nov 25, 2015$142.6M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Basic Applied And Advanced Reserch In Science And Engineering; Basic, Applied, And Advanced Research In Science And Engineering10 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award W911SR1520001
  4. Apr 1, 2016$122.6M from National Science Foundation: Biological Sciences11 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award 1638695
  5. May 15, 2016$90.0M from National Science Foundation: Biological Sciences12 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award 1638696
  6. Jan 21, 2010$86.5M from Department of Energy: Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Ana; Electricity Delivery And Energy Reliability, Research, Development And Analysis13 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award DEOE0000190
  7. Oct 1, 2005$61.6M from Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research And Development14 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award DEFC2605NT42589
  8. Jan 1, 2024$50.2M from Department of Energy: Clean Energy Demonstrations15 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award DECD0000021

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 15, 1978$31.1B from Department of Energy: Battelle memorial institute/pacific northwest laboratory operating and managing contract16 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award DEAC0576RL01830
  2. Feb 16, 2021$1.6B from Department of Energy: Savannah river national laboratory management and operating (m&o) contract17 To BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC Award 89303321CEM000080
  3. Dec 3, 2007$387.6M from Department of the Army: Fox/bio requirement18 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award DG01
  4. Dec 20, 2019$283.0M from National Science Foundation: Arctic research support and logistics services (arsls)19 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award 49100420C0001
  5. Apr 15, 2014$147.6M from National Institutes of Health: Igf::ot::igfsupport of the research effort to evaluate the toxic and carcinogenic potential of test agents in laboratory animals for the ntp20 To BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Award HHSN273201400015C