Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping environment in Ireland. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
32 of 432 tracked companies have open roles.
37 of 432 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 81 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 92.7% of disclosed capital, while 91.4% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $42.12M | 16 | 6 |
| 2017 | $50.3M | 16 | 4 |
| 2018 | $8.46M | 23 | 2 |
| 2019 | $688.02M | 28 | 9 |
| 2020 | $841.41M | 26 | 7 |
| 2021 | $18.84M | 15 | 4 |
| 2022 | $1.21B | 12 | 9 |
| 2023 | $369.56M | 10 | 7 |
| 2024 | $57.68M | 0 | 6 |
| 2025 | $19.46M | 0 | 3 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
93 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in environment company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Mitsui.
Backed by Arjun Infrastructure and Credit Agricole and others.
Backed by 547 Energy.
Backed by Tikehau Capital and IDIA Capital Investissement.
Backed by Barclays.
Backed by Apollo Global Management.
Backed by Novusmodus.
Backed by Impax Asset Management.
Backed by Octopus Energy Generation.
Backed by SOFILARO and IDIA Capital Investissement and others.
No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Ireland; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Ireland; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.
How the Ireland companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
13 of these companies (3%) publish at least one Android app — 23 apps in all, carrying 646.6K installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSE Airtricityairtricity | 254.9K | — | Tools |
| Panda WastePanda Recycling | 153.8K | — | Business |
| Greyhound Household RecyclingGreyhound | 76.1K | — | House & Home |
| Symbio® Service & InstallationTrane Technologies | 59.1K | 3.2 | Tools |
| Trane BAS OperatorTrane Technologies | 47.4K | 2.8 | Business |
| ePower EV ChargingePower | 33.5K | — | Auto & Vehicles |
| OpenLitterMapOpenLitterMap | 4K | 4.4 | Education |
| NRG PanelNRG Panel | 3.9K | — | Business |
| Trane BAS OccupantTrane Technologies | 3.9K | — | Business |
| Advanced Waste Customer AppAdvanced Waste | 3K | — | Business |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2024Q4).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Energy | 3 | 257.7K | SSE Airtricity 254.9K | |
| Waste & Water Management | 11 | 238.6K | Panda Waste 153.8K | |
| Air Management Services | 3 | 110.4K | Symbio® Service & Installation 59.1K | |
| Solar Energy | 4 | 39.1K | ePower EV Charging 33.5K | |
| Solid Waste Management Tech | 2 | 3.3K | Advanced Waste Customer App 3K | |
| Rainwater Harvesting | 2 | 798 | Kingspan Titan Tank Selector 399 |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
The EUR-84-million (USD 98.6m) transaction consolidates 22 of Amarenco’s existing financing facilities into a single structure, freeing up resources for new developments.
Trane Technologies and its Thermo King brand have completed the acquisition of Thermo King Northern, a Thermo King and Frigoblock dealer serving the northern UK market.
A consortium comprising Bayern LB, Nord/LB, Siemens Financial Services through Siemens Bank, CIBC and ABN AMRO is providing the funding under a structure arranged by Centrus, which acted as debt and hedging adviser.
H&MV Engineering, a leading global provider of specialist high-voltage electrical engineering services based in Limerick, Ireland, has acquired Cooke Power Services, a power infrastructure company based in Amarillo.
Kepco will acquire an 80% stake in Simply Blue Energy OSW Ltd.
Cork EV charging and solar energy firm ePower has raised €30m in fresh funding, its largest-ever funding round.
Galetech Group, the Cavan-headquartered renewable energy services and development business, has acquired a 50% stake in Blade Technical Services (BTS), a provider of wind turbine blade inspection and repair services.
Dublin-based solar Independent Power Producer (IPP), Power Capital, has secured a financing facility of up to €323 million, led by Eiffel Investment Group.
KEO International Consultants has announced the acquisition of Meehan Green, which is said to be one of Europe’s leading green building consultancies.
new funding for Mainstream has been agreed upon in the form of a shareholder loan facility of up to EUR 64 million provided pro‑rata 70% by Aker Horizons and 30% by Mitsui, along with a letter of credit facility with DNB of up to EUR 64 million, also backed pro‑rata by Aker Horizons and Mitsui.
Top 10 categories among 158 recorded events in the 24-month window.
11 tracked people moves
Departure Previously National Chairman
Appointment National Chairman
Appointment National Vice-Chairman
Appointment Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer
Retirement
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Product
Platform
5 recorded customer wins
Customer: Housing and Development PropertiesInfrastructure
Customer: Aircraft Seating
Customer: Energy Storage
Customer: Employees of Land and Habitats DivisionEnergy and Environmental Services
Customer: geely auto groupAutomotive
1 companies with reported reductions
148 roleschallenging market conditions
2 recorded events
hearing held for merger investigationEuropean Commission
Exempted from responsibility for the spread of the fireGrenfell Tower Inquiry
1 tracked suits
Allegations of insolvent, reckless and fraudulent tradingCivil · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 39 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trane Technologies→thermo king northern | Completed | 2026-03-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Trane Technologies→liquidstack | Completed | 2026-03-05 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Trane Technologies→stellar energy | Completed | 2026-02-26 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Trane Technologies→CSTK, Inc. | Announced | 2026-02-18 | Not stated in snapshot |
| H&MV Engineering→cooke power services | Announced | 2026-01-13 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Trane Technologies→Kieback&Peter | Announced | 2025-12-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
0 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 7-posting snapshot covers 7 employers.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
4 postings specify a level.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Trane Technologies ↗ | 7,891 |
| Bord na Móna ↗ | 1,500 |
| airtricity ↗ | 1,000 |
| Glanua ↗ | 288 |
| Amarenco ↗ | 220 |
| IN2 ↗ | 217 |
| MKO Ireland ↗ | 186 |
| Activ8 Solar Energies ↗ | 185 |
69 founders and chief executives across 64 companies.
Ex-Founder & CEO Airtricity, CEO Bord na Mona. University College Dublin BE 1970
Amarenco, ex-Arcelormittal Projects Exosun, ex-Exosun, BUTTERFLY SCHOOL, 2023
Ex-Information Technology Systems. University of Limerick BEng 1988
F Carceller, ex-Gazelle Wind Power, ex-Club Del Inversor 3 0, Luleå University of Technology, 2013
Epower, ex-Benchmarx Kitchens And Joinery Part Of Travis Perkins, ex-Travis Perkins, Florida Atlantic University, 2009
Ex-BNRG, NTR, Island Renewable Energy, 3Line Capital Partners, AIB. ACCA
Bnrg Renewables, ex-Irish Solar Energy Association, ex-David Maguire Consultancy, Bangor University
Aubren, ex-Ebm Papst, ex-Act Manufacturing Europe, Trinity College Dublin, 1979
Ex-Salontai Consulting Group, Kleinfelder. California State Polytechnic University-Pomona BS 1977, California State University, Long Beach MS 1981
Ex-EIT RawMaterials.
Water Stewardship Ireland, Climate Ready Academy, Sustainable Enterprise Skillnet, ex-Innovation Exchange, Shannon Development…
Autismcare, ex-Nasdaq, ex-Upchore, University of Limerick, 2005
13 profiles with education records.
1 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
198,080 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Environment coverage across Ireland · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 26,198 |
| 2021Q3 | 52,755 |
| 2021Q4 | 25,549 |
| 2022Q1 | 28,324 |
| 2022Q2 | 25,676 |
| 2022Q3 | 24,558 |
| 2022Q4 | 29,396 |
| 2023Q1 | 30,179 |
| 2023Q2 | 31,592 |
| 2023Q3 | 30,143 |
| 2023Q4 | 26,900 |
| 2024Q1 | 30,426 |
| 2024Q2 | 32,400 |
| 2024Q3 | 30,228 |
| 2024Q4 | 28,742 |
| 2025Q1 | 38,316 |
| 2025Q2 | 24,089 |
| 2025Q3 | 111,500 |
| 2025Q4 | 23,662 |
| 2026Q1 | 31,214 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
218 recorded company events across 17 companies; percentages use that event total.
Environment coverage across Ireland · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Environment coverage across Ireland
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| study overseas | 413 | 200 | 106% |
| overseas study | 371 | 181 | 105% |
| semester abroad | 354 | 172 | 106% |
| stock performance | 278 | 144 | 93% |
| sports legislation | 191 | 91 | 110% |
| international programs | 185 | 97 | 91% |
| border enforcement practices | 171 | 33 | 418% |
| bowl game matchups | 162 | 79 | 105% |
| comex gold analysis | 157 | 82 | 91% |
| solar electricity generation | 156 | 110 | 42% |
| odi world cup | 255 | 790 | -68% |
| icc world cup | 227 | 730 | -69% |
| odi tactics | 336 | 691 | -51% |
| limited overs cricket | 336 | 653 | -49% |
| odi cricket | 323 | 637 | -49% |
Environment coverage across Ireland
odi world cup, limited overs cricket, odi tactics
39.9% critical · 32.9% positiveon-campus living, residential colleges, student accommodation
32.3% critical · 42.0% positivetax policy execution, tax expenditure oversight, gdp growth rate
32.9% critical · 45.4% positiveEnvironment coverage across Ireland. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
31,492 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Tone counts: 24,071 positive · 3,094 neutral · 4,327 negative.
Landmark: A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: Current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future m
Landmark: Past, present, and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding: A systematic review in methods, monitoring, and applicatio
Landmark: Tracking complex mixtures of chemicals in our changing environment
Common problems researchers identify · 0119.8% of this theme group
Researchers highlight uncertainties and health impacts of emerging environmental contaminants.
Risk assessment (141) · Contamination (168) · Human health (147) · Environmental impact assessment (149)
A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: Current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future m
Addressing the Uncertainties in the Environmental Analysis, Modeling, Source and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 766.4 |
| 2023 | 768.0 |
| 2024 | 760.2 |
| 2025 | 899.8 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0219.2% of this theme group
Papers discuss frameworks for systematic monitoring and resource management of natural systems.
Environmental monitoring (660) · Environmental resource management (209) · Environmental management system (79) · Environmental planning (134)
Environmental Monitoring in the Making: From Surveying Nature’s Resources to Monitoring Nature’s Change
Management and Organization of Environmental Monitoring Sites
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 903.9 |
| 2023 | 920.0 |
| 2024 | 950.3 |
| 2025 | 687.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0318.6% of this theme group
Studies focus on using environmental DNA to track species and ecosystem health.
Biodiversity (155) · Ecosystem (142) · Environmental DNA (42) · Habitat (58)
Improving biodiversity monitoring
Monitoring Threatened Species and Ecological Communities
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1134.9 |
| 2023 | 1113.2 |
| 2024 | 1008.2 |
| 2025 | 1165.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0417.4% of this theme group
Works examine methods for assessing surface and groundwater pollution and flow dynamics.
Water quality (445) · Hydrology (113) · Groundwater (107) · Surface water (79)
Monitoring of Water Pollution and its Consequences: An Overview
Methodical approaches for the assessment of the quality of surface and groundwater in the system of environmental-meliorative monitoring
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 762.5 |
| 2023 | 732.7 |
| 2024 | 661.1 |
| 2025 | 723.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0511.3% of this theme group
Research surveys smart sensor networks and remote sensing for continuous environmental data collection.
Wireless sensor network (123) · Environmental monitoring (279) · Internet of Things (60) · Remote sensing (70)
Advances in Smart Environment Monitoring Systems Using IoT and Sensors
Wireless Sensor Networks: a Survey on Environmental Monitoring
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1043.7 |
| 2023 | 1028.4 |
| 2024 | 1095.0 |
| 2025 | 1159.8 |
Common problems researchers identify · 068.1% of this theme group
Articles evaluate particulate exposure, air‑quality indices, and health implications of indoor and outdoor pollutants.
Air quality index (205) · Air pollution (205) · Particulates (60) · Indoor air quality (36)
An overview of selected emerging outdoor airborne pollutants and air quality issues: The need to reduce uncertainty about environmental and
A review on estimating the effects of inhaling airborne pollutants and air quality monitoring
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 382.5 |
| 2023 | 368.2 |
| 2024 | 324.0 |
| 2025 | 421.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 075.7% of this theme group
Reviews address sources, distribution, and ecological risks of plastic debris in water environments.
Microplastics (234) · Plastic pollution (87) · Pollution (92) · Marine debris (39)
Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Review of Ecotoxicological Effects, Exposure Pathways and Trophic Transfer Risks
Microplastics: An Overview of Sources, Distribution, and Removal Methods
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 455.1 |
| 2023 | 440.1 |
| 2024 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 437.9 |
Cautions · 0117.4% of this theme group
Cautions about methodological challenges and interpretation uncertainties when using eDNA for habitat monitoring.
Biodiversity (36) · Habitat (28) · Environmental DNA (27) · Abundance (16)
The use of environmental DNA in monitoring aquatic biodiversity for conservation: a review of challenges and opportunities
Environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring fish biodiversity in remote lakes
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 417.8 |
| 2023 | 405.7 |
| 2024 | 347.3 |
| 2025 | 397.9 |
Cautions · 0215.7% of this theme group
Papers warn of toxic metal accumulation in soils and sediments and associated ecological hazards.
Heavy metals (53) · Contamination (106) · Pollution (101) · Sediment (53)
Evaluation of Heavy Metal Levels and its Applications in Risk Assessment Indices in the Soils of Some Communities in Gokhana Local Governmen
Contamination Levels and Ecological Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Metals in Sediments of Eleyele Lake and Odo-Iyaalaro River, Nigeria
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 798.0 |
| 2023 | 764.8 |
| 2024 | 716.4 |
| 2025 | 776.0 |
Cautions · 0315.4% of this theme group
Studies highlight incomplete coverage and emerging contaminant detection issues in water surveillance.
Water quality (130) · Hydrology (47) · Wastewater (29) · Groundwater (29)
Evaluation of Continuous Monitoring as a Tool for Municipal Stormwater Management Programs
Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics and Emerging Contaminants in Selected Water Sources: Implications for Public Health and Enviro
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 644.6 |
| 2023 | 621.4 |
| 2024 | 582.9 |
| 2025 | 650.7 |
Cautions · 0415.1% of this theme group
Research points to technical and integration challenges in deploying wireless environmental sensor platforms.
Environmental monitoring (96) · Software deployment (27) · Wireless sensor network (12) · Environmental resource management (18)
Mathematical Modelling of Biosensing Platforms Applied for Environmental Monitoring
A Review of Optical Sensor Applications in Water, Atmospheric and Soil Environmental Monitoring
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 344.0 |
| 2023 | 311.5 |
| 2024 | 238.0 |
| 2025 | 319.2 |
Cautions · 0514.8% of this theme group
Works caution about insufficient risk evaluation for chemicals and plastic particles in aquatic ecosystems.
Pesticide (49) · Microplastics (28) · Risk assessment (44) · Aquatic ecosystem (29)
Fluoroquinolones in the Wenyu River catchment, China: Occurrence simulation and risk assessment
Spatially\nExplicit Large-Scale Environmental Risk\nAssessment of Pharmaceuticals in Surface Water in China
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 186.9 |
| 2023 | 182.6 |
| 2024 | 191.1 |
| 2025 | 229.0 |
Cautions · 0611.5% of this theme group
Articles discuss uncertainties and calibration needs of low‑cost sensors for particulate monitoring.
Air pollution (81) · Air quality index (70) · Particulates (41) · Indoor air quality (14)
Using Mobile Monitoring and Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling for Capturing High Spatial Air Pollutant Variability in Cities
Development and Application of Low-Cost Environmental Sensors for the Evaluation of Ambient Air Quality and Related Emission Sources
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 382.5 |
| 2023 | 368.2 |
| 2024 | 324.0 |
| 2025 | 421.1 |
Cautions · 0710.1% of this theme group
Papers stress the need for unified frameworks to evaluate chemical and ecological risks comprehensively.
Environmental impact assessment (40) · Risk assessment (48) · Environmental risk assessment (14) · Environmental monitoring (31)
The use of diagnostic tools to assess the risks of chemicals to freshwater ecosystems: towards a unified evaluation framework
A systematic review and ecological risk assessment for organic ultraviolet filters in aquatic environments
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 99.1 |
| 2023 | 98.7 |
| 2024 | 100.0 |
| 2025 | 139.6 |
Opportunities · 0126.4% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on satellite and aerial data to quantify ecosystem changes and resource use.
Environmental monitoring (819) · Remote sensing (149) · Environmental data (134) · Environmental resource management (118)
Quantitative remote sensing-based monitoring and evaluation of the ecological environment in mining areas: technology framework and applicat
Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring. Complex Modeling
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1611.3 |
| 2023 | 1684.1 |
| 2024 | 1831.0 |
| 2025 | 1291.8 |
Opportunities · 0218.9% of this theme group
Research explores novel sampling and modeling techniques for comprehensive pollutant detection.
Contamination (215) · Microplastics (86) · Pollutant (173) · Pollution (199)
Exploiting monitoring data in environmental exposure modelling and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals
Monitoring of Environmental Contaminants in Mixed-Use Watersheds Combining Targeted and Nontargeted Analysis with Passive Sampling
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 699.2 |
| 2023 | 670.3 |
| 2024 | 619.3 |
| 2025 | 699.6 |
Opportunities · 0314.3% of this theme group
Studies promote combined community monitoring approaches using DNA metabarcoding for ecosystem management.
Biodiversity (205) · Environmental DNA (153) · Ecosystem (128) · Habitat (82)
An Integrated Approach of Multi-Community Monitoring and Assessment of Aquatic Ecosystems to Support Sustainable Development
Data Sheet 1_Monitoring terrestrial rewilding with environmental DNA metabarcoding: a systematic review of current trends and recommendation
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1134.9 |
| 2023 | 1113.2 |
| 2024 | 1008.2 |
| 2025 | 1165.0 |
Opportunities · 0413.3% of this theme group
Papers present automated systems and models for continuous water‑quality and flow observation.
Water quality (437) · Hydrology (91) · Water resources (51) · Environmental monitoring (233)
Establishment of an Automatic Real-Time Monitoring System for Irrigation Water Quality Management
Modelling and monitoring of suspended matter in surface waters using remotely sensed data
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 681.2 |
| 2023 | 657.0 |
| 2024 | 598.8 |
| 2025 | 667.9 |
Opportunities · 059.4% of this theme group
Works highlight scalable, low‑latency networks for detailed environmental condition monitoring.
Wireless sensor network (510) · Wireless (170) · Key distribution in wireless sensor networks (44) · Real-time computing (105)
Wireless Sensor Networks for Living Environment Monitoring
Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for Monitoring Environmental Condition on a Farmland
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 319.0 |
| 2023 | 283.1 |
| 2024 | 204.0 |
| 2025 | 235.2 |
Opportunities · 069.2% of this theme group
Research develops cloud‑connected devices for automated, high‑resolution environmental data acquisition.
Internet of Things (314) · Cloud computing (93) · Environmental monitoring (219) · Microcontroller (53)
Development of IoT for Automated Water Quality Monitoring System
IoT-Enabled Environmental Intelligence: A Smart Monitoring System
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 901.1 |
| 2023 | 908.8 |
| 2024 | 1017.7 |
| 2025 | 1050.5 |
Opportunities · 078.4% of this theme group
Studies demonstrate portable, networked sensors for fine‑scale urban pollutant detection.
Air quality index (326) · Air pollution (276) · Particulates (77) · Air monitoring (66)
Air quality monitoring in urban environments
Experimental evaluation of airborne pollutants using sensor-based monitoring
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 382.5 |
| 2023 | 368.2 |
| 2024 | 324.0 |
| 2025 | 421.1 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Descriptive | 34.2% | 17.4% |
| Promising | 26.4% | 37.5% |
| Problem-identifying | 16.4% | 9.9% |
| Breakthrough | 15.1% | 26.0% |
| Cautionary | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| Comparative | 2.5% | 3.9% |
| Critical | 0.4% | 1.0% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceThe potential of using E. coli as an indicator for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment | 297 | 1.1% | 64 (21.5%) | 1.1% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainTracking the distribution of persistent and mobile wastewater-derived substances in the southern and central North Sea u | 119 | 0.44% | 32 (26.9%) | 0.44% |
| Energy & datacenter footprintA Review on Energy-Efficient AI-ML and IoT-Integrated Mobile Air Pollution Monitoring System Design and Development | 13 | 0.05% | 4 (30.8%) | 0.05% |
| Bias & fairnessQuantification, identification and source discrimination of anthropogenic microfibres in marine and freshwater bodies: a | 9 | 0.03% | 4 (44.4%) | 0.03% |
| Carbon & emissions of computeDeveloping a sustainable Air Quality Monitoring Methodology Through the Use of Low-Cost Sensors. | 5 | 0.02% | 1 (20.0%) | 0.02% |
| Safety & misuseIt Is Not Only Data—Freshwater Invertebrates Misused in Biological Monitoring | 4 | 0.01% | 1 (25.0%) | 0.01% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Labour & data work | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Concentration of compute power | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
57.3% across the displayed hubs
12 companies hiring · $2.7B disclosed funding
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17.0% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $571.8M disclosed funding
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6.3% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $30.9M disclosed funding
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5.8% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $32.2M disclosed funding
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3.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $527.0K disclosed funding
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3.4% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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3.4% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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2.9% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 3 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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