Wilmington, United States: innovation profile

Wilmington is number 88 in the 311 Innovation Cities Index, with an innovation score of 56. It is home to 3 R&D labs, 3 startups, 13 investors and 12 of the world's largest companies in the 311 Institute directories.

Part of the 311 Innovation Cities Index (311institute.com). Last updated 7 October 2026.

Largest companies

• Analog Devices, Inc. (#693)
• Marvell Technology, Inc (#879)
• Dupont de Nemours, Inc. (#1014)
• The Chemours Company (#1149)
• Incyte Corporation (#1260)
• Qnity Electronics, Inc. (#1324)
• Charles River Laboratories (#1463)
• Unifirst Corp. (#1987)
• Symbotic Inc. (#2066)
• Ashland Inc. (#2296)
• Onto Innovation Inc. (#3041)
• WSFS Financial Corp. (#F366)

Startups

• Enabled Play
• Lumos Technologies
• Ohanafy

Investors

• 6529 Capital
• Blackrock Capital Investment
• Chartline Capital Partners
• Covenant Venture Capital
• CS Investment
• Dupont Capital
• General Global Capital
• Inusa Capital
• Nearingpoint Venture Partners
• Nfdg
• Platform Advisor
• Presidio Partners
• Wilmington Trust Asset

R&D labs

Charles River Laboratories (United States), DuPont, Health and Education Research Management and Epidemiologic Services (United States).