Tres Cantos: 38 patents from 27 young tech firms, second in Madrid region, Startup Radar says

Tres Cantos ranks second among the municipalities of the Community of Madrid by the number of patents registered by technology startups, according to pressnorte.com. The data come from the Startup Radar madri+d 2026 report, prepared by the Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d in collaboration with the Dealroom platform pressnorte.compressnorte.compressnorte.comOpen source ↗.

The study counts 38 patents belonging to 27 technology companies less than 15 years old in the town. Together these companies provide 186 jobs, according to the report.

Patent ranking

The list is led by Madrid city with 220 patents. Tres Cantos is followed by Pozuelo de Alarcón with 14 patents, Alcobendas with 11 and Leganés with 10.

Investment, revenue and regional context

The report also analyses accumulated investment and revenue of the companies in its database. In Tres Cantos, accumulated investment reaches 104.25 million euros, and combined revenue amounts to 18.23 million euros pressnorte.compressnorte.compressnorte.comOpen source ↗.

By accumulated investment the town is behind Madrid city with 4,934.02 million euros, Alcobendas with 225.7 million and Pozuelo de Alarcón with 112.69 million. These figures refer only to the technology companies analysed in Startup Radar madri+d 2026. They therefore do not represent the investment or revenue of all companies established in each municipality.

Overall, the report gathers information on about 2,600 technology companies in the Community of Madrid. Together they generate around 53,000 jobs, reach annual revenue of 9,800 million euros and have accumulated 5,800 million euros of venture capital investment.

The main sectors identified include enterprise software, health, marketing, energy, financial technology, education and transport. The document also notes the presence of software platforms, deep tech and big data analytics pressnorte.compressnorte.compressnorte.comOpen source ↗.