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 this heat map of where the headquarters are located:

[Image by MDO art director Matt Claney]
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 |