Philips North America

Philips North America is the North American arm of the Dutch health technology company, listed with the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. The company makes hospital and diagnostic technology, including imaging systems, tools for identifying at-risk patients and clinical informatics, along with personal health products sold to consumers. Shoppers know it for Sonicare electric toothbrushes, OneBlade and wet-and-dry shavers, Lumea IPL hair removal devices and anti-colic baby bottles.

Philips says its purpose is improving people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation, with a goal of improving 2.5 billion lives a year by 2030, including 400 million in underserved communities. Its innovation heritage stretches back more than 130 years, and it invests roughly 9 percent of sales in research and development, about half of it focused on software and data science. It partners with health care providers, startups and university hospitals.

What to Know

• Philips was the top MedTech patent filer with the European Patent Office in 2025.
• It has been named a Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator for 13 straight years.
• The company emphasizes products designed to last and then be recycled.