LOFAR is being developed by a consortium of knowledge institutes, universities and industrial parties, led by ASTRON. 

  ASTRON

University of Groningen - Computing Sciences and Computer Centre

• Astronomical Research
  
  University of Groningen
  - Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
  - OmegaCEN Data Centre

Leiden University
- Sterrenwacht Leiden

University of Amsterdam
- Anton Pannekoek Institute

Radboud University
- Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Max-Planck-Insitut für Radioastronomie
- LOPES Consortium (Bonn)

• Geophysical R&D
  
  Delft University of Technology
  - Centre for Technical Geo-science

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
- KNMI

Netherlands Institute of Applied Geo-sciences
- TNO-NITG

• Precision Agriculture R&D
  
  Agrotechnologies and Food Innovations
  - A&F
  
  
• ICT R&D

Ordina Technical Automation BV

Science[&]Technology BV

Dutch Space BV

Twente Institute for Wireless and Mobile Communications BV

Delft University of Technology
- Intelligent Systems Consortium

Leiden University
- Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences

National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science
- CWI

Eindhoven University of Technology / COBRA

Uppsala University, Department of Information Sciences