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Top 17 Automotive market research firms based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 35 automotive market research firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 977 professional contacts across them, including 371 with verified work emails. Nurnberg is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive market research firms headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

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How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
35Companies
977Contacts tracked
371Verified emails
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The 17 largest automotive market research firms based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 17 of 35 automotive market research firms based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive market research firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNuremberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20265,001-10,000290 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Growth from Knowledge.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500254 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Appinio is a global market research company that combines an AI-powered insights platform with expert consultancy to help teams make better decisions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Partial evidenceHofgeismar, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20098 contacts →

Partial evidence

“From Hofgeismar into the world More than 40 years ago, Helwig Schmitt founded the market analysis company Management Services in the field of agricultural engineering.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4Strong evidenceFrankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20048 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Dataforce, the leading market research firm for the European automotive market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Strong evidenceWiesbaden, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20043 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Established in 1997 (former SEI ANTech-Europe GmbH/ SEAUTO-E GmbH) Locations in Wiesbaden and Wolfsburg Currently about 70 employees Market Research, Advanced RD, Business…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Partial evidenceWildau, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re helping our clients to make smarter decisions from procurement to pricing, providing industry-leading market intelligence and software solutions as well as tire-focused…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Partial evidenceAachen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dialego is an accelerator for market success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8Partial evidenceHandewitt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“bähr & fess analytics is your proficient partner for all issues in the field of automotive residual values.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Strong evidenceDuisburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-106 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Die D+S Automotive GmbH wurde Anfang 2011 als Spin-Off des Center Automotive Research der Universität Duisburg-Essen als D+S CAR-Analysen UG gegründet.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Partial evidenceNürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“L+H MarketingServices GmbH ist ein Marktforschungsinstitut basiert in Nürnberg, Virchowstraße 19, Germany”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Strong evidenceGermering, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-504 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CARGO Projects is your professional partner for designing, planning and execution of automotive market research in Germany and globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Indirect evidenceNürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Partial evidenceVillingen-schwenningen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Wir unterstützen Sie mit dem Schwerpunkt Marktforschung bei allen Fragen zum Thema Zielgruppe, Customer Journey, Kaufverhalten, Kaufentscheidung und darauf aufbauende…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Indirect evidencePotsdam, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sie möchten in unsicheren Zeiten die richtigen Entscheidungen treffen, Ihre Kunden besser verstehen und Trends im Blick behalten?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Partial evidenceObing Am See, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are an established, independent automotive consulting company specialising in people networking, consulting and connecting to key decision-makers at OEMs, retail dealership…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Indirect evidenceBad Camberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMaintal, GermanyHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Daten erzählen Geheimnisse, verraten Trends, zeigen Bedürfnisse auf und sind Wegweiser sowie Steuerungsinstrument für ein erfolgreiches Handeln – wenn man sie zu deuten weiß.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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Automotive market research firms based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
38.0%Verified-email coverage
27.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
8.6%Largest-city concentration · Nurnberg
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
12
11-50
13
51-200
3
201-500
3
501-1,000
1
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 35 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive market research firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “automotive market research firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive market research firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive market research firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 371 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive market research firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many automotive market research firms are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 35 automotive market research firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

GFK, headquartered in Nuremberg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive market research firms?

Nurnberg leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Cologne (2) and Hamburg (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 371 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 35 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.