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Top 25 Brand research consultancies based in Australia

RevenueBase identified 405 brand research consultancies headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 2,113 professional contacts across them, including 848 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers brand research consultancies headquartered in Australia, 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.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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2,113Contacts tracked
848Verified emails
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The 25 largest brand research consultancies based in Australia

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 405 brand research consultancies based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to brand research consultancies: 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 evidenceSurry Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200196 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The General Store specialise in retail strategy & innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Indirect evidenceAdelaide, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute at Adelaide University is world-famous for its marketing science.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Indirect evidenceNorth Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202610001+102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In our world of rapid change, the need for reliable information to make confident decisions has never been greater.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20094 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Forethought is a Marketing Advisory, Strategy and Analytics company, focused on partnering clients to provide the market and customer evidence that drives business outcomes across…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Partial evidenceBrisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5050 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1989, DAIS has been helping organisations strengthen and transform their brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Partial evidenceThe Rocks, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Right now, people could do away with 75% of all the brands in their life without noticing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Indirect evidenceRhodes, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-50045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As a forward-thinking FMCG business, you’re driven by a constant desire to innovate and anticipate your customers’ next move, however spotting the right opportunities can…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8Indirect evidenceCremorne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Introducing The Royals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Partial evidenceRichmond, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5032 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Lab is a creative human understanding practice where ambitious brands come to make brilliant leaps.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Partial evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We create trust brands and empower our clients' teams to build more trust in every conversation and interaction.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Partial evidenceRichmond, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“WE ARE BRAND PEOPLE An independent design group with expertise in consumer, retail and corporate branding and design - we live and breathe brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Partial evidenceFrewville, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1976, McGregor Tan is one of Australia’s most experienced full service social and market research agencies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We design places for people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Indirect evidenceRushcutters Bay, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ergo Strategy is a boutique consumer insights consultancy that studies people and their markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Partial evidenceBaulkham Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are an Australian owned, independant Brand agency & Creative Design Studio with global outlook.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Partial evidenceEdgecliff, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Strategic research and consulting providing clarity and insights to your organisation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Partial evidenceAlexandria, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Market Intelligence Co.(TMIC) specialises in customised business to business and industrial market research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSouth Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our insights specialists, with expertise from consumer ideation to advanced analytics, bring a clear consumer voice to all parts of the FMCG/CPG & Retail industries from shopper &…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19Partial evidenceBrisbane City, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A boutique brand marketing studio passionate about raising brands and collaborating with forward-thinking teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSt Kilda, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hello, welcome.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21Partial evidenceCremorne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Honeycomb Strategy is a behaviourally led research and strategy agency with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Instinct and Reason was established in 2002 as a market research and strategic consultancy with offices in Australia (Sydney, Canberra, Darwin), U.K (London), and Canada (Kelowna).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23Partial evidenceBrisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Ripe, an independent marketing agency that works closely with business owners, marketing teams and senior leaders to help connect their brand with people, find their…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24Partial evidencePyrmont, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Brand & Co is an international branding studio celebrating 25 years in brand strategy, design and identity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25Partial evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are storytellers, researchers and problem-solvers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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Brand research consultancies based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
40.1%Verified-email coverage
5.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
22.2%Largest-city concentration · Sydney
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
313
11-50
79
51-200
10
201-500
2
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 405 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 brand research consultancies, 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 Australia whose own description of what they do matches “brand research consultancies”. 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 brand research consultancies), 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 brand research consultancies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia 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, 848 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 brand research consultancies, 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 brand research consultancies are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 405 brand research consultancies headquartered in Australia 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?

The General Store, headquartered in Surry Hills, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most brand research consultancies?

Sydney leads with 90 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (81) and Brisbane (22).

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 848 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 405 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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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.