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Top 24 Brand research firms based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 69 brand research firms headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 373 professional contacts across them, including 189 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.
This list covers brand research firms 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 19, 2026.
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The 24 largest brand research firms based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute at Adelaide University is world-famous for its marketing science.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 17 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 15 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an independent branding agency, creating the next generation of consumer brands for today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For over 25 years, we’ve been helping businesses navigate step changes – from revitalising brands or products that have lost relevancy to launching new ones.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SEC Newgate Research is one of the most sought-after market and social research firms in Australia and the UK for issues, opinion and reputation research amongst senior…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Research Ink is a boutique market research consultancy with a strong client service ethic and a focus on quality throughout the research process.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “VIE Marketing is 15 years old.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bread & Butter began in 1997 as a partnership between Rob Mason and Margo Cashman Our philosophy has been consistent since that time To understand what really matters to people…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AMBA was established in 2001.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a boutique qualitative and quantitative market research agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Strategic solutions guaranteed to spice up your brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WPP AUNZ is a strategy consultancy that unlocks brand and market led business growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Whether you're crafting your strategy, identifying new markets, measuring your performance or getting to know your customers or stakeholders better, market research is a great way…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BrandCapital International Pty Ltd is an independent specialist brand strategy and management practice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are experienced strategists specialising in brand strategy and qualitative research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JDI is a consumer research is a consumer research and insights consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “| We transform brands from the inside out.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Growth strategy - Identifying growth opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Truly Deeply partners with clients to optimise their brand internally and externally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Clever Stuff is a market research agency specialised in marketing research and analytics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “BrandMatters is in the business of building strong, enduring brands that enable business growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Brands are a cultural anchor that provide certainty in a fast-paced and uncertain world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “fuse strategicresearch helps businesses to discover customer & market insights to guide strategy, inform decision making & enable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: brand research firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names brand research firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of brand research firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name brand research firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Brand research firms based in Australia at a glance
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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 69 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 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 Australia whose own description of what they do matches “brand 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 brand 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 brand research firms, 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, 189 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 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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 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 brand research firms are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 69 brand research firms 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?
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, headquartered in Adelaide, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most brand research firms?
Sydney leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (14) and South Melbourne (4).
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 189 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 69 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 19, 2026.
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