Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Aerospace and defense market research companies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,227 aerospace and defense market research companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 206,675 professional contacts across them, including 31,110 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Ankara the largest hub.
This list covers aerospace and defense market research companies worldwide, 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. Country and city lists for aerospace and defense market research companies follow the table.
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.
The 25 largest aerospace and defense market research companies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 109,053 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Boeing is a leading global aerospace company that designs, builds and supports commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 32,836 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Leonardo is a global security company that realises multi-domain technological capabilities in AD & S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,939 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ArianeGroup is an industrial company delivering critical missions for the space and defence sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 4,675 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AAR is a $2.8B global aerospace and defense aftermarket solutions company with operations in 20+ countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,643 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.(IAI) is Israel’s largest aerospace and defense company specializing in developing and manufacturing advanced, state-of-the-art systems for air…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,733 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Applied Research Associates, Inc.(ARA) is the company that government and industry turn to for innovative technologies and solutions to problems that improve our safety, security…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,449 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace, defense and homeland security markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,923 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 1,634 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,614 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Magellan Aerospace (TSX:MAL) is a global aerospace company that provides complex assemblies and systems solutions to aircraft and engine manufacturers, and defence and space…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,525 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Defense is a silent shield in an unpredictable world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,099 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Be part of something BIG!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,054 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Orbital Sciences is now Orbital ATK!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 860 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HEICO Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of aerospace, defense, and electronics related products and services in the United States…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 795 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cobham Ltd” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 754 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kay and Associates, Inc.(KAI) was established in 1960 by our founder Donald Kay to provide high quality, cost effective solutions in response to the need for engineering and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 715 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 663 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Esterline is a diversified, global manufacturer of highly engineered solutions primarily for aerospace and defense markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 602 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Boeing Intelligence & Analytics (BI & A) serves the Intelligence Community with innovation and vision through advanced analytics and intelligence solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 496 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A proud member of the Exchange Income Corporation family of companies, PAL Aerospace is a Canadian-owned and operated global aerospace and defence company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 465 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “STATE-OF-THE-ART, QUALITY, COST-OPTIMIZED SOLUTIONS Founded in 1947, Butler Aerospace & Defense/BAA is a U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 440 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TSC Recruiting and Talent Search” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 439 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 422 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Calidus is a Defense Technology Development and Manufacturing Company, founded in 2015 and based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 422 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “INTUITIVE® is a professional engineering and systems integration firm delivering rapid, missionfocused solutions for defense, government, and commercial customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 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: aerospace and defense market research companies. 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 aerospace and defense market research companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of aerospace and defense market research companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name aerospace and defense market research companies. 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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Aerospace and defense market research companies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
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 aerospace and defense market research companies, 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.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for aerospace and defense market research companies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “aerospace and defense market research companies”. 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 aerospace and defense market research companies), 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 aerospace and defense market research companies, and records with no verified work email.
- 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, 31,110 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
- 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.
Aerospace and defense market research companies by location
5 lists · largest firstEvery Aerospace and defense market research companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Aerospace and defense market research companies based in the United States505
- Aerospace and defense market research companies based in India137
- Aerospace and defense market research companies based in the United Kingdom68
- Aerospace and defense market research companies based in Türkiye52
- Aerospace and defense market research companies based in France28
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 aerospace and defense market research companies, 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 aerospace and defense market research companies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,227 aerospace and defense market research companies worldwide 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?
Boeing, headquartered in Arlington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most aerospace and defense market research companies?
The United States leads with 505 companies, followed by India (137) and the United Kingdom (68). Every aerospace and defense market research companies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most aerospace and defense market research companies?
Ankara leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by Huntsville (24) and Pune (23).
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 31,110 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,227 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.