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Top 25 Business research institutes worldwide

RevenueBase identified 2,886 company matches for business research institutes worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 90,413 professional contacts across them, including 31,900 with verified work emails. India is the largest market and Pune the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for business research institutes worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026. Country and city lists for business research institutes follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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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90,413Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest business research institutes worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,886 company matches for business research institutes worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+40,879 contacts →

Exact match

“S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise and technology to make decisions with conviction.”

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2Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0002,215 contacts →

Exact match

“Euromonitor International leads the world in global market intelligence into industries, companies, economies and consumers.”

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3Exact matchHyderabad, IndiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,268 contacts →

Exact match

“GD Research Center Pvt.”

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4Exact matchMumbai, IndiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000766 contacts →

Exact match

“Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.”

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5Exact matchNew York, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500699 contacts →

Exact match

“The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers Trusted Insights for What’s Ahead®.”

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6Exact matchMumbai, IndiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500663 contacts →

Exact match

“CMIE, or the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, is a leading business information company.”

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7Exact matchOxford, United KingdomHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000644 contacts →

Exact match

“At Oxford Economics, we equip our clients with the data and understanding they need to navigate an uncertain, fast-changing and challenging global economic and business…”

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8Exact matchHyderabad, IndiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500635 contacts →

Exact match

“We are a fully revenue-funded organization from founding in 2014.”

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9Exact matchSeongnam-si, South KoreaHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000569 contacts →

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“World-Leading Research Institute Turns To Global R & BD "World-leading research institute KETI adopts global R & BD (Research & Business Development) strategy.”

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10Exact matchSan Francisco, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000557 contacts →

Exact match

“Grand View Research is an end-to-end market research technology and consulting business.”

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11Exact matchWilmington, DE, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000502 contacts →

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“Driven by innovation and value addition approach, Allied Market Research is instrumental in market research and business consulting across various industry verticals since its…”

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12Exact matchRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500480 contacts →

Exact match

“Tecgraf/PUC-Rio Institute is a successful self-supported model of R,D&I.”

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13Exact matchRotterdam, NetherlandsHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500472 contacts →

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“Erasmus School of Economics is a school with an international reach.”

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14Exact matchMelbourne, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500435 contacts →

Exact match

“Over more than 50 years, IBISWorld has evolved to be the global leader in industry research.”

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15Exact matchKowloon, Hong KongHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000393 contacts →

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“INJ Partners is a leading provider of end-to-end market research solutions, helping businesses navigate complex market landscapes with data-driven insights that drive real impact.”

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16Exact matchGraz, AustriaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500360 contacts →

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“JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH develops solutions and technologies for commerce and industry covering a wide range of sectors, and is a leading international…”

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17Exact matchSan Sebastián, SpainHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500343 contacts →

Exact match

“Ceit is a non profit research centre that was created by the University of Navarra in 1982.”

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18Exact matchMelbourne, AustraliaHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200318 contacts →

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“The KPI Institute is a research institute specialized in business performance.”

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19Exact matchWashington Dc, DC, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500309 contacts →

Exact match

“Verified Market Research (VMR) boasts the most extensive library of B2B niche market insights, with over 323,742 cutting-edge reports as of Q3 2023, reflecting a robust growth…”

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20Exact matchMannheim, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500298 contacts →

Exact match

“With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.”

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21Exact matchPune, IndiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500274 contacts →

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“Fortune Business Insights™ offers market studies and consulting services to global businesses.”

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22Exact matchBoston, MA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200246 contacts →

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“Your trusted custom research and data analysts.”

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23Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200227 contacts →

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“Shaping the Economic Debate”: The ifo Institute wants to help shape the economic policy debate in Germany and Europe.”

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24Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500220 contacts →

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“The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research instituts in Germany.”

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25Exact matchBasel, SwitzerlandHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500213 contacts →

Exact match

“Verantwortliche in Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft agieren in einem zunehmend komplexen, dynamischen und unsicheren Umfeld.”

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Business research institutes worldwide at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
35.3%Verified-email coverage
31.3Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.0%Largest-city concentration · Pune
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,249
11-50
1,109
51-200
332
201-500
98
501-1,000
32
1,001-5,000
21
5,001-10,000
5
10001+
11

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for business research institutes are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “business research institutes” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 31,900 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Business research institutes by location

19 lists · largest first

Every Business research institutes list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “business research institutes”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many business research institutes are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,886 company matches for business research institutes worldwide as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

S&p Global tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most business research institutes?

India leads with 319 companies, followed by the United States (278) and Germany (187). Every business research institutes list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most business research institutes?

Pune leads with 86 company records, followed by London (69) and Sao Paulo (39).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 31,900 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,886 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 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 SmartSearch, 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.