Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Competitive research companies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,792 competitive research companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 24,575 professional contacts across them, including 4,355 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Pune the largest hub.
This list covers competitive 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 21, 2026. Country and city lists for competitive 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 competitive research companies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,475 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Mintel, we empower businesses to navigate the future with confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 651 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Infiniti Research is a leading provider of market intelligence and customer intelligence solutions with 20+ years’ experience spanning across 20+ industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 636 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Crisil Coalition Greenwich is a leading provider of strategic benchmarking, analytics and insights to the financial services industry, and specializes in providing unique…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 574 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Market Research Future (MRFR) is one of the most trusted firms for syndicated research services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 546 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HBG is a market intelligence firm offering insightful, validated & high quality qualitative & quantitative research data solutions to clients across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 511 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IndustryARC™ was started by a group of young, passionate professionals along with extensively experienced industry veterans across various business segments and focused expertise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 508 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Driven by innovation and value addition approach, Allied Market Research is instrumental in market research and business consulting across various industry verticals since its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 404 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 356 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Contify is a market and competitive intelligence (M & CI) software that helps companies discover what’s changing in their competitive landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 350 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Deep Water Point & Associates is composed of industry veterans and government experts who dedicate their expertise to maximize our clients’ competitive edge.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 346 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coherent Market Insights is a global market intelligence and consulting organization focused on assisting our plethora of clients achieve transformational growth by helping them…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 325 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Celebrating a decade of excellence, Future Market Insights (FMI) has been at the forefront of providing customized, syndicated market research and comprehensive consulting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 325 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Transparency Market Research Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 319 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 277 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fortune Business Insights™ offers market studies and consulting services to global businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “QL2 provides a real-time view of competitor assortments and pricing positions compared to your own to drive repricing efforts and promotional strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mergermarket blends market-leading human insights, advanced machine learning and 30+ years of Dealogic data to deliver the earliest possible signals of potential M&A…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 241 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ken Research is a global strategy consulting firm dedicated to helping CEOs, investors, and governments make data-driven decisions on market growth, expansion planning, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Your trusted custom research and data analysts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 235 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Valona Intelligence | Forrester Wave Leader | Competitive and Market Intelligence Platform Valona transforms market uncertainty into strategic foresight for global leaders who…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vecteur Plus est le N°1 en France de la veille commerciale et stratégique (250 collaborateurs, 16 342 utilisateurs et plus de 5 d'opportunités détectées par an).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Research Nester is a global consulting firm that works with the most aspirational facilitators to define the future market strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 179 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Research Insights is an obligated organization and a global ground breaker in research, analytics and advisory.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The world’s most experienced B2B market research company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “More.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: competitive 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 competitive research companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of competitive research companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name competitive 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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Competitive research companies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 competitive 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 competitive research companies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “competitive 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 competitive 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 competitive 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, 4,355 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 21, 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.
Competitive research companies by location
8 lists · largest firstEvery Competitive research companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Competitive research companies based in the United States393
- Competitive research companies based in India360
- Competitive research companies based in Brazil108
- Competitive research companies based in the United Kingdom91
- Competitive research companies based in France38
- Competitive research companies based in Germany28
- Competitive research companies based in Canada27
- Competitive research companies based in Spain26
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 competitive 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 competitive research companies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,792 competitive 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?
Mintel, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most competitive research companies?
The United States leads with 393 companies, followed by India (360) and Brazil (108). Every competitive research companies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most competitive research companies?
Pune leads with 138 headquartered companies, followed by London (53) and New York (52).
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 4,355 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,792 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 21, 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.