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Top 25 Customer research agencies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 13,685 customer research agencies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 285,570 professional contacts across them, including 80,287 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers customer research agencies 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 19, 2026. Country and city lists for customer research agencies 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 customer research agencies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25,856 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NielsenIQ (NIQ) is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 16,377 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 15,564 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 10,241 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Discover growth opportunities in the Consumer Durables sector with NIQ.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 5,571 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Circana, we measure and accelerate demand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 4,637 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “YouGov is a global research data and analytics group, powered by reality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 3,807 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Dynata, we deliver the highest quality first-party data to help businesses around the world gain precise insights, activate the right audiences, and confidently measure impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 3,248 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 3,071 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Forrester is one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,857 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “dunnhumby helps businesses grow through faster, better decision making, as the essential intelligence layer connecting the world’s leading retailers and brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,633 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Numerator is a data and tech company bringing speed and scale to market research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,475 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Mintel, we empower businesses to navigate the future with confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,260 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GD Research Center Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,200 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “J.D.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,155 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Escalent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 999 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ipsos MMA is committed to enabling our clients to achieve significant brand and marketplace advantages by synergistically leveraging unified marketing & commercial measurement and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 795 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Today’s markets demand new research methods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 778 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Research Now SSI is the global leader in digital research data for better insights and business decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 764 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Norstat is one of the leading data collectors for market research and insight in Europe and the Americas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 741 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 728 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “dichter & neira is a leading market research company that specializes in understanding consumer behavior and purchasing trends, both in modern and traditional channels, by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 685 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cheers Interactive is a specialised custom research, analytics and sales & marketing solutions company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 665 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MetrixLab is now Toluna, the global research and insights leader that enables businesses to make smarter, data-driven decisions faster.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 664 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Market Xcel, we're dedicated to delivering high-quality results for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 651 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 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: customer research agencies. 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 customer research agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of customer research agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name customer research agencies. 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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Customer research agencies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 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 customer research agencies, 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 customer research agencies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “customer research agencies”. 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 customer research agencies), 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 customer research agencies, 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, 80,287 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.
Customer research agencies by location
83 lists · largest firstEvery Customer research agencies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Customer research agencies based in the United States2,846
- Customer research agencies based in India1,347
- Customer research agencies based in the United Kingdom1,076
- Customer research agencies based in Brazil538
- Customer research agencies based in Germany378
- Customer research agencies based in France336
- Customer research agencies based in Canada330
- Customer research agencies based in Australia320
- Customer research agencies based in Mexico264
- Customer research agencies based in Spain246
- Customer research agencies based in the Netherlands222
- Customer research agencies based in Italy187
- Customer research agencies based in South Africa157
- Customer research agencies based in the United Arab Emirates131
- Customer research agencies based in China119
- Customer research agencies based in Türkiye118
- Customer research agencies based in Colombia114
- Customer research agencies based in Kenya110
- Customer research agencies based in Argentina108
- Customer research agencies based in Poland104
- Customer research agencies based in Indonesia99
- Customer research agencies based in Nigeria90
- Customer research agencies based in Japan89
- Customer research agencies based in Chile85
- Customer research agencies based in Belgium77
- Customer research agencies based in Sweden74
- Customer research agencies based in Peru69
- Customer research agencies based in Pakistan68
- Customer research agencies based in Romania62
- Customer research agencies based in Switzerland62
- Customer research agencies based in New Zealand53
- Customer research agencies based in the Philippines48
- Customer research agencies based in Israel46
- Customer research agencies based in Bangladesh45
- Customer research agencies based in Finland45
- Customer research agencies based in Portugal45
- Customer research agencies based in Egypt44
- Customer research agencies based in Thailand44
- Customer research agencies based in Ecuador42
- Customer research agencies based in Malaysia41
- Customer research agencies based in Denmark40
- Customer research agencies based in Austria36
- Customer research agencies based in Ireland36
- Customer research agencies based in Saudi Arabia36
- Customer research agencies based in Ghana33
- Customer research agencies based in Hong Kong33
- Customer research agencies based in Bulgaria32
- Customer research agencies based in Norway31
- Customer research agencies based in Hungary27
- Customer research agencies based in Vietnam27
Cities
- Customer research agencies based in Sao Paulo, Brazil252
- Customer research agencies based in New York, United States219
- Customer research agencies based in Pune, India199
- Customer research agencies based in New Delhi, India198
- Customer research agencies based in Mumbai, India149
- Customer research agencies based in Toronto, Canada128
- Customer research agencies based in Chicago, United States89
- Customer research agencies based in Los Angeles, United States81
- Customer research agencies based in Delhi, India74
- Customer research agencies based in Noida, India70
- Customer research agencies based in San Francisco, United States65
- Customer research agencies based in Bangalore, India55
- Customer research agencies based in Atlanta, United States50
- Customer research agencies based in Austin, United States49
- Customer research agencies based in Gurugram, India48
- Customer research agencies based in Boston, United States45
- Customer research agencies based in Bengaluru, India41
- Customer research agencies based in Hyderabad, India41
- Customer research agencies based in Gurgaon, India40
- Customer research agencies based in Washington, United States40
- Customer research agencies based in Dallas, United States37
- Customer research agencies based in Minneapolis, United States37
- Customer research agencies based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil37
- Customer research agencies based in Cincinnati, United States36
- Customer research agencies based in San Diego, United States35
- Customer research agencies based in Seattle, United States34
- Customer research agencies based in Montreal, Canada33
- Customer research agencies based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil32
- Customer research agencies based in Miami, United States31
- Customer research agencies based in Porto Alegre, Brazil31
- Customer research agencies based in Denver, United States28
- Customer research agencies based in Portland, United States28
- Customer research agencies based in Vancouver, Canada27
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 customer research agencies, 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 customer research agencies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 13,685 customer research agencies 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?
Nielseniq, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most customer research agencies?
The United States leads with 2,846 companies, followed by India (1,347) and the United Kingdom (1,076). Every customer research agencies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most customer research agencies?
London leads with 503 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (253) and New York (222).
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 80,287 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 13,685 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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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.