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Top 25 Design research firms worldwide

Name: Design research firms worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 3,692 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 3,692 design research firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 28,682 professional contacts across them, including 8,498 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers design research firms 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 design research firms 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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28,682Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest design research firms worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 3,692 design research firms worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to design research firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Smithgroup	Strong evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,849 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SmithGroup is an award-winning, multi-national integrated design firm that employs research, data, advanced technologies and design thinking to help clients solve their greatest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Market Xcel	Indirect evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	664 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Market Xcel, we're dedicated to delivering high-quality results for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	MMR Research	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	596 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With unrivaled experience across food and drink, household and personal care and beyond, we design qualitative and quantitative solutions that address your business issues -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	SAM Sensory And Consumer Research	Strong evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	256 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SAM is the leading international sensory and consumer research provider for product performance and design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Blackstone Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	229 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blackstone Group is a full-service custom marketing research and consulting firm providing clients with actionable insights for over 25 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Blink UX	Partial evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	208 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Blink UX is a product design consulting firm that partners with ambitious companies to turn insight into action-creating breakthrough products and experiences through strategy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	CID Gallup	Strong evidence	San José, Costa RicaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	206 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CID Gallup, leader in market research, has all the tools to design the study that your company needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Rayden Interactive	Indirect evidence	Pune, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	204 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rayden Interactive, the brainchild of an entrepreneurial duo, was founded in 2019.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Marketvision Research	Strong evidence	Blue Ash, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	195 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For 40 years, MarketVision Research has provided its clients with innovative design, execution and interpretation of marketing research to deliver fresh consumer insights and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Quadrant Strategies	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	179 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Quadrant Strategies helps the world’s most prominent companies navigate their most important brand, reputation, and product challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Think Design Collaborative	Indirect evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We work with visionary organizations and transform the way we live, work, and interact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	DCA Design International	Partial evidence	Warwick, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	159 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1960, today we are one of the world's leading product design and development consultancies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Spiegel Institut	Indirect evidence	Mannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	153 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Spiegel Institut - 1950 als erstes marktpsychologisches Institut in Deutschland gegründet - ist heute von seinen Standorten in Mannheim, Ingolstadt, Stuttgart, Hamburg…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	GIM Gesellschaft FÜR Innovative Marktforschung MBH	Partial evidence	Heidelberg, FranceHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	136 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GIM is ranked among the ten most important full-service market research institutes in Germany and conducts international research in over 50 markets for brand name companies…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	User Experience Researchers PTE LTD Singapore	Indirect evidence	SingaporeHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	135 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At the heart of innovation is our company's focus - you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Crux Product Design	Strong evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	128 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Crux is an innovation-driven research, design and development consultancy that develops intelligent products for some of the biggest brands in the medical, consumer and technology…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Rahbar Bazaar	Partial evidence	Tehran, IranHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	123 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rahbar Bazaar is a full-service market research and insight consultancy with over two decades of experience delivering applied research and decision-support studies across a wide…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Phitopolis	Partial evidence	Bonifacio Global City, PhilippinesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	118 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Phitopolis is a research and development firm focused on doing fascinating work for global clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	MARC	Partial evidence	Boston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	118 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Starting from 1996 MARC helps Clients to solve different marketing tasks by selecting and implementing of optimum research methodology and effective use of results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Uxbert Labs	Indirect evidence	Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We believe the Experience Matters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Ironwood Insights Group, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chandler, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ironwood Insights is a team of expert-level insights consultants who solve critical marketing and business problems for forward-thinking companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Method Research Company	Partial evidence	Üsküdar, TürkiyeHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	108 contacts →
	Partial evidence “1998 yılından beri sektörde yer alan Method Research Company, özellikle farklı araştırma teknikleriyle müşterilerine hizmet vermektedir.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Strat7 Researchbods	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Researchbods delivers insight that drives action for ambitious brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	CRG Global	Partial evidence	Ormond Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	105 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CRG Global is a vertically integrated company that offers extensive capabilities across most research methodologies, unequaled savings, and the benefit of working with one…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Desmania Design Pvt. LTD	Partial evidence	Imt Manesar, IndiaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Desmania is a team of mindful & heartful people who provide meaningful and gainful solutions through Design Thinking!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: design 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 design research firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of design research firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name design 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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Design research firms worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

29.6%Verified-email coverage

7.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.3%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

2,757

11-50

763

51-200

139

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 design 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.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for design research firms are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “design 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 design 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 design research firms, 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, 8,498 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.

Design research firms by location

22 lists · largest first

Every Design research firms 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 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 design 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 design research firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 3,692 design research firms 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?

Smithgroup, headquartered in Detroit, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most design research firms?

The United States leads with 1,070 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (240) and India (203). Every design research firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most design research firms?

London leads with 122 headquartered companies, followed by New York (61) and San Francisco (54).

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 8,498 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,692 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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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.