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Top 25 Economic research institutes worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,675 company matches for economic research institutes worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 31,932 professional contacts across them, including 7,946 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for economic 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 September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for economic research institutes follow the table.
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The 25 largest economic research institutes worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,594 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ist eine der führenden Organisationen für anwendungsorientierte Forschung: Seit der Gründung 1949 stärken Fraunhofer-Institute die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 611 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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 524 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Established in 1944 to promote Brazil’s social and economic development, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) has consolidated itself as a one of the top 10 think tanks* in the world as…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 471 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Erasmus School of Economics is a school with an international reach.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 454 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “A Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas – Fipe é uma organização de direito privado, sem fins lucrativos, criada em 1973.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 452 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Bates White Economic Consulting offers services to law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 297 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit research organization dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 261 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.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 255 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “blisko międzynarodowo przez całe życie Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 227 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Thailand’s most respected economic think-tank with 30 years of policy research experiences.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 224 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) conducts research on the labour market in order to advise political actors at all levels in a competent manner.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “UKRI Economic and Social Research Council funds research and training in social and economic issues.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 215 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Shaping the Economic Debate”: The ifo Institute wants to help shape the economic policy debate in Germany and Europe.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 214 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research instituts in Germany.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER /) was established on September 1, 1976 by Dr.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 194 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “For more information please visit or contact us on: Founded in 1992 by a team of expert economists and analysts, CEIC Data provides the most expansive and accurate data insights…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Now Proudly Part of Cadmus.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “SEO Amsterdam Economics conducts applied economic research on behalf of both public and private sector clients.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “As a group, we provide services across the whole spectrum – from science and education to consultancy and communication.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “IZA@LISER is a global community of scholars dedicated to excellence in labor economics and related fields.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim is a non-profit and independent institute with the legal form of a limited liability company (GmbH).” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “LISER is a Luxembourgish public research institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CEPR is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organization.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) does scientific research aimed at contributing to the economic decision-making process of politicians and policymakers.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 19, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
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- Every country. Country and city lists for economic research institutes are linked below.
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- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “economic 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.
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Economic research institutes by location
10 lists · largest firstEvery Economic research institutes list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Economic research institutes based in the United States223
- Economic research institutes based in Germany142
- Economic research institutes based in Italy80
- Economic research institutes based in the United Kingdom70
- Economic research institutes based in India62
- Economic research institutes based in Brazil60
- Economic research institutes based in France56
- Economic research institutes based in Australia41
- Economic research institutes based in the Netherlands36
- Economic research institutes based in Switzerland26
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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 “economic research institutes”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many economic research institutes are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,675 company matches for economic research institutes worldwide as of September 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?
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most economic research institutes?
The United States leads with 223 companies, followed by Germany (142) and Italy (80). Every economic research institutes list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most economic research institutes?
London leads with 35 company records, followed by Berlin (21) and Paris (21).
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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 7,946 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 1,675 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
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Top 25 economic research institutes worldwide
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| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaftfraunhofer.de HQ: München, GermanyReported employees: 10001+ | München, Germany | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,594 contacts → |
“Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ist eine der führenden Organisationen für anwendungsorientierte Forschung: Seit der Gründung 1949 stärken Fraunhofer-Institute die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | HQ: Oxford, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 611 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | FGV Brazilfgv.br HQ: Rio De Janeiro, BrazilReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 524 contacts → |
“Established in 1944 to promote Brazil’s social and economic development, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) has consolidated itself as a one of the top 10 think tanks* in the world as…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | HQ: Rotterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 201-500 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 201-500 | Exact match | 471 contacts → |
“Erasmus School of Economics is a school with an international reach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Instituição DE Ensino Fipefipe.org.br HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 51-200 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 51-200 | Exact match | 454 contacts → |
“A Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas – Fipe é uma organização de direito privado, sem fins lucrativos, criada em 1973.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Washington, DC, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 452 contacts → |
“Bates White Economic Consulting offers services to law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | HQ: Cambridge, MA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 297 contacts → |
“The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit research organization dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | GESISgesis.org HQ: Mannheim, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Mannheim, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 261 contacts → |
“With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny W Katowicachue.katowice.pl HQ: Katowice, PolandReported employees: 501-1,000 | Katowice, Poland | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 255 contacts → |
“blisko międzynarodowo przez całe życie Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | HQ: Bangkok, ThailandReported employees: 201-500 | Bangkok, Thailand | 201-500 | Exact match | 227 contacts → |
“Thailand’s most respected economic think-tank with 30 years of policy research experiences.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Nürnberg, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Nürnberg, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 224 contacts → |
“The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) conducts research on the labour market in order to advise political actors at all levels in a competent manner.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | HQ: Swindon, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | Swindon, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 223 contacts → |
“UKRI Economic and Social Research Council funds research and training in social and economic issues.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | HQ: Munich, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Munich, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 215 contacts → |
“Shaping the Economic Debate”: The ifo Institute wants to help shape the economic policy debate in Germany and Europe.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | DIW Berlindiw.de HQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Berlin, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 214 contacts → |
“The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research instituts in Germany.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Taiwan Institute Of Economic Researchenglish.tier.org.tw HQ: Taipei City, TaiwanReported employees: 501-1,000 | Taipei City, Taiwan | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 213 contacts → |
“Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER /) was established on September 1, 1976 by Dr.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | CEICceicdata.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 194 contacts → |
“For more information please visit or contact us on: Founded in 1992 by a team of expert economists and analysts, CEIC Data provides the most expansive and accurate data insights…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | HQ: Arlington, VA, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Arlington, VA, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 191 contacts → |
“Now Proudly Part of Cadmus.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | SEO Amsterdam Economicsseo.nl HQ: Amsterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 190 contacts → |
“SEO Amsterdam Economics conducts applied economic research on behalf of both public and private sector clients.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HQ: Cologne, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Cologne, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 189 contacts → |
“As a group, we provide services across the whole spectrum – from science and education to consultancy and communication.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | NCAERncaer.org HQ: Delhi, IndiaReported employees: 201-500 | Delhi, India | 201-500 | Exact match | 180 contacts → |
“NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | IZA Liser Networkiza.org HQ: Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 180 contacts → |
“IZA@LISER is a global community of scholars dedicated to excellence in labor economics and related fields.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | ZEWzew.de HQ: Mannheim, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Mannheim, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 178 contacts → |
“The ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim is a non-profit and independent institute with the legal form of a limited liability company (GmbH).” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | HQ: Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, LuxembourgReported employees: 51-200 | Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, Luxembourg | 51-200 | Exact match | 169 contacts → |
“LISER is a Luxembourgish public research institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | CEPRcepr.org HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: Not recorded | London, United Kingdom | Not recorded | Exact match | 165 contacts → |
“CEPR is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | HQ: The Hague, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | The Hague, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 159 contacts → |
“CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) does scientific research aimed at contributing to the economic decision-making process of politicians and policymakers.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Economic research institutes: dataset insights
September 19, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
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1,670 records in the displayed employee bands.
5 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 1,675 companies.
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- Related businesses in and around the category.
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- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
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Economic research institutes by location
10 lists · largest firstEvery Economic research institutes list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Economic research institutes based in the United States223
- Economic research institutes based in Germany142
- Economic research institutes based in Italy80
- Economic research institutes based in the United Kingdom70
- Economic research institutes based in India62
- Economic research institutes based in Brazil60
- Economic research institutes based in France56
- Economic research institutes based in Australia41
- Economic research institutes based in the Netherlands36
- Economic research institutes based in Switzerland26
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What does Exact match mean for economic research institutes?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many economic research institutes did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,675 matching company records, 31,932 tracked contacts and 7,946 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 economic research institutes worldwide. Snapshot: September 19, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/economic-research-institutes.
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| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaftfraunhofer.de HQ: München, GermanyReported employees: 10001+ | München, Germany | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,594 contacts → |
“Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ist eine der führenden Organisationen für anwendungsorientierte Forschung: Seit der Gründung 1949 stärken Fraunhofer-Institute die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | HQ: Oxford, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | Oxford, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 611 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | FGV Brazilfgv.br HQ: Rio De Janeiro, BrazilReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 524 contacts → |
“Established in 1944 to promote Brazil’s social and economic development, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) has consolidated itself as a one of the top 10 think tanks* in the world as…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | HQ: Rotterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 201-500 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 201-500 | Exact match | 471 contacts → |
“Erasmus School of Economics is a school with an international reach.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Instituição DE Ensino Fipefipe.org.br HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 51-200 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 51-200 | Exact match | 454 contacts → |
“A Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas – Fipe é uma organização de direito privado, sem fins lucrativos, criada em 1973.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | HQ: Washington, DC, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Washington, DC, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 452 contacts → |
“Bates White Economic Consulting offers services to law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | HQ: Cambridge, MA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 297 contacts → |
“The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit research organization dedicated to conducting and disseminating nonpartisan economic research.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | GESISgesis.org HQ: Mannheim, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Mannheim, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 261 contacts → |
“With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny W Katowicachue.katowice.pl HQ: Katowice, PolandReported employees: 501-1,000 | Katowice, Poland | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 255 contacts → |
“blisko międzynarodowo przez całe życie Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | HQ: Bangkok, ThailandReported employees: 201-500 | Bangkok, Thailand | 201-500 | Exact match | 227 contacts → |
“Thailand’s most respected economic think-tank with 30 years of policy research experiences.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Nürnberg, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Nürnberg, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 224 contacts → |
“The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) conducts research on the labour market in order to advise political actors at all levels in a competent manner.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | HQ: Swindon, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | Swindon, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 223 contacts → |
“UKRI Economic and Social Research Council funds research and training in social and economic issues.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | HQ: Munich, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Munich, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 215 contacts → |
“Shaping the Economic Debate”: The ifo Institute wants to help shape the economic policy debate in Germany and Europe.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | DIW Berlindiw.de HQ: Berlin, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Berlin, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 214 contacts → |
“The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research instituts in Germany.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Taiwan Institute Of Economic Researchenglish.tier.org.tw HQ: Taipei City, TaiwanReported employees: 501-1,000 | Taipei City, Taiwan | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 213 contacts → |
“Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER /) was established on September 1, 1976 by Dr.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | CEICceicdata.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | London, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 194 contacts → |
“For more information please visit or contact us on: Founded in 1992 by a team of expert economists and analysts, CEIC Data provides the most expansive and accurate data insights…” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | HQ: Arlington, VA, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Arlington, VA, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 191 contacts → |
“Now Proudly Part of Cadmus.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | SEO Amsterdam Economicsseo.nl HQ: Amsterdam, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 190 contacts → |
“SEO Amsterdam Economics conducts applied economic research on behalf of both public and private sector clients.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | HQ: Cologne, GermanyReported employees: 201-500 | Cologne, Germany | 201-500 | Exact match | 189 contacts → |
“As a group, we provide services across the whole spectrum – from science and education to consultancy and communication.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | NCAERncaer.org HQ: Delhi, IndiaReported employees: 201-500 | Delhi, India | 201-500 | Exact match | 180 contacts → |
“NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | IZA Liser Networkiza.org HQ: Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 180 contacts → |
“IZA@LISER is a global community of scholars dedicated to excellence in labor economics and related fields.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | ZEWzew.de HQ: Mannheim, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Mannheim, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 178 contacts → |
“The ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim is a non-profit and independent institute with the legal form of a limited liability company (GmbH).” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | HQ: Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, LuxembourgReported employees: 51-200 | Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, Luxembourg | 51-200 | Exact match | 169 contacts → |
“LISER is a Luxembourgish public research institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | CEPRcepr.org HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: Not recorded | London, United Kingdom | Not recorded | Exact match | 165 contacts → |
“CEPR is an independent, non‐partisan, pan‐European non‐profit organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | HQ: The Hague, NetherlandsReported employees: 51-200 | The Hague, Netherlands | 51-200 | Exact match | 159 contacts → |
“CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) does scientific research aimed at contributing to the economic decision-making process of politicians and policymakers.” Recorded description excerpt · September 19, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Economic research institutes: dataset insights
September 19, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
1,670 records in the displayed employee bands.
5 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 1,675 companies.
How this company list was built
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RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
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Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 19, 2026.
Publisher-reported method study
The published RevenueBase SmartSearch benchmark
86% good or better at Exact
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. It reports 86% of Exact matches judged good or better, and 77% for a 240-pair sample of one- or two-word categories. This evaluates the method across study queries rather than auditing this individual list.
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Economic research institutes by location
10 lists · largest firstEvery Economic research institutes list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Economic research institutes based in the United States223
- Economic research institutes based in Germany142
- Economic research institutes based in Italy80
- Economic research institutes based in the United Kingdom70
- Economic research institutes based in India62
- Economic research institutes based in Brazil60
- Economic research institutes based in France56
- Economic research institutes based in Australia41
- Economic research institutes based in the Netherlands36
- Economic research institutes based in Switzerland26
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for economic research institutes?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many economic research institutes did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,675 matching company records, 31,932 tracked contacts and 7,946 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 economic research institutes worldwide. Snapshot: September 19, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/economic-research-institutes.
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