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Top 25 Independent research organizations worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,460 company matches for independent research organizations worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 156,909 professional contacts across them, including 45,146 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for independent research organizations 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for independent research organizations 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.
The 25 largest independent research organizations worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26,555 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 8,490 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 5,757 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 3,248 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 3,025 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 2,660 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 2,502 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “We Engineer Solutions for the Nation’s Toughest Problems As an independent nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper provides engineering services directly to government…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 2,205 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “An independent non-profit institute headquartered in Silicon Valley, SRI is a global leader in research and development.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 1,494 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “SRC, Inc, a not-for-profit research and development company, combines information, science, technology and ingenuity to solve “impossible” problems in the areas of defense…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 1,343 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “IDA (Institute for Defense Analyses) – a not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia just outside Washington, DC – operates three Federally Funded Research…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 1,282 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) was founded in 1966 as the premier multi-disciplinary research institute in Korea.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 1,261 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization that brings the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise in an environment of…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 1,260 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “GD Research Center Pvt.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 1,157 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF) is the largest, most comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 1,149 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development professional services organization.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 1,103 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “WCG is a true partner to research sponsors, CROs, sites and participants in navigating the clinical research journey.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 1,010 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “NRC Is the largest multidisciplinary R&D centre in Egypt devoted to basic and applied research within the major fields of interest.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 983 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “As the largest Fraunhofer Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, headquartered in Erlangen, is a global leader in applied research, driving innovation for…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 886 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “SINTEF is one of Europe's largest research organisations, with multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences and the social sciences.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 783 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) is one of the biggest research institute of its kind in Europe, with over employees.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 764 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Norstat is one of the leading data collectors for market research and insight in Europe and the Americas.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 758 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Caidya is a multi-therapeutic clinical research organization (CRO) serving innovators worldwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 741 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 683 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Salsoft is a team.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 658 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Health Management Associates is an independent national research and consulting firm specializing in complex health care program and policy issues.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 20, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
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- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for independent research organizations are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “independent research organizations” 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 45,146 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.
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- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 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.
Independent research organizations by location
26 lists · largest firstEvery Independent research organizations list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Independent research organizations based in the United States951
- Independent research organizations based in India508
- Independent research organizations based in the United Kingdom292
- Independent research organizations based in Brazil213
- Independent research organizations based in France194
- Independent research organizations based in Germany159
- Independent research organizations based in Canada138
- Independent research organizations based in Italy132
- Independent research organizations based in Spain122
- Independent research organizations based in the Netherlands121
- Independent research organizations based in Australia119
- Independent research organizations based in Indonesia87
- Independent research organizations based in Türkiye76
- Independent research organizations based in Kenya64
- Independent research organizations based in South Africa55
- Independent research organizations based in Mexico53
- Independent research organizations based in Argentina45
- Independent research organizations based in Poland42
- Independent research organizations based in Switzerland40
- Independent research organizations based in Belgium28
- Independent research organizations based in Sweden27
Cities
- Independent research organizations based in New Delhi, India82
- Independent research organizations based in New York, United States52
- Independent research organizations based in Washington, United States32
- Independent research organizations based in San Francisco, United States30
- Independent research organizations based in Mumbai, India27
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 “independent research organizations”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many independent research organizations are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,460 company matches for independent research organizations 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?
Icon PLC tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most independent research organizations?
The United States leads with 951 companies, followed by India (508) and the United Kingdom (292). Every independent research organizations list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most independent research organizations?
London leads with 96 company records, followed by New Delhi (82) and Nairobi (56).
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 45,146 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 5,460 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 September 20, 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 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.
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Top 25 independent research organizations worldwide
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RevenueBase records 5,460 matching company records for independent research organizations worldwide, with 156,909 tracked contacts and 45,146 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
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Top 25 independent research organizations worldwide
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| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Icon PLCiconplc.comHQ: Dublin, JapanReported employees: 10001+ | Dublin, Japan | 10001+ | Exact match | 26,555 contacts → |
“Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | MITREmitre.org HQ: Mclean, VA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Mclean, VA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 8,490 contacts → |
“MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | HQ: Rome, ItalyReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Rome, Italy | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 5,757 contacts → |
“The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  Westatwestat.comHQ: Bethesda, MD, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Bethesda, MD, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 3,248 contacts → |
“Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Southwest Research Instituteswri.org HQ: San Antonio, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | San Antonio, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 3,025 contacts → |
“Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | RANDrand.org HQ: Santa Monica, CA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Santa Monica, CA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,660 contacts → |
“RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Draperdraper.com HQ: Cambridge, MA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,502 contacts → |
“We Engineer Solutions for the Nation’s Toughest Problems As an independent nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper provides engineering services directly to government…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | SRIsri.com HQ: Menlo Park, CA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Menlo Park, CA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,205 contacts → |
“An independent non-profit institute headquartered in Silicon Valley, SRI is a global leader in research and development.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  SRCsrcinc.comHQ: North Syracuse, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | North Syracuse, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,494 contacts → |
“SRC, Inc, a not-for-profit research and development company, combines information, science, technology and ingenuity to solve “impossible” problems in the areas of defense…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | HQ: Alexandria, VA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Alexandria, VA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,343 contacts → |
“IDA (Institute for Defense Analyses) – a not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia just outside Washington, DC – operates three Federally Funded Research…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Seoul, South KoreaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Seoul, South Korea | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,282 contacts → |
“The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) was founded in 1966 as the premier multi-disciplinary research institute in Korea.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  Noblisnoblis.orgHQ: Reston, VA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Reston, VA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,261 contacts → |
“Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization that brings the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise in an environment of…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 |  GD Research Center Pvt. LTDgdresearchcenter.comHQ: Hyderabad, IndiaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Hyderabad, India | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,260 contacts → |
“GD Research Center Pvt.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | The Research Foundation For Sunyrfsuny.org HQ: Albany, NY, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Albany, NY, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,157 contacts → |
“The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF) is the largest, most comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | HQ: Johnstown, PA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Johnstown, PA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 1,149 contacts → |
“Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development professional services organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 |  WCGwcgclinical.comHQ: Cary, NC, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cary, NC, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,103 contacts → |
“WCG is a true partner to research sponsors, CROs, sites and participants in navigating the clinical research journey.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | National Research Centre NRCnrc.sci.eg HQ: Dokki, EgyptReported employees: 10001+ | Dokki, Egypt | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,010 contacts → |
“NRC Is the largest multidisciplinary R&D centre in Egypt devoted to basic and applied research within the major fields of interest.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Fraunhofer IISiis.fraunhofer.de HQ: Erlangen, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Erlangen, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 983 contacts → |
“As the largest Fraunhofer Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, headquartered in Erlangen, is a global leader in applied research, driving innovation for…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  Sintefsintef.noHQ: Trondheim, NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Trondheim, Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 886 contacts → |
“SINTEF is one of Europe's largest research organisations, with multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences and the social sciences.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | HQ: Bergen, NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Bergen, Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 783 contacts → |
“The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) is one of the biggest research institute of its kind in Europe, with over employees.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Norstatnorstat.coHQ: Oslo, NorwayReported employees: 501-1,000 | Oslo, Norway | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 764 contacts → |
“Norstat is one of the leading data collectors for market research and insight in Europe and the Americas.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  Caidyacaidya.comHQ: Raleigh, NC, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Raleigh, NC, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 758 contacts → |
“Caidya is a multi-therapeutic clinical research organization (CRO) serving innovators worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Hansa Research Grouphansaresearch.comHQ: Mumbai, IndiaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Mumbai, India | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 741 contacts → |
“Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Salsoft Technologies PVT LTDsalsoft.net HQ: Karachi, PakistanReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Karachi, Pakistan | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 683 contacts → |
“Salsoft is a team.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Health Management Associateshealthmanagement.comHQ: Okemos, MI, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Okemos, MI, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 658 contacts → |
“Health Management Associates is an independent national research and consulting firm specializing in complex health care program and policy issues.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Independent research organizations: dataset insights
September 20, 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
5,445 records in the displayed employee bands.
15 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 5,460 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where 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.
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.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
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 20, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Independent research organizations by location
26 lists · largest firstEvery Independent research organizations list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Independent research organizations based in the United States951
- Independent research organizations based in India508
- Independent research organizations based in the United Kingdom292
- Independent research organizations based in Brazil213
- Independent research organizations based in France194
- Independent research organizations based in Germany159
- Independent research organizations based in Canada138
- Independent research organizations based in Italy132
- Independent research organizations based in Spain122
- Independent research organizations based in the Netherlands121
- Independent research organizations based in Australia119
- Independent research organizations based in Indonesia87
- Independent research organizations based in Türkiye76
- Independent research organizations based in Kenya64
- Independent research organizations based in South Africa55
- Independent research organizations based in Mexico53
- Independent research organizations based in Argentina45
- Independent research organizations based in Poland42
- Independent research organizations based in Switzerland40
- Independent research organizations based in Belgium28
- Independent research organizations based in Sweden27
Cities
- Independent research organizations based in New Delhi, India82
- Independent research organizations based in New York, United States52
- Independent research organizations based in Washington, United States32
- Independent research organizations based in San Francisco, United States30
- Independent research organizations based in Mumbai, India27
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for independent research organizations?
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 independent research organizations did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 5,460 matching company records, 156,909 tracked contacts and 45,146 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.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 20, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 independent research organizations worldwide. Snapshot: September 20, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/independent-research-organizations.
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RevenueBase records 5,460 matching company records for independent research organizations worldwide, with 156,909 tracked contacts and 45,146 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 20, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 independent research organizations worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icon PLCiconplc.com HQ: Dublin, JapanReported employees: 10001+ | Dublin, Japan | 10001+ | Exact match | 26,555 contacts → |
“Since our foundation in Dublin, Ireland in 1990, our mission has been to help our clients to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | MITREmitre.org HQ: Mclean, VA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Mclean, VA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 8,490 contacts → |
“MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | HQ: Rome, ItalyReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Rome, Italy | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 5,757 contacts → |
“The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | Westatwestat.com HQ: Bethesda, MD, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Bethesda, MD, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 3,248 contacts → |
“Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Southwest Research Instituteswri.org HQ: San Antonio, TX, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | San Antonio, TX, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 3,025 contacts → |
“Southwest Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, applied research and development organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | RANDrand.org HQ: Santa Monica, CA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Santa Monica, CA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,660 contacts → |
“RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Draperdraper.com HQ: Cambridge, MA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cambridge, MA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,502 contacts → |
“We Engineer Solutions for the Nation’s Toughest Problems As an independent nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper provides engineering services directly to government…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | SRIsri.com HQ: Menlo Park, CA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Menlo Park, CA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,205 contacts → |
“An independent non-profit institute headquartered in Silicon Valley, SRI is a global leader in research and development.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | SRCsrcinc.com HQ: North Syracuse, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | North Syracuse, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,494 contacts → |
“SRC, Inc, a not-for-profit research and development company, combines information, science, technology and ingenuity to solve “impossible” problems in the areas of defense…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | HQ: Alexandria, VA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Alexandria, VA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,343 contacts → |
“IDA (Institute for Defense Analyses) – a not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia just outside Washington, DC – operates three Federally Funded Research…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | HQ: Seoul, South KoreaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Seoul, South Korea | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,282 contacts → |
“The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) was founded in 1966 as the premier multi-disciplinary research institute in Korea.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Noblisnoblis.org HQ: Reston, VA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Reston, VA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,261 contacts → |
“Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization that brings the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise in an environment of…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | GD Research Center Pvt. LTDgdresearchcenter.com HQ: Hyderabad, IndiaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Hyderabad, India | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,260 contacts → |
“GD Research Center Pvt.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | The Research Foundation For Sunyrfsuny.org HQ: Albany, NY, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Albany, NY, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,157 contacts → |
“The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF) is the largest, most comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | HQ: Johnstown, PA, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Johnstown, PA, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 1,149 contacts → |
“Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development professional services organization.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | WCGwcgclinical.com HQ: Cary, NC, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Cary, NC, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,103 contacts → |
“WCG is a true partner to research sponsors, CROs, sites and participants in navigating the clinical research journey.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | National Research Centre NRCnrc.sci.eg HQ: Dokki, EgyptReported employees: 10001+ | Dokki, Egypt | 10001+ | Exact match | 1,010 contacts → |
“NRC Is the largest multidisciplinary R&D centre in Egypt devoted to basic and applied research within the major fields of interest.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Fraunhofer IISiis.fraunhofer.de HQ: Erlangen, GermanyReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Erlangen, Germany | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 983 contacts → |
“As the largest Fraunhofer Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, headquartered in Erlangen, is a global leader in applied research, driving innovation for…” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Sintefsintef.no HQ: Trondheim, NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Trondheim, Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 886 contacts → |
“SINTEF is one of Europe's largest research organisations, with multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences and the social sciences.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | HQ: Bergen, NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Bergen, Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 783 contacts → |
“The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) is one of the biggest research institute of its kind in Europe, with over employees.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Norstatnorstat.co HQ: Oslo, NorwayReported employees: 501-1,000 | Oslo, Norway | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 764 contacts → |
“Norstat is one of the leading data collectors for market research and insight in Europe and the Americas.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Caidyacaidya.com HQ: Raleigh, NC, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Raleigh, NC, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 758 contacts → |
“Caidya is a multi-therapeutic clinical research organization (CRO) serving innovators worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Hansa Research Grouphansaresearch.com HQ: Mumbai, IndiaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Mumbai, India | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 741 contacts → |
“Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Salsoft Technologies PVT LTDsalsoft.net HQ: Karachi, PakistanReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Karachi, Pakistan | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 683 contacts → |
“Salsoft is a team.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Health Management Associateshealthmanagement.com HQ: Okemos, MI, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Okemos, MI, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 658 contacts → |
“Health Management Associates is an independent national research and consulting firm specializing in complex health care program and policy issues.” Recorded description excerpt · September 20, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Independent research organizations: dataset insights
September 20, 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
5,445 records in the displayed employee bands.
15 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 5,460 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where 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.
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.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
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 20, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Independent research organizations by location
26 lists · largest firstEvery Independent research organizations list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Independent research organizations based in the United States951
- Independent research organizations based in India508
- Independent research organizations based in the United Kingdom292
- Independent research organizations based in Brazil213
- Independent research organizations based in France194
- Independent research organizations based in Germany159
- Independent research organizations based in Canada138
- Independent research organizations based in Italy132
- Independent research organizations based in Spain122
- Independent research organizations based in the Netherlands121
- Independent research organizations based in Australia119
- Independent research organizations based in Indonesia87
- Independent research organizations based in Türkiye76
- Independent research organizations based in Kenya64
- Independent research organizations based in South Africa55
- Independent research organizations based in Mexico53
- Independent research organizations based in Argentina45
- Independent research organizations based in Poland42
- Independent research organizations based in Switzerland40
- Independent research organizations based in Belgium28
- Independent research organizations based in Sweden27
Cities
- Independent research organizations based in New Delhi, India82
- Independent research organizations based in New York, United States52
- Independent research organizations based in Washington, United States32
- Independent research organizations based in San Francisco, United States30
- Independent research organizations based in Mumbai, India27
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for independent research organizations?
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 independent research organizations did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 5,460 matching company records, 156,909 tracked contacts and 45,146 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.
How can I get contact information?
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 20, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 independent research organizations worldwide. Snapshot: September 20, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/independent-research-organizations.
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