Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Institutional research firms worldwide

Name: Institutional research firms worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 2,797 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,797 institutional research firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 67,638 professional contacts across them, including 25,284 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers institutional 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for institutional 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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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67,638Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest institutional research firms worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,797 institutional research firms worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to institutional 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	Morningstar	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	11,150 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Morningstar, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Msci INC	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	7,504 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Acuity Knowledge Partners	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,009 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services sector, including asset managers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Third Bridge Group	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,422 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Third Bridge is a leading global investment research firm established in 2007.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	CLSA	Indirect evidence	Hong Kong, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,395 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CITIC CLSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Pitchbook	Partial evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,619 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PitchBook is the leading resource for comprehensive data, research and insights spanning the global capital markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Prometeia	Indirect evidence	Bologna, ItalyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,279 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In an increasingly complex financial landscape, Prometeia transforms complexity into clarity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	GD Research Center Pvt. LTD	Partial evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,260 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GD Research Center Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Seeking Alpha	Partial evidence	NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	848 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2005, Seeking Alpha is an industry-leading financial research platform powered by one of the world’s largest investing communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Aranca	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	734 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a global research analytics and advisory firm with over 20 years of experience in helping organizations take strategic business and investment decisions fearlessly and with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Capitalvia	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	630 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CapitalVia Global Research Limited has been providing pure play financial market research and consulting services for over 14 years, offering unbiased technical analysis and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Oxford Economics	Indirect evidence	Oxford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	611 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	The Brattle Group	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	553 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Brattle Group answers complex economic, finance, and regulatory questions for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Grand View Research, INC	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	539 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Grand View Research is an end-to-end market research technology and consulting business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Industryarc	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	511 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IndustryARC™ was started by a group of young, passionate professionals along with extensively experienced industry veterans across various business segments and focused expertise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Allied Market Research	Partial evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	508 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Driven by innovation and value addition approach, Allied Market Research is instrumental in market research and business consulting across various industry verticals since its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Bates White Economic Consulting	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	452 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bates White Economic Consulting offers services to law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	ISI Markets	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	409 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ISI enjoys a 30 year history assembling the most complete, authoritative information set on emerging markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Ibisworld	Partial evidence	Melbourne, GermanyHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	407 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Over more than 50 years, IBISWorld has evolved to be the global leader in industry research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Hanover Research	Partial evidence	Arlington, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	405 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hanover is a leading provider of research and analytics for thousands of organizations worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Uzabase	Indirect evidence	Chiyoda-ku, JapanHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	392 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Uzabase is the Asian market intelligence provider trusted by more than organizations worldwide to confidently navigate Asian markets and global emerging industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Bernstein	Partial evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	378 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bernstein is widely recognized as a premier global equity research and brokerage firm, with a trading platform that spans the US, Europe, and Asia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Economist Intelligence EIU	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	348 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We work with our clients to help them navigate the increasingly complex global environment, to analyse political and economic developments, forecast economic trends, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	BDA	Indirect evidence	新加坡, SingaporeHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	341 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BDA is an investment advisory firm founded in 1994, initially to serve Morgan Stanley and its clients then our own.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Transparency Market Research	Partial evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	325 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Transparency Market Research Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: institutional 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 institutional research firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of institutional research firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name institutional 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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Institutional research firms worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

37.4%Verified-email coverage

24.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

4.4%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,634

11-50

792

51-200

252

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 institutional 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 institutional research firms are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “institutional 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 institutional 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 institutional 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, 25,284 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 20, 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.

Institutional research firms by location

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Every Institutional 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 institutional 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 institutional research firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,797 institutional 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?

Morningstar, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most institutional research firms?

The United States leads with 657 companies, followed by India (355) and the United Kingdom (188). Every institutional research firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most institutional research firms?

London leads with 124 headquartered companies, followed by New York (121) and Pune (56).

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 25,284 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,797 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 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.