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Top 25 Institutional research firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,016 company matches for institutional research firms worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 104,299 professional contacts across them, including 40,881 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for institutional research firms 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 November 6, 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 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 institutional research firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44,198 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “At State Street, we deliver leading investment platforms, data, expertise, and solutions that accelerate performance and better decision making.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 11,549 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Morningstar, Inc.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 8,001 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 2,693 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CITIC Securities International is a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 2,671 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services sector, including asset managers…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 2,526 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Third Bridge is a leading global investment research firm established in 2007.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 1,629 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PitchBook is the leading resource for comprehensive data, research and insights spanning the global capital markets.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 1,059 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “For a century, Loomis, Sayles & Company has built a legacy focused on fulfilling the investment needs of institutional and retail clients worldwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 975 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PEI Group is the leading global provider of business intelligence, data, analytics, and events for private markets professionals.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 932 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Mofid Securities is Iran’s largest full-service stock brokerage firm & leading private investment advisory which has been ranked first by the SEO since 2007.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 841 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in 2005, Seeking Alpha is an industry-leading financial research platform powered by one of the world’s largest investing communities.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 833 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Connect and Converse with likeminded people, Contribute and share your thoughts.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 779 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “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…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 474 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “William O’Neil India is part of the O’Neil companies, a family of businesses dedicated to providing industry-leading financial services and information.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 468 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Bernstein is widely recognized as a premier global equity research and brokerage firm, with a trading platform that spans the US, Europe, and Asia.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 464 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Preqin empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to private markets with essential data and insight to make confident decisions.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 406 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Hanover is a leading provider of research and analytics for thousands of organizations worldwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “BDA is an investment advisory firm founded in 1994, initially to serve Morgan Stanley and its clients then our own.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 342 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “BCA Research is a leading global provider of independent investment research.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 332 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Since Wolfe Research, LLC’s founding in 2008, our mission has been to deliver best-in-class research and service-providing timely, rigorous, and unconflicted insights from the…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 309 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Verified Market Research (VMR) boasts the most extensive library of B2B niche market insights, with over 323,742 cutting-edge reports as of Q3 2023, reflecting a robust growth…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 304 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Arcana enables institutional investors to understand their portfolio risks, decompose single stock & book performance, drill into crowding, and isolate their idiosyncratic…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 294 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Aurel BGC is a French investment company created from the merger of ETC Pollak and Aurel on October 1, 2008.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 280 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “OTR is a leading platform for primary research and one of the largest channel research firms servicing the institutional investment community.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Trading Central is a registered, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, award-winning market analytics and research provider, supporting investment decisions through leading digital wealth…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 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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Institutional research firms worldwide at a glance
As of Nov 6, 2026Companies by employee count
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- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “institutional research firms” 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 40,881 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.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on November 6, 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.
Institutional research firms by location
16 lists · largest firstEvery Institutional research firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Institutional research firms based in the United States538
- Institutional research firms based in India272
- Institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom133
- Institutional research firms based in Canada58
- Institutional research firms based in Brazil48
- Institutional research firms based in Australia44
- Institutional research firms based in Italy36
- Institutional research firms based in France34
- Institutional research firms based in Germany33
- Institutional research firms based in Switzerland27
- Institutional research firms based in the Netherlands27
Cities
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 “institutional research firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many institutional research firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,016 company matches for institutional research firms worldwide as of November 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?
State Street tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most institutional research firms?
The United States leads with 538 companies, followed by India (272) and the United Kingdom (133). Every institutional research firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most institutional research firms?
New York leads with 110 company records, followed by London (99) and Mumbai (38).
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 40,881 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,016 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 November 6, 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 institutional research firms worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 2,016 matching company records for institutional research firms worldwide, with 104,299 tracked contacts and 40,881 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: November 6, 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 institutional research firms 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 |  State Streetstatestreet.comHQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Boston, MA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 44,198 contacts → |
“At State Street, we deliver leading investment platforms, data, expertise, and solutions that accelerate performance and better decision making.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  Morningstarmorningstar.comHQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Chicago, IL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 11,549 contacts → |
“Morningstar, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 |  Msci INCmsci.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 8,001 contacts → |
“MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  CLSAclsa.comHQ: Tokyo, Hong KongReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Tokyo, Hong Kong | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,693 contacts → |
“CITIC Securities International is a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Acuity Knowledge Partnersacuitykp.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | London, United Kingdom | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 2,671 contacts → |
“Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services sector, including asset managers…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  Third Bridge Groupthirdbridge.comHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | London, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,526 contacts → |
“Third Bridge is a leading global investment research firm established in 2007.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 |  Pitchbookpitchbook.comHQ: Seattle, WA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,629 contacts → |
“PitchBook is the leading resource for comprehensive data, research and insights spanning the global capital markets.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Loomis, Sayles & Companyloomissayles.comHQ: Boston, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Boston, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,059 contacts → |
“For a century, Loomis, Sayles & Company has built a legacy focused on fulfilling the investment needs of institutional and retail clients worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  PEIpei.groupHQ: London, NY, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | London, NY, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 975 contacts → |
“PEI Group is the leading global provider of business intelligence, data, analytics, and events for private markets professionals.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Mofid Securitiesemofid.comHQ: Tehran, IranReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Tehran, Iran | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 932 contacts → |
“Mofid Securities is Iran’s largest full-service stock brokerage firm & leading private investment advisory which has been ranked first by the SEO since 2007.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  Seeking Alphaseekingalpha.comHQ: NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 841 contacts → |
“Founded in 2005, Seeking Alpha is an industry-leading financial research platform powered by one of the world’s largest investing communities.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  Emkay Global Financial Services LTDemkayglobal.comHQ: Mumbai, IndiaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Mumbai, India | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 833 contacts → |
“Connect and Converse with likeminded people, Contribute and share your thoughts.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 |  Arancaaranca.comHQ: Mumbai, NY, IndiaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Mumbai, NY, India | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 779 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  William O'neil Indiawilliamoneilindia.comHQ: Bangalore, IndiaReported employees: 51-200 | Bangalore, India | 51-200 | Exact match | 474 contacts → |
“William O’Neil India is part of the O’Neil companies, a family of businesses dedicated to providing industry-leading financial services and information.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Bernsteinbernsteinsg.comHQ: United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 468 contacts → |
“Bernstein is widely recognized as a premier global equity research and brokerage firm, with a trading platform that spans the US, Europe, and Asia.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 |  Preqinpreqin.comHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | London, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 464 contacts → |
“Preqin empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to private markets with essential data and insight to make confident decisions.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 |  Hanover Researchhanoverresearch.comHQ: Arlington, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Arlington, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 406 contacts → |
“Hanover is a leading provider of research and analytics for thousands of organizations worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  BDAbda.comHQ: 新加坡, SingaporeReported employees: 51-200 | 新加坡, Singapore | 51-200 | Exact match | 372 contacts → |
“BDA is an investment advisory firm founded in 1994, initially to serve Morgan Stanley and its clients then our own.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  BCA Researchbcaresearch.comHQ: Montreal, CanadaReported employees: 51-200 | Montreal, Canada | 51-200 | Exact match | 342 contacts → |
“BCA Research is a leading global provider of independent investment research.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  Wolfe Research, LLCwolferesearch.comHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 332 contacts → |
“Since Wolfe Research, LLC’s founding in 2008, our mission has been to deliver best-in-class research and service-providing timely, rigorous, and unconflicted insights from the…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Verified Market Researchverifiedmarketresearch.comHQ: Washington Dc, DC, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Washington Dc, DC, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 309 contacts → |
“Verified Market Research (VMR) boasts the most extensive library of B2B niche market insights, with over 323,742 cutting-edge reports as of Q3 2023, reflecting a robust growth…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 |  Arcanaarcana.ioHQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 304 contacts → |
“Arcana enables institutional investors to understand their portfolio risks, decompose single stock & book performance, drill into crowding, and isolate their idiosyncratic…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Aurel BGCaurel-bgc.comHQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 51-200 | Paris, France | 51-200 | Exact match | 294 contacts → |
“Aurel BGC is a French investment company created from the merger of ETC Pollak and Aurel on October 1, 2008.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 |  OTR Globalotrglobal.comHQ: Purchase, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Purchase, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 280 contacts → |
“OTR is a leading platform for primary research and one of the largest channel research firms servicing the institutional investment community.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Trading Centraltradingcentral.comHQ: Paris, NY, FranceReported employees: 51-200 | Paris, NY, France | 51-200 | Exact match | 228 contacts → |
“Trading Central is a registered, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, award-winning market analytics and research provider, supporting investment decisions through leading digital wealth…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Institutional research firms: dataset insights
November 6, 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
2,006 records in the displayed employee bands.
10 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 2,016 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: November 6, 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 ↗
Institutional research firms by location
16 lists · largest firstEvery Institutional research firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Institutional research firms based in the United States538
- Institutional research firms based in India272
- Institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom133
- Institutional research firms based in Canada58
- Institutional research firms based in Brazil48
- Institutional research firms based in Australia44
- Institutional research firms based in Italy36
- Institutional research firms based in France34
- Institutional research firms based in Germany33
- Institutional research firms based in Switzerland27
- Institutional research firms based in the Netherlands27
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for institutional research firms?
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 institutional research firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 2,016 matching company records, 104,299 tracked contacts and 40,881 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: November 6, 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 institutional research firms worldwide. Snapshot: November 6, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/institutional-research-firms.
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Top 25 institutional research firms worldwide
RevenueBase records 2,016 matching company records for institutional research firms worldwide, with 104,299 tracked contacts and 40,881 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: November 6, 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 institutional research firms 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 | State Streetstatestreet.com HQ: Boston, MA, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Boston, MA, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 44,198 contacts → |
“At State Street, we deliver leading investment platforms, data, expertise, and solutions that accelerate performance and better decision making.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Morningstarmorningstar.com HQ: Chicago, IL, United StatesReported employees: 10001+ | Chicago, IL, United States | 10001+ | Exact match | 11,549 contacts → |
“Morningstar, Inc.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Msci INCmsci.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | New York, NY, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 8,001 contacts → |
“MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | CLSAclsa.com HQ: Tokyo, Hong KongReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Tokyo, Hong Kong | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,693 contacts → |
“CITIC Securities International is a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Securities and its overseas business platform.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Acuity Knowledge Partnersacuitykp.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | London, United Kingdom | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 2,671 contacts → |
“Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services sector, including asset managers…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Third Bridge Groupthirdbridge.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | London, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,526 contacts → |
“Third Bridge is a leading global investment research firm established in 2007.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Pitchbookpitchbook.com HQ: Seattle, WA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Seattle, WA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,629 contacts → |
“PitchBook is the leading resource for comprehensive data, research and insights spanning the global capital markets.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Loomis, Sayles & Companyloomissayles.com HQ: Boston, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Boston, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,059 contacts → |
“For a century, Loomis, Sayles & Company has built a legacy focused on fulfilling the investment needs of institutional and retail clients worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | PEIpei.group HQ: London, NY, United KingdomReported employees: 501-1,000 | London, NY, United Kingdom | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 975 contacts → |
“PEI Group is the leading global provider of business intelligence, data, analytics, and events for private markets professionals.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Mofid Securitiesemofid.com HQ: Tehran, IranReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Tehran, Iran | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 932 contacts → |
“Mofid Securities is Iran’s largest full-service stock brokerage firm & leading private investment advisory which has been ranked first by the SEO since 2007.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | Seeking Alphaseekingalpha.com HQ: NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 841 contacts → |
“Founded in 2005, Seeking Alpha is an industry-leading financial research platform powered by one of the world’s largest investing communities.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Emkay Global Financial Services LTDemkayglobal.com HQ: Mumbai, IndiaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Mumbai, India | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 833 contacts → |
“Connect and Converse with likeminded people, Contribute and share your thoughts.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Arancaaranca.com HQ: Mumbai, NY, IndiaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Mumbai, NY, India | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 779 contacts → |
“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…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | William O'neil Indiawilliamoneilindia.com HQ: Bangalore, IndiaReported employees: 51-200 | Bangalore, India | 51-200 | Exact match | 474 contacts → |
“William O’Neil India is part of the O’Neil companies, a family of businesses dedicated to providing industry-leading financial services and information.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Bernsteinbernsteinsg.com HQ: United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 468 contacts → |
“Bernstein is widely recognized as a premier global equity research and brokerage firm, with a trading platform that spans the US, Europe, and Asia.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Preqinpreqin.com HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | London, United Kingdom | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 464 contacts → |
“Preqin empowers financial professionals who invest in or allocate to private markets with essential data and insight to make confident decisions.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Hanover Researchhanoverresearch.com HQ: Arlington, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Arlington, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 406 contacts → |
“Hanover is a leading provider of research and analytics for thousands of organizations worldwide.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | BDAbda.com HQ: 新加坡, SingaporeReported employees: 51-200 | 新加坡, Singapore | 51-200 | Exact match | 372 contacts → |
“BDA is an investment advisory firm founded in 1994, initially to serve Morgan Stanley and its clients then our own.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | BCA Researchbcaresearch.com HQ: Montreal, CanadaReported employees: 51-200 | Montreal, Canada | 51-200 | Exact match | 342 contacts → |
“BCA Research is a leading global provider of independent investment research.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Wolfe Research, LLCwolferesearch.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 332 contacts → |
“Since Wolfe Research, LLC’s founding in 2008, our mission has been to deliver best-in-class research and service-providing timely, rigorous, and unconflicted insights from the…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Verified Market Researchverifiedmarketresearch.com HQ: Washington Dc, DC, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Washington Dc, DC, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 309 contacts → |
“Verified Market Research (VMR) boasts the most extensive library of B2B niche market insights, with over 323,742 cutting-edge reports as of Q3 2023, reflecting a robust growth…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Arcanaarcana.io HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 304 contacts → |
“Arcana enables institutional investors to understand their portfolio risks, decompose single stock & book performance, drill into crowding, and isolate their idiosyncratic…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Aurel BGCaurel-bgc.com HQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 51-200 | Paris, France | 51-200 | Exact match | 294 contacts → |
“Aurel BGC is a French investment company created from the merger of ETC Pollak and Aurel on October 1, 2008.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | OTR Globalotrglobal.com HQ: Purchase, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Purchase, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 280 contacts → |
“OTR is a leading platform for primary research and one of the largest channel research firms servicing the institutional investment community.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Trading Centraltradingcentral.com HQ: Paris, NY, FranceReported employees: 51-200 | Paris, NY, France | 51-200 | Exact match | 228 contacts → |
“Trading Central is a registered, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, award-winning market analytics and research provider, supporting investment decisions through leading digital wealth…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Institutional research firms: dataset insights
November 6, 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
2,006 records in the displayed employee bands.
10 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 2,016 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: November 6, 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 ↗
Institutional research firms by location
16 lists · largest firstEvery Institutional research firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Institutional research firms based in the United States538
- Institutional research firms based in India272
- Institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom133
- Institutional research firms based in Canada58
- Institutional research firms based in Brazil48
- Institutional research firms based in Australia44
- Institutional research firms based in Italy36
- Institutional research firms based in France34
- Institutional research firms based in Germany33
- Institutional research firms based in Switzerland27
- Institutional research firms based in the Netherlands27
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for institutional research firms?
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 institutional research firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 2,016 matching company records, 104,299 tracked contacts and 40,881 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: November 6, 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 institutional research firms worldwide. Snapshot: November 6, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/institutional-research-firms.
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