Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Market research data firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 8,428 market research data firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 220,353 professional contacts across them, including 62,259 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers market research data 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 28, 2026. Country and city lists for market research data 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.
The 25 largest market research data firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25,856 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NielsenIQ (NIQ) is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 16,377 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In our world of rapid change, the need for reliable information to make confident decisions has never been greater.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 15,564 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 10,241 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Discover growth opportunities in the Consumer Durables sector with NIQ.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 5,571 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Circana, we measure and accelerate demand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,807 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Dynata, we deliver the highest quality first-party data to help businesses around the world gain precise insights, activate the right audiences, and confidently measure impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,857 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “dunnhumby helps businesses grow through faster, better decision making, as the essential intelligence layer connecting the world’s leading retailers and brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,633 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Numerator is a data and tech company bringing speed and scale to market research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 1,475 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Mintel, we empower businesses to navigate the future with confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,260 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GD Research Center Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,200 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “J.D.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 999 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ipsos MMA is committed to enabling our clients to achieve significant brand and marketplace advantages by synergistically leveraging unified marketing & commercial measurement and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 795 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and most recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation of over $1B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 795 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Today’s markets demand new research methods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 778 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Research Now SSI is the global leader in digital research data for better insights and business decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 741 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 728 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “dichter & neira is a leading market research company that specializes in understanding consumer behavior and purchasing trends, both in modern and traditional channels, by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 669 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TAM Media Research, is a 50:50 joint venture between two global media research organizations, Nielsen & Kantar Media Research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 665 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MetrixLab is now Toluna, the global research and insights leader that enables businesses to make smarter, data-driven decisions faster.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 664 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Market Xcel, we're dedicated to delivering high-quality results for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 651 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Infiniti Research is a leading provider of market intelligence and customer intelligence solutions with 20+ years’ experience spanning across 20+ industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 647 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a fully revenue-funded organization from founding in 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 643 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kadence International is a worldwide market research agency with a distinctly local feel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 641 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NIQ BASES is Success, Elevated.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 581 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Unimrkt Research is a Market Research Outsourcing firm that helps global Market Research organizations with their primary and secondary research and support needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: market research data 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 market research data firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of market research data firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name market research data 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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Market research data firms worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
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 market research data 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 market research data firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “market research data 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 market research data 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 market research data 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, 62,259 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 28, 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.
Market research data firms by location
65 lists · largest firstEvery Market research data firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Market research data firms based in the United States1,865
- Market research data firms based in India1,131
- Market research data firms based in the United Kingdom555
- Market research data firms based in Brazil327
- Market research data firms based in Germany206
- Market research data firms based in Canada191
- Market research data firms based in Australia169
- Market research data firms based in France169
- Market research data firms based in Mexico153
- Market research data firms based in Spain126
- Market research data firms based in the Netherlands112
- Market research data firms based in Italy102
- Market research data firms based in the United Arab Emirates88
- Market research data firms based in China86
- Market research data firms based in Colombia82
- Market research data firms based in South Africa81
- Market research data firms based in Türkiye67
- Market research data firms based in Indonesia66
- Market research data firms based in Japan66
- Market research data firms based in Poland48
- Market research data firms based in Peru45
- Market research data firms based in Argentina44
- Market research data firms based in Romania43
- Market research data firms based in Belgium42
- Market research data firms based in Chile41
- Market research data firms based in Sweden36
- Market research data firms based in Switzerland33
- Market research data firms based in the Philippines31
- Market research data firms based in Israel30
- Market research data firms based in Ecuador29
- Market research data firms based in Portugal29
- Market research data firms based in Bulgaria27
- Market research data firms based in Malaysia27
- Market research data firms based in New Zealand27
- Market research data firms based in Thailand27
- Market research data firms based in Ireland26
Cities
- Market research data firms based in London, United Kingdom279
- Market research data firms based in Pune, India222
- Market research data firms based in New York, United States168
- Market research data firms based in New Delhi, India154
- Market research data firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil145
- Market research data firms based in Mumbai, India111
- Market research data firms based in Toronto, Canada77
- Market research data firms based in Paris, France68
- Market research data firms based in Chicago, United States62
- Market research data firms based in Delhi, India60
- Market research data firms based in Noida, India58
- Market research data firms based in Madrid, Spain49
- Market research data firms based in Los Angeles, United States48
- Market research data firms based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates44
- Market research data firms based in Bangalore, India42
- Market research data firms based in Sydney, Australia40
- Market research data firms based in Atlanta, United States36
- Market research data firms based in Gurugram, India35
- Market research data firms based in Hyderabad, India35
- Market research data firms based in Gurgaon, India34
- Market research data firms based in Melbourne, Australia33
- Market research data firms based in San Francisco, United States33
- Market research data firms based in Milano, Italy31
- Market research data firms based in Austin, United States30
- Market research data firms based in Hamburg, Germany29
- Market research data firms based in Bucharest, Romania28
- Market research data firms based in Amsterdam, Netherlands27
- Market research data firms based in Boston, United States26
- Market research data firms based in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil26
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 market research data 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 market research data firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 8,428 market research data 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?
Nielseniq, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most market research data firms?
The United States leads with 1,865 companies, followed by India (1,131) and the United Kingdom (555). Every market research data firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most market research data firms?
London leads with 280 headquartered companies, followed by Pune (222) and New York (171).
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 62,259 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 8,428 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 28, 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.