Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Paid market research companies worldwide
RevenueBase identified 3,826 paid market research companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 59,963 professional contacts across them, including 13,502 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Pune the largest hub.
This list covers paid market research companies 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 21, 2026. Country and city lists for paid market research companies 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 paid market research companies worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,475 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Mintel, we empower businesses to navigate the future with confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,260 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GD Research Center Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 821 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 795 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Today’s markets demand new research methods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 664 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Market Xcel, we're dedicated to delivering high-quality results for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 647 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a fully revenue-funded organization from founding in 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 643 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kadence International is a worldwide market research agency with a distinctly local feel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 546 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “HBG is a market intelligence firm offering insightful, validated & high quality qualitative & quantitative research data solutions to clients across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 508 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 444 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “M3 Global Research provides the most comprehensive and highest quality market research recruitment and support services available to the global healthcare industry with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 420 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1965, IFF is a social and market research agency who helps people make better informed decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 405 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hanover is a leading provider of research and analytics for thousands of organizations worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 404 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “INJ Partners is a leading provider of end-to-end market research solutions, helping businesses navigate complex market landscapes with data-driven insights that drive real impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 391 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Stop and Shop is a market research company based out of Osceola Ossipee Rd, Browns Summit, North Carolina, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 384 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “GDCC is an independent data collection company providing international fieldwork services to leading market research- and consultancy agencies globally, both offline and online.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Databridge Market Research is a versatile market research and consulting firm with over 500 analysts working in different industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 350 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A division of Kantar, Kantar Profiles is a market-leading data company and home to the world’s largest audience network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 341 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fondé en 1938 par le sociologue Jean Stoetzel, l’Ifop est le pionnier de la méthode des sondages et le premier à déployer en France des enquêtes d’opinion publique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Leger, we give people a voice and empower our clients to make better decisions in a constantly changing world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 312 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NewtonX is the only B2B research intelligence platform that delivers AI-speed insights with data you can trace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 305 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dig Insights is a tech-enabled insights company that helps brands envision the future and prove its potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Growth from Knowledge.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 277 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fortune Business Insights™ offers market studies and consulting services to global businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: paid market research companies. 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 paid market research companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of paid market research companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name paid market research companies. 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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Paid market research companies worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 paid market research companies, 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 paid market research companies are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “paid market research companies”. 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 paid market research companies), 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 paid market research companies, 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, 13,502 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 21, 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.
Paid market research companies by location
19 lists · largest firstEvery Paid market research companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Paid market research companies based in the United States850
- Paid market research companies based in India670
- Paid market research companies based in the United Kingdom268
- Paid market research companies based in Brazil108
- Paid market research companies based in Germany97
- Paid market research companies based in Canada77
- Paid market research companies based in France65
- Paid market research companies based in Australia56
- Paid market research companies based in Mexico54
- Paid market research companies based in Spain50
- Paid market research companies based in Italy46
- Paid market research companies based in the United Arab Emirates46
- Paid market research companies based in the Netherlands41
- Paid market research companies based in South Africa33
- Paid market research companies based in Türkiye26
- Paid market research companies based in Romania25
Cities
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 paid market research companies, 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 paid market research companies are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 3,826 paid market research companies 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?
Mintel, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most paid market research companies?
The United States leads with 850 companies, followed by India (670) and the United Kingdom (268). Every paid market research companies list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most paid market research companies?
Pune leads with 124 headquartered companies, followed by London (113) and New Delhi (99).
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 13,502 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,826 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 21, 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.