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Top 25 Policy research firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,783 company matches for policy research firms worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 34,381 professional contacts across them, including 8,942 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Washington the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for policy 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 policy 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 policy research firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,489 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 2,625 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 1,268 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “GD Research Center Pvt.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 1,008 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “For more than 75 years we have used data to make a difference-addressing the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 604 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Acumen, LLC works to improve the information provided to policymakers who design and revise welfare, health, education, labor, and business programs at the national, state, and…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 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 | |||||
| 7 | 378 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “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.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Our Mission: Improving the quality of life for residents of Michigan and beyond through the development and implementation of innovative, actionable public policies.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 226 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Luce Research is located in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 218 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “As of April of 2009, Macro International is now part of ICF.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 188 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “CSA, which has 40 years of experience in the field of market research and opinion polling and 130 employees, provides companies and institutions with a detailed understanding of…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Promark Research Corporation is headquartered in Spring, Texas, a few miles North of Houston.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Quadrant Strategies helps the world’s most prominent companies navigate their most important brand, reputation, and product challenges.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “LISER (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) is a public research institute under the authority of Luxembourg’s Ministry of Higher Education and Research.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “BWG Global has set the industry standard as the premier provider of industry intelligence to more than professionals across investment firms and corporations.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Cleveland Research Company is an independent research firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous institute whose primary mission is to conduct public policy research leading to policy advice.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “PPMI is now part of the Verian Group and is now operating under the Verian brand.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 143 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “The Institute for Fiscal Studies was founded in 1969.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “GIM is ranked among the ten most important full-service market research institutes in Germany and conducts international research in over 50 markets for brand name companies…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 132 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “V dnešním rychle se měnícím světě jsou spolehlivé informace pro rozhodování důležitější než kdy předtím.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “We are the nation’s leader in dynamic local, state and national policy modeling.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “AidData is a leading research lab at William & Mary helping decision makers to understand the impacts of foreign policies and overseas investments.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
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- Every country. Country and city lists for policy research firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “policy 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.
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- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
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- 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 8,942 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
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Policy research firms by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Policy research firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Policy research firms based in the United States472
- Policy research firms based in India122
- Policy research firms based in the United Kingdom83
- Policy research firms based in Brazil78
- Policy research firms based in Canada58
- Policy research firms based in Australia32
- Policy research firms based in Spain31
- Policy research firms based in Türkiye29
- Policy research firms based in Germany27
- Policy research firms based in Italy26
- Policy research firms based in the Netherlands26
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 “policy research firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many policy research firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,783 company matches for policy 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?
Westat tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most policy research firms?
The United States leads with 472 companies, followed by India (122) and the United Kingdom (83). Every policy research firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most policy research firms?
Washington leads with 50 company records, followed by London (35) and New York (29).
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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 8,942 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 1,783 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
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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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RevenueBase records 1,783 matching company records for policy research firms worldwide, with 34,381 tracked contacts and 8,942 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.
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Top 25 policy 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 |  Westatwestat.comHQ: Bethesda, PA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Bethesda, PA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 3,489 contacts → |
“Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 |  RANDrand.orgHQ: Santa Monica, VA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Santa Monica, VA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,625 contacts → |
“RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 |  GD Research Center Pvt. LTDgdresearchcenter.comHQ: Hyderabad, IndiaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Hyderabad, India | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,268 contacts → |
“GD Research Center Pvt.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 |  The PEW Charitable Trustspew.orgHQ: Philadelphia, DC, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Philadelphia, DC, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,008 contacts → |
“For more than 75 years we have used data to make a difference-addressing the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 |  Acumen, LLCacumenllc.comHQ: Burlingame, CA, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Burlingame, CA, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 604 contacts → |
“Acumen, LLC works to improve the information provided to policymakers who design and revise welfare, health, education, labor, and business programs at the national, state, and…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 |  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. | |||||
| 7 |  Groupe Ifopifop.comHQ: Paris, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Paris, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“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.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Public Sector Consultantspublicsectorconsultants.comHQ: Lansing, MI, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Lansing, MI, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 272 contacts → |
“Our Mission: Improving the quality of life for residents of Michigan and beyond through the development and implementation of innovative, actionable public policies.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 |  Luce Researchluceresearch.comHQ: Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 226 contacts → |
“Luce Research is located in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Rand Europerandeurope.orgHQ: Cambridge, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 218 contacts → |
“RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  ICF Macroicf.comHQ: Fairfax, VA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Fairfax, VA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 217 contacts → |
“As of April of 2009, Macro International is now part of ICF.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 |  NCAERncaer.orgHQ: Delhi, IndiaReported employees: 201-500 | Delhi, India | 201-500 | Exact match | 208 contacts → |
“NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 |  CSA Institut D'etudescsa.euHQ: Puteaux, FranceReported employees: 51-200 | Puteaux, France | 51-200 | Exact match | 188 contacts → |
“CSA, which has 40 years of experience in the field of market research and opinion polling and 130 employees, provides companies and institutions with a detailed understanding of…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 |  Promark Research Corporationpromarkresearch.comHQ: Spring, TX, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Spring, TX, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Promark Research Corporation is headquartered in Spring, Texas, a few miles North of Houston.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 |  Quadrant Strategiesquadrantstrategies.comHQ: Washington, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Quadrant Strategies helps the world’s most prominent companies navigate their most important brand, reputation, and product challenges.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, LuxembourgReported employees: 51-200 | Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, Luxembourg | 51-200 | Exact match | 173 contacts → |
“LISER (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) is a public research institute under the authority of Luxembourg’s Ministry of Higher Education and Research.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 |  BWG Globalbwgglobal.comHQ: New York, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 173 contacts → |
“BWG Global has set the industry standard as the premier provider of industry intelligence to more than professionals across investment firms and corporations.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 |  Cleveland Research Companyclevelandresearch.comHQ: Cleveland, OH, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Cleveland, OH, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 151 contacts → |
“Cleveland Research Company is an independent research firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 |  Kippra Kenyakippra.or.keHQ: Nairobi, KenyaReported employees: 51-200 | Nairobi, Kenya | 51-200 | Exact match | 149 contacts → |
“The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous institute whose primary mission is to conduct public policy research leading to policy advice.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 |  Ppmi Part Of The Verian Groupveriangroup.comHQ: Vilnius, LithuaniaReported employees: 51-200 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 51-200 | Exact match | 145 contacts → |
“PPMI is now part of the Verian Group and is now operating under the Verian brand.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 |  Institute For Fiscal Studiesifs.org.ukHQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 11-50 | London, United Kingdom | 11-50 | Exact match | 143 contacts → |
“The Institute for Fiscal Studies was founded in 1969.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Heidelberg, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Heidelberg, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 138 contacts → |
“GIM is ranked among the ten most important full-service market research institutes in Germany and conducts international research in over 50 markets for brand name companies…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 |  Ipsos In Czech Republicipsos.czHQ: Praha 1, Czech RepublicReported employees: 201-500 | Praha 1, Czech Republic | 201-500 | Exact match | 132 contacts → |
“V dnešním rychle se měnícím světě jsou spolehlivé informace pro rozhodování důležitější než kdy předtím.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 |  REMIremi.comHQ: Amherst, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Amherst, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 131 contacts → |
“We are the nation’s leader in dynamic local, state and national policy modeling.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 |  Aiddataaiddata.orgHQ: Williamsburg, VA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Williamsburg, VA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 128 contacts → |
“AidData is a leading research lab at William & Mary helping decision makers to understand the impacts of foreign policies and overseas investments.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Policy 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
1,772 records in the displayed employee bands.
11 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 1,783 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 ↗
Policy research firms by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Policy research firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Policy research firms based in the United States472
- Policy research firms based in India122
- Policy research firms based in the United Kingdom83
- Policy research firms based in Brazil78
- Policy research firms based in Canada58
- Policy research firms based in Australia32
- Policy research firms based in Spain31
- Policy research firms based in Türkiye29
- Policy research firms based in Germany27
- Policy research firms based in Italy26
- Policy research firms based in the Netherlands26
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for policy 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 policy research firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,783 matching company records, 34,381 tracked contacts and 8,942 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 policy research firms worldwide. Snapshot: November 6, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/policy-research-firms.
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RevenueBase records 1,783 matching company records for policy research firms worldwide, with 34,381 tracked contacts and 8,942 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 policy 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 | Westatwestat.com HQ: Bethesda, PA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Bethesda, PA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 3,489 contacts → |
“Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | RANDrand.org HQ: Santa Monica, VA, United StatesReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Santa Monica, VA, United States | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 2,625 contacts → |
“RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that provides leaders with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | GD Research Center Pvt. LTDgdresearchcenter.com HQ: Hyderabad, IndiaReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Hyderabad, India | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,268 contacts → |
“GD Research Center Pvt.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | The PEW Charitable Trustspew.org HQ: Philadelphia, DC, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Philadelphia, DC, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 1,008 contacts → |
“For more than 75 years we have used data to make a difference-addressing the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Acumen, LLCacumenllc.com HQ: Burlingame, CA, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Burlingame, CA, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 604 contacts → |
“Acumen, LLC works to improve the information provided to policymakers who design and revise welfare, health, education, labor, and business programs at the national, state, and…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | 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. | |||||
| 7 | Groupe Ifopifop.com HQ: Paris, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Paris, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 378 contacts → |
“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.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Public Sector Consultantspublicsectorconsultants.com HQ: Lansing, MI, United StatesReported employees: Not recorded | Lansing, MI, United States | Not recorded | Exact match | 272 contacts → |
“Our Mission: Improving the quality of life for residents of Michigan and beyond through the development and implementation of innovative, actionable public policies.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Luce Researchluceresearch.com HQ: Colorado Springs, CO, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | Colorado Springs, CO, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 226 contacts → |
“Luce Research is located in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Rand Europerandeurope.org HQ: Cambridge, United KingdomReported employees: 201-500 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 201-500 | Exact match | 218 contacts → |
“RAND Europe is a not-for-profit research institute whose mission is to help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | ICF Macroicf.com HQ: Fairfax, VA, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Fairfax, VA, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 217 contacts → |
“As of April of 2009, Macro International is now part of ICF.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | NCAERncaer.org HQ: Delhi, IndiaReported employees: 201-500 | Delhi, India | 201-500 | Exact match | 208 contacts → |
“NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | CSA Institut D'etudescsa.eu HQ: Puteaux, FranceReported employees: 51-200 | Puteaux, France | 51-200 | Exact match | 188 contacts → |
“CSA, which has 40 years of experience in the field of market research and opinion polling and 130 employees, provides companies and institutions with a detailed understanding of…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Promark Research Corporationpromarkresearch.com HQ: Spring, TX, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Spring, TX, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Promark Research Corporation is headquartered in Spring, Texas, a few miles North of Houston.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Quadrant Strategiesquadrantstrategies.com HQ: Washington, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Washington, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Quadrant Strategies helps the world’s most prominent companies navigate their most important brand, reputation, and product challenges.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | HQ: Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, LuxembourgReported employees: 51-200 | Esch-sur-alzette / Belval, Luxembourg | 51-200 | Exact match | 173 contacts → |
“LISER (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) is a public research institute under the authority of Luxembourg’s Ministry of Higher Education and Research.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | BWG Globalbwgglobal.com HQ: New York, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 173 contacts → |
“BWG Global has set the industry standard as the premier provider of industry intelligence to more than professionals across investment firms and corporations.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 18 | Cleveland Research Companyclevelandresearch.com HQ: Cleveland, OH, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Cleveland, OH, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 151 contacts → |
“Cleveland Research Company is an independent research firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Kippra Kenyakippra.or.ke HQ: Nairobi, KenyaReported employees: 51-200 | Nairobi, Kenya | 51-200 | Exact match | 149 contacts → |
“The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous institute whose primary mission is to conduct public policy research leading to policy advice.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Ppmi Part Of The Verian Groupveriangroup.com HQ: Vilnius, LithuaniaReported employees: 51-200 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 51-200 | Exact match | 145 contacts → |
“PPMI is now part of the Verian Group and is now operating under the Verian brand.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Institute For Fiscal Studiesifs.org.uk HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 11-50 | London, United Kingdom | 11-50 | Exact match | 143 contacts → |
“The Institute for Fiscal Studies was founded in 1969.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | HQ: Heidelberg, GermanyReported employees: 51-200 | Heidelberg, Germany | 51-200 | Exact match | 138 contacts → |
“GIM is ranked among the ten most important full-service market research institutes in Germany and conducts international research in over 50 markets for brand name companies…” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Ipsos In Czech Republicipsos.cz HQ: Praha 1, Czech RepublicReported employees: 201-500 | Praha 1, Czech Republic | 201-500 | Exact match | 132 contacts → |
“V dnešním rychle se měnícím světě jsou spolehlivé informace pro rozhodování důležitější než kdy předtím.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | REMIremi.com HQ: Amherst, DC, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Amherst, DC, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 131 contacts → |
“We are the nation’s leader in dynamic local, state and national policy modeling.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Aiddataaiddata.org HQ: Williamsburg, VA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | Williamsburg, VA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 128 contacts → |
“AidData is a leading research lab at William & Mary helping decision makers to understand the impacts of foreign policies and overseas investments.” Recorded description excerpt · November 6, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Policy 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
1,772 records in the displayed employee bands.
11 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 1,783 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 ↗
Policy research firms by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Policy research firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Policy research firms based in the United States472
- Policy research firms based in India122
- Policy research firms based in the United Kingdom83
- Policy research firms based in Brazil78
- Policy research firms based in Canada58
- Policy research firms based in Australia32
- Policy research firms based in Spain31
- Policy research firms based in Türkiye29
- Policy research firms based in Germany27
- Policy research firms based in Italy26
- Policy research firms based in the Netherlands26
Cities
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for policy 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 policy research firms did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 1,783 matching company records, 34,381 tracked contacts and 8,942 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.
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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 policy research firms worldwide. Snapshot: November 6, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/policy-research-firms.
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