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Top 25 Research consultancy firms worldwide

Name: Research consultancy firms worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 17,078 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 17,078 research consultancy firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 174,427 professional contacts across them, including 38,929 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers research consultancy 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 21, 2026. Country and city lists for research consultancy firms follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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174,427Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest research consultancy firms worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 17,078 research consultancy firms worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to research consultancy firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	ABT Global	Partial evidence	Rockville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,323 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Abt is a mission-driven consulting and research firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Westat	Indirect evidence	Bethesda, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Westat offers innovative professional services to help clients improve outcomes in health, education, and social policy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Noblis	Indirect evidence	Reston, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,261 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology, and strategy organization that brings the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise in an environment of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	GD Research Center Pvt. LTD	Partial evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,260 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GD Research Center Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Cornerstone Research	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	1,248 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Cornerstone Research, we attribute our success to a unique combination of resources: a creative and energetic staff, cutting-edge technology and research, and our work with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Grupo Lucky	Indirect evidence	Lima, PeruHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “En Grupo Lucky llevamos más de treinta años ayudando a empresas líderes a anticiparse al mañana y a tomar las decisiones más relevantes sobre su perfomance en canales comerciales…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	NERA	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	782 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In 2026, NERA is celebrating 65 years of trusted economics, experts, and experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Hansa Research Group	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	741 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hansa Research is a full-service global market research agency conducting research in over 100 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Aranca	Partial evidence	Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	734 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a global research analytics and advisory firm with over 20 years of experience in helping organizations take strategic business and investment decisions fearlessly and with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Cheers Interactive	Partial evidence	Navi Mumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	685 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Cheers Interactive is a specialised custom research, analytics and sales & marketing solutions company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Market Xcel	Indirect evidence	New Delhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	664 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Market Xcel, we're dedicated to delivering high-quality results for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	ERG	Indirect evidence	Concord, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	663 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ERG is a multidisciplinary consulting firm offering a broad range of professional services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Berenschot	Indirect evidence	Utrecht, NetherlandsHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	638 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Berenschot is an independent management consulting firm with a staff of over 400 people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Market Research Future Mrfr	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	574 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Market Research Future (MRFR) is one of the most trusted firms for syndicated research services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Acumen, LLC	Indirect evidence	Burlingame, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	570 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	The Brattle Group	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	553 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Brattle Group answers complex economic, finance, and regulatory questions for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	The Insight Partners	Partial evidence	Pune, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	548 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Insight Partners is a one stop industry research provider of actionable solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	High Beam Global HBG	Partial evidence	Gurugram, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	546 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
19	Grand View Research, INC	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	539 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Grand View Research is an end-to-end market research technology and consulting business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Strategy Insights	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	528 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategy Insights is a specialist business and economic development consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	The Retail Odyssey Company	Indirect evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	517 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Retail Odyssey is a trusted partner, exclusively dedicated to serving Kroger’s needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Industryarc	Indirect evidence	Hyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	511 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IndustryARC™ was started by a group of young, passionate professionals along with extensively experienced industry veterans across various business segments and focused expertise…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Allied Market Research	Partial evidence	Wilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	508 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Driven by innovation and value addition approach, Allied Market Research is instrumental in market research and business consulting across various industry verticals since its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	電通総研 Dentsu Soken INC	Indirect evidence	港区, JapanHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	488 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About DENTSU SOKEN INC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Frontier Economics	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	477 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help companies with their biggest challenges – market strategies, regulatory reviews, competition inquiries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: research consultancy 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 research consultancy firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of research consultancy firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name research consultancy 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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Research consultancy firms worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

22.3%Verified-email coverage

10.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.5%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11,010

11-50

4,529

51-200

1,115

201-500

246

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among research consultancy 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 research consultancy firms are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “research consultancy 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 research consultancy 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 research consultancy 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, 38,929 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.

Research consultancy firms by location

88 lists · largest first

Every Research consultancy firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names research consultancy 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 research consultancy firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 17,078 research consultancy 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?

ABT Global, headquartered in Rockville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most research consultancy firms?

The United States leads with 3,248 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (1,392) and India (1,254). Every research consultancy firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most research consultancy firms?

London leads with 591 headquartered companies, followed by Sao Paulo (228) and Paris (204).

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 38,929 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 17,078 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.