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Top 19 Business intelligence and research firms based in China

RevenueBase identified 209 business intelligence and research firms headquartered in China as of September 2026 and tracks 2,761 professional contacts across them, including 149 with verified work emails. Shanghai is the largest hub.

This list covers business intelligence and research firms headquartered in China, 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 14, 2026.

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.

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209Companies
2,761Contacts tracked
149Verified emails
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The 19 largest business intelligence and research firms based in China

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 209 business intelligence and research firms based in China, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business intelligence and research 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceBeijing, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026501-1,000414 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Meritco Services, part of Meritco Group, is a leading consulting and research platform focused on delivering strategic clarity through data-driven insights and expert engagement.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2Indirect evidence上海, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 20261,001-5,000136 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IQIQ IQ IQAdvent International90%”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3Indirect evidenceShanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-500107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2007 as an insight-driven marketing consulting firm, Illuminera, an IQVIA business, has evolved into a premier data-empowered marketing consulting and solutions group…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4Partial evidenceHong-kong, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5085 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Daxue Consulting is a market research and strategy consulting firm focusing on the Chinese market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5Indirect evidenceHong Kong, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026201-50082 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1996, Central Business Information Limited (CBI) is a global business information company covering Hong Kong, China and 214 countries and regions around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6Indirect evidencePudong New, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5042 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a China-based data analytics firm whose core interest is in advising our clients on how to best capitalize on growing investment management business opportunities in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBeijing, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20041 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2016, BigOne Lab is a leading alternative data company in China.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8Partial evidenceShanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Holden Healthcare is an Asia-focused healthcare market research company helping global pharmaceutical companies, healthcare consultancies and research partners access reliable…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9Partial evidence上海, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“UMS Institute, Asia's most professional think-tank media for industry research and market insight, was established in 2011, headquartered in Shanghai, has branches in Malaysia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHong Kong, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“MaLogic is a professional services firm with a mission to help companies and executives to enhance performance and create value.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11Partial evidenceBeijing, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12Partial evidenceShanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202651-20015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Insight Focus is an innovative market research consulting firm dedicated to an ever-growing variety of practice areas in the Greater China market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13Indirect evidence上海市, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14Indirect evidence上海市, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15Indirect evidence上海市, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-509 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16Indirect evidenceShanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“BAS is a management consulting company based in Italy and China.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17Partial evidenceShanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ryan Partners is a business consulting firm that provides the solutions of business intelligence including competitor intelligence, M&A/Partnership target screening, global market…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18Indirect evidenceBeijing, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WORKitOUT Consulting International Co.Ltd, invested by business elite from the United States, Malaysia and Chinese mainland, headquartered in Beijing, is an business organization…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19Partial evidenceShanghai, ChinaHQ checked Sep 14, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Microexpression is an expert provider of Business Intelligence services and solutions and a specialist in SAP BusinessObjects and Tibco Spotfire technology in China.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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Business intelligence and research firms based in China at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026
5.4%Verified-email coverage
13.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
22.0%Largest-city concentration · Shanghai
Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
73
11-50
77
51-200
35
201-500
16
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for China, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for China, over 209 companies.

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 business intelligence and research 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in China whose own description of what they do matches “business intelligence and research 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 business intelligence and research 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 business intelligence and research firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside China are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 149 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 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Business intelligence and research firms by metro

  • Business intelligence and research firms in Shanghai46

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 business intelligence and research 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 business intelligence and research firms are there based in China?

RevenueBase identified 209 business intelligence and research firms headquartered in China 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?

Meritco Services, headquartered in Chaoyang District Beijing, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most business intelligence and research firms?

Shanghai leads with 46 headquartered companies, followed by Shang Hai Shi Shang Hai Shi (10) and Beijing (9).

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 149 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 209 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 14, 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.