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Top 25 Business research companies based in France

Name: Business research companies based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 286 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 286 business research companies headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 21,075 professional contacts across them, including 4,576 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers business research companies headquartered in France, 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.

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

286Companies

21,075Contacts tracked

4,576Verified emails

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The 25 largest business research companies based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 286 business research companies based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business research companies: 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	IPSOS	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	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 21, 2026
2	MSM	Indirect evidence	Clichy, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	416 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “June marketing est une agence marketing multi-expertises à forte culture « consumer-centric », issue de la fusion de MSM, Cubes et New Moon.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Vecteur Plus	Indirect evidence	Bouguenais, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	193 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vecteur Plus est le N°1 en France de la veille commerciale et stratégique (250 collaborateurs, 16 342 utilisateurs et plus de 5 d'opportunités détectées par an).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	CSA Institut D'etudes	Strong evidence	Puteaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	187 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Opinionway	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	176 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fondé en sur cette idée radicalement innovante pour l’époque, OpinionWay a été précurseur dans le renouvellement des pratiques de la profession des études marketing et d’opinion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Strategir	Indirect evidence	33000 Bordeaux, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Strategir® We unlock consumer truth to drive sustainable growth throughout the path to purchase.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	SAD Marketing	Strong evidence	Villeneuve-d’ascq, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	96 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1981, SAD Marketing is a research and consulting firm based in Villeneuve d'Ascq, in the Lille area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Kantar Media FR	Indirect evidence	Courbevoie, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	82 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kantar Media est le leader reconnu des études et analyses médias, pour les données publicitaires de référence, le profilage et le ciblage des consommateurs avec TGI, et l’analyse…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Aviso Conseil	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AVISO Conseil, la force d'une synergie de savoir-faire, tous axés vers le développement MARKETING et COMMERCIAL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Brainvalue	Strong evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	60 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Brain Value is an independent research agency founded in 2003 by Nicolas Riou and based in Paris.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Stethos	Strong evidence	Sèvres, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Strong evidence “STETHOS group is dedicated to marketing research and consulting in the healthcare sector – from ethic products, OTC, MD to nutrition, consumer care and dermocosmetics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Mv2 Conseil	Indirect evidence	Montrouge, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fort de 40 ans d'expérience, MV2 Conseil fait partie des principaux acteurs dans le domaine des études marketing en France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	MIS Group	Strong evidence	Lille, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2001, MIS Group assists institutes, marketing agencies, research firms, company founders and managers, marketing professionals, researchers and academic institutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	LIZEO	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lizeo extracts value from the data in your business ecosystem to create a direct impact!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Bretagne Conseil, Junior-Entreprise	Indirect evidence	Rennes, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bretagne Conseil est la Junior-Entreprise l’ESC Rennes School of Business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Marketingscan	Indirect evidence	Levallois-perret, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MarketingScan, société spécialisée dans la grande consommation, accompagne les industriels, les distributeurs, les agences media et les régies publicitaires dans l’aide à la…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	COHDA	Indirect evidence	Le Bouscat, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Etudes et préconisations marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Polygone	Indirect evidence	Saint-nazaire, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Polygone est une entreprise créée en 1982 spécialisée dans les études de marché, l'urbanisme commercial (CDAC / CDNAC) et le marketing opérationnel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Sémaphore Conseil	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As market intelligence experts, we provide daily market follow-up on banking, credit and insurance products to more than 100 organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Groupe First ECO	Indirect evidence	Fontaine-lès-dijon, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Depuis plus de 25 ans, le accompagne les entreprises dans la détection des meilleures opportunités de croissance grâce à des ́.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Adquation Etudes ET Data Intelligence	Indirect evidence	Viroflay, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acteur du monde agricole, spécialiste du marketing, ADquation Etudes et Data Intelligence est engagée depuis 20 ans auprès de ses agriculteurs et agrofournisseurs ’!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Reportlinker	Indirect evidence	Lyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With AI trained to uncover business contexts, map competitive environments and predict emerging trends, ReportLinker gives Market Intelligence Teams an unmatched advantage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	ICN Junior Conseil	Indirect evidence	Nancy, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Membre fondateur de la Confédération Nationale des Junior-Entreprises (CNJE), ICN Junior Conseil est la Junior-Entreprise de l'école de commerce de Nancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	SKY Consulting	Indirect evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sky Consulting est une agence internationale d’études marketing et de conseil stratégique - Études qualitatives et quantitatives - Planning et Conseil Stratégique - Sémiotique…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	ILIGO	Strong evidence	Paris, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Strong evidence “iligo is an award-winning research agency and consultancy focused on understanding new consumer behaviors and assessing the effectiveness of marketing activities for brand…” 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: business 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 business research companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of business research companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name business 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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Business research companies based in France at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

21.7%Verified-email coverage

73.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

35.7%Largest-city concentration · Paris

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

179

11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 286 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 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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “business 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 business 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 business research companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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, 4,576 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.

Business research companies by metro

Business research companies in Paris102

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 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 business research companies are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 286 business research companies headquartered in France 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?

IPSOS, headquartered in Paris, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most business research companies?

Paris leads with 102 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (19) and Lille (6).

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 4,576 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 286 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.