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Top 25 Business research services based in the United Kingdom

Name: Business research services based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 598 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 598 business research services headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 15,329 professional contacts across them, including 5,122 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers business research services headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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

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The 25 largest business research services based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 598 business research services based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business research services: 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	Globaldata PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,779 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In a world drowning in data, we deliver clarity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Dialectica	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,437 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dialectica is a B2B information services firm that serves the world's top business professionals, by enabling them to gather real-time information and insights from industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Mintel	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,475 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Mintel, we empower businesses to navigate the future with confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	The Smart Cube	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	702 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We provide high performing intelligence that answers critical business questions for leading companies around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Infiniti Research LTD	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	651 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Infiniti Research is a leading provider of market intelligence and customer intelligence solutions with 20+ years’ experience spanning across 20+ industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Savanta	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	464 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Savanta is a fast-growing data, market research and advisory company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	IFF Research	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
8	Ronin International	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	312 contacts →
	Strong evidence “RONIN International is an independent B2B market research company specialising in business, healthcare and tech studies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Colvill Banks LTD	Strong evidence	Fareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	309 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Colvill Banks are experts in candidate research and identification.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Kudos Research	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	213 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Kudos Research has been providing high value, competitively priced, market research services to both internal and external clients since 1986.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	RFI Global	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	211 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RFI Global is the only global data and insights company focusing exclusively on financial services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	B2B International	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	178 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The world’s most experienced B2B market research company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Emis Insights	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	131 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EMIS, an ISI Markets product line, is the leading provider of reliable industry and company intelligence on fast-growing markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Verdantix	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	125 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Verdantix is an independent research and advisory firm that serves a global client base consisting of the world’s most innovative corporations, technology and services vendors…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Rocsearch	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	125 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RocSearch is an industry leader in customised business intelligence solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Ampere Analysis	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	115 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in January 2015 and based in London, Ampere Analysis is a fast-growing analyst firm with an experienced team of sector-leading industry analysts specialising in media…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	BVA Bdrc	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	105 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BVA BDRC is now part of Ipsos, and using the Ipsos brand name, following acquisition in June 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Neudata	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	98 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The authoritative source for global data intelligence Neudata provides actionable, unbiased market intelligence to buyers and sellers of market and alternative data.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Cognition Solutions	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	79 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With 26+ years of experience and more than 500+ professionals, Cognition empowers growth for B2B organizations by delivering reliable data, intelligence, and actionable insights…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	2cv	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Not just insight.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Visiongain	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Visiongain is a global intelligence publisher delivering independent analysis, editorial commentary, and market forecasting across healthcare, defence, energy, transportation, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Censuswide	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	71 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Censuswide is a consultancy that specialises in quantitative and qualitative market research for PR, marketing and insight purposes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	MASMI	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	69 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MASMI is a full-service international market research company with broad industry expertise specialising in delivering research insights and decision support, based on state of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Perspective Research Services	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Perspective is now part of Ipsos, and using the Ipsos brand name, following acquisition in June 2025.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Grapedata	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GrapeData was founded with the vision to close the information gap between the financial world and people on the ground in emerging markets.” 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 services. 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 services.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of business research services, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name business research services. 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 services based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

33.4%Verified-email coverage

25.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

47.8%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

362

11-50

142

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 598 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 services, 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “business research services”. 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 services), 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 services, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 5,122 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 services by metro

Business research services in London286

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 services, 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 services are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 598 business research services headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

Globaldata PLC, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most business research services?

London leads with 286 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (11) and Glasgow (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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.