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Top 25 Competitive research companies based in India
RevenueBase identified 360 competitive research companies headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 6,286 professional contacts across them, including 636 with verified work emails. Pune is the largest hub.
This list covers competitive research companies headquartered in India, 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.
The 25 largest competitive research companies based in India
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 346 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coherent Market Insights is a global market intelligence and consulting organization focused on assisting our plethora of clients achieve transformational growth by helping them…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 277 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fortune Business Insights™ offers market studies and consulting services to global businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 241 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ken Research is a global strategy consulting firm dedicated to helping CEOs, investors, and governments make data-driven decisions on market growth, expansion planning, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 179 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Research Insights is an obligated organization and a global ground breaker in research, analytics and advisory.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “More.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “6Wresearch, branded as 6W, is a commercial strategy and growth advisory firm helping organizations build stronger businesses through sustainable growth and market leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Precedence Research is a leading market intelligence, research, and consulting firm, providing data-driven insights and strategic analysis across industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Excavate Research is an emerging leader in the Market Research And Business Intelligence Industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SPER Market Research® is a global market and competitive intelligence powerhouse delivering AI-driven, human-validated insights that enable high-impact strategic decisions across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DataM Intelligence 4Market Research is a Market #Intelligence and #Business Research firm, based in India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Market Data Forecast is a firm working in the areas of market research, business intelligence and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The growth of a business relies heavily on identifying the gaps and leveraging on those opportunities in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 2013, UnivDatos Group has empowered organizations worldwide to make smarter, faster, and more confident decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2017, 360iResearch is a market research and business consulting company headquartered in India, with clients and focus markets spanning the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At OMR, we transform uncertainty into opportunity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Advance Market Analytics is Global leaders of Market Research Industry provides the quantified B2B research to Fortune 500 companies on high growth emerging opportunities which…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BlueWeave #Consulting provides a full scope of #business_intelligence solution for solving your toughest challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We specialize in conducting in-depth market research & analysis for our clients to help them make more informed business decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a strategic management firm helping companies to tackle most of their strategic issues and make informed decisions for their future growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are committed to do dedicated market research for a superior client and competitor analysis, to help you cross the red ocean while explaining your vision to the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “InfoLeap Market Research and Consultancy, is a team of enthusiastic seasoned researchers with extensive experience across different sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Absolute Markets Insights is a global market research company taking into account leading businesses, colleges, universities, non-profit organizations, and government foundations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PMR is a versatile Market Research and Business Consulting firm with the best analysts working in different industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: competitive 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 competitive research companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of competitive research companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name competitive 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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Competitive research companies based in India at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 360 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 competitive 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 India whose own description of what they do matches “competitive 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 competitive 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 competitive research companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India 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, 636 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.
Competitive research companies by metro
- Competitive research companies in Pune138
- Competitive research companies in New Delhi26
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 competitive 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 competitive research companies are there based in India?
RevenueBase identified 360 competitive research companies headquartered in India 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?
High Beam Global HBG, headquartered in Gurugram, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most competitive research companies?
Pune leads with 138 headquartered companies, followed by New Delhi (26) and Noida (18).
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 636 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 360 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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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.
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