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Top 19 Emerging market research firms based in Kenya

RevenueBase identified 94 emerging market research firms headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026 and tracks 971 professional contacts across them, including 118 with verified work emails. Nairobi is the largest hub.

This list covers emerging market research firms headquartered in Kenya, 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 28, 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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The 19 largest emerging market research firms based in Kenya

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 94 emerging market research firms based in Kenya, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to emerging market 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 evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200182 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sagaci Research is the leading Africa-focused data and analytics firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50134 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Infotrak Research and Consulting is a full service research company that was founded in 2004 following the vision of the founder to provide the Pan African Market with suitable…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-50093 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 28, 2026
4Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-50075 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA) is an African based full market research company offering market, social and sports research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20044 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Here’s the thing: we know that in order for you to get the insight you need into Africa’s consumer markets, you have to partner with a market research agency that has the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a38 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to the forefront of market insights mastery!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5024 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a market research company in Africa supporting our clients across the full range of qualitative and quantitative research services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20022 contacts →

Strong evidence

“AgNexus Africa is a market research company helping clients make sense of the ever-changing retail markets in sub-Saharan Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pan-African Leaders in multi-country research, delivering reliable local Insights from Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20015 contacts →

Strong evidence

“PARS Research is a private research consultancy company which offers market and social research services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lotus Consulting is a boutique strategic insights consultancy that helps leaders understand the nuances of their operating environments in order to design winning strategies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Delivering with passion; we are driving performance and growing brands by empowering enterprises to identify opportunities and innovations in the marketplace and deliver…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-109 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ConsumerPro Limited is a consultancy company that endeavors to become the Market and Social Research partner of choice in Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-2008 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Afrovas Research is an independent market research organization with HQs based in Nairobi, Kenya.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Rufmo is a consulting firm with a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of analysts, researchers and evaluation experts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-503 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re African Stats, and we’re here to help your business grow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a powerhouse in Marketing & Social Research operating at the forefront of insights and innovation across East Africa and beyond.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“INOVA Qual is a research consultancy registered in Nairobi, Kenya.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Strong evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-501 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a bespoke Market Research firm that offers real insights from the diverse and expansive African market and transforms the business decision making process through evidence…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Emerging market research firms based in Kenya at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
12.2%Verified-email coverage
10.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
90.4%Largest-city concentration · Nairobi
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
48
11-50
33
51-200
9
201-500
3
501-1,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Kenya, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Kenya, over 94 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 emerging market 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 Kenya whose own description of what they do matches “emerging market 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 emerging market 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 emerging market research firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Kenya 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, 118 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 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Emerging market research firms by metro

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 emerging market 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 emerging market research firms are there based in Kenya?

RevenueBase identified 94 emerging market research firms headquartered in Kenya 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?

Sagaci Research, headquartered in Nairobi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most emerging market research firms?

Nairobi leads with 85 headquartered companies, followed by Kisumu (2) and Thika (2).

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 118 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 94 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 28, 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.