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Top 16 Independent research organizations based in Switzerland

RevenueBase identified 40 independent research organizations headquartered in Switzerland as of September 2026 and tracks 808 professional contacts across them, including 402 with verified work emails. Zurich is the largest hub.

This list covers independent research organizations headquartered in Switzerland, 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 20, 2026.

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The 16 largest independent research organizations based in Switzerland

Ranked by team size
Top 16 of 40 independent research organizations based in Switzerland, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to independent research organizations: 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 evidenceDübendorf, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500478 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Eawag is a world-leading aquatic research institute.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20065 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Intep ist eine interdisziplinäre Beratungs- und Forschungsunternehmung für Umwelt, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceLuzern, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are an independent company with around 40 employees from a wide variety of backgrounds in the humanities and both social and natural sciences.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceNeuchatel, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“AMIRES is a consulting company for research, development and innovation projects.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLausanne, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Understanding society, markets and individuals through reliable data.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das ist econcept - vernetztes Wissen für nachhaltige Entwicklungen Forschung / Beratung / Evaluation econcept ist ein national und international tätiges Forschungs- und…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceOlten, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir sind Experten, Wissenschaftler und Praktiker mit langjähriger Erfahrung in verschiedenen Branchen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Strong evidenceGeneva, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Jouri Research and Consulting (JRC) is an independent research and evaluation consultancy working across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Microbe Investigations Switzerland (MIS) is a premier Contract Research Organization dedicated to evaluating the efficacy of products across various sectors against pests…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Partial evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1938, the KOF Swiss Economic Institute of ETH Zurich is one of the oldest economic research institutes in Switzerland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceZürich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“gfs-zürich stellt für Sie die richtigen Fragen und unterstützt Sie in der Umsetzung der Antworten.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Partial evidenceSwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-502 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Institute of Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP) makes major contributions towards increasing the policy relevance of scientific research at ETH Zurich, and towards…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceGeneva, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Management Lab is a Geneva-based advisory firm specialized in evaluating the results and impact of investments in development programs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBern, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Büro Vatter ist ein unabhängiges Team von Politikwissenschafterinnen und Politikwissenschaftern und bietet Dienstleistungen der angewandten Sozialforschung, der Evaluation…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidenceStadtkreis 3 Wiedikon, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a private and independent research and consulting company based in Zurich.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLugano, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tutti noi abbiamo almeno una domanda che richiede una risposta.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Independent research organizations based in Switzerland at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
49.8%Verified-email coverage
20.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
20.0%Largest-city concentration · Zurich
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200
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201-500
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Switzerland, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Switzerland, over 40 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 independent research organizations, 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 Switzerland whose own description of what they do matches “independent research organizations”. 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 independent research organizations), 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 independent research organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Switzerland 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, 402 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 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 independent research organizations, 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 independent research organizations are there based in Switzerland?

RevenueBase identified 40 independent research organizations headquartered in Switzerland 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?

EAWAG, headquartered in Dubendorf, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most independent research organizations?

Zurich leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Geneva (6) and Bern (3).

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 402 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 40 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 20, 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.