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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| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 478 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Eawag is a world-leading aquatic research institute.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Intep ist eine interdisziplinäre Beratungs- und Forschungsunternehmung für Umwelt, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 48 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AMIRES is a consulting company for research, development and innovation projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Understanding society, markets and individuals through reliable data.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 20 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir sind Experten, Wissenschaftler und Praktiker mit langjähriger Erfahrung in verschiedenen Branchen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 11 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 11 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 10 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 8 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a private and independent research and consulting company based in Zurich.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tutti noi abbiamo almeno una domanda che richiede una risposta.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: independent research organizations. 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 independent research organizations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent research organizations. 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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Independent research organizations based in Switzerland at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
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
- 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.
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.
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