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Top 25 Institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 188 company matches for institutional research firms associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 10,945 professional contacts across them, including 5,391 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for institutional research firms associated with the United Kingdom, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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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188Companies
10,945Contacts tracked
5,391Verified emails
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The 25 largest institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 188 company matches for institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 20, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0005,009 contacts →

Exact match

“Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) is a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and technology solutions to the financial services sector, including asset managers…”

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2Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0002,422 contacts →

Exact match

“Third Bridge is a leading global investment research firm established in 2007.”

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3Exact matchOxford, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000611 contacts →

Exact match

“At Oxford Economics, we equip our clients with the data and understanding they need to navigate an uncertain, fast-changing and challenging global economic and business…”

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4Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026501-1,000409 contacts →

Exact match

“ISI enjoys a 30 year history assembling the most complete, authoritative information set on emerging markets.”

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5Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026201-500348 contacts →

Exact match

“We work with our clients to help them navigate the increasingly complex global environment, to analyse political and economic developments, forecast economic trends, and…”

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6Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200147 contacts →

Exact match

“Capital Economics is a world-leading provider of independent economic insight.”

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7Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200125 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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8Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-200105 contacts →

Exact match

“BVA BDRC is now part of Ipsos, and using the Ipsos brand name, following acquisition in June 2025.”

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9Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20076 contacts →

Exact match

“Not just insight.”

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10Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5064 contacts →

Exact match

“Cambridge Economic Policy Associates is an economic and financial policy advisory business.”

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11Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5064 contacts →

Exact match

“Murano was established to provide a personal, bespoke service to identify specific investors for our client's funds.”

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12Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 2026n/a64 contacts →

Exact match

“Financial Research copilot for institutional investors.”

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13Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5048 contacts →

Exact match

“London Economics is one of Europe's leading specialist economics and policy consultancies and has its head office in London.”

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14Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5047 contacts →

Exact match

“Fathom is a world-leading consultancy providing independent, data-driven research and bespoke consultancy to clients in government, the private sector and non-profit organisations.”

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15Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5045 contacts →

Exact match

“Arete Research is an Equity Research firm with offices in London, Boston and Hong Kong.”

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16Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20045 contacts →

Exact match

“Empowering the global investment community with the industry’s most accurate and reliable primary research data and insights.”

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17Exact matchNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5043 contacts →

Exact match

“Pantheon Macroeconomics aims to be the premier provider of unbiased, independent, timely economic intelligence to financial market professionals around the world.”

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18Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5039 contacts →

Exact match

“Absolute Strategy Research is the #1 ranked independent macro-strategy research and advisory firm.”

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19Exact matchCity Of London, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5035 contacts →

Exact match

“Z/Yen helps organisations make better choices - our clients consider us a commercial think-tank that spots, solves and acts.”

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20Exact matchCity Of London, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202651-20034 contacts →

Exact match

“TS Lombard is now part of GlobalData PLC for more information please read INFORM YOUR STRATEGY TS Lombard can help inform and shape your firm’s investment strategy through our…”

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21Exact matchBasingstoke, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5031 contacts →

Exact match

“Juniper Research provides market sizing and forecasting, competitive analysis, strategic assessment, and business modelling to the world’s leading organisations and innovators…”

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22Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5027 contacts →

Exact match

“Medley provides research and consulting services on monetary, fiscal, and trade policy and political risk to clients ranging from short-term interest rate traders to trend-seeking…”

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23Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5026 contacts →

Exact match

“IRF, set up by Edward Blad in 2016, has built the largest group of high-quality and differentiated Independent Research and Alternative Data Providers globally.”

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24Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5025 contacts →

Exact match

“Research In Finance is an award winning market research and business information provider that specialises in the financial services market.”

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25Exact matchLondon, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 20, 202611-5021 contacts →

Exact match

“Briter is a research and intelligence firm focused on emerging markets.”

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Institutional research firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
49.3%Verified-email coverage
58.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
64.9%Largest-city concentration · London
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Companies by employee count

1-10
100
11-50
60
51-200
16
201-500
5
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
1
5,001-10,000
2

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 188 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United Kingdom whose business descriptions match “institutional research firms” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 5,391 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “institutional research firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many institutional research firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 188 company matches for institutional research firms associated with the United Kingdom as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Acuity Knowledge Partners tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most institutional research firms?

London leads with 122 company records, followed by Newcastle Upon Tyne (4) and Oxford (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 5,391 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 188 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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 SmartSearch, 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.