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Top 24 Market research businesses based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 126 market research businesses headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,160 professional contacts across them, including 476 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.
This list covers market research businesses headquartered in Australia, 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.
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The 24 largest market research businesses based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 169 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fiftyfive5 We are hiring!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 102 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Taverner Research is a full service customised market and social research provider specialising in both commercial and government work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a forward-thinking FMCG business, you’re driven by a constant desire to innovate and anticipate your customers’ next move, however spotting the right opportunities can…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “IER is a market research company based out of Australia, specialising in event, tourism and sporting industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Introducing The Royals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Investment Trends is a privately owned financial services industry research company based in Sydney, Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fonto’s measures brand level, per capita consumer spending and directly surveys buyers based on their actual transactions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1976, McGregor Tan is one of Australia’s most experienced full service social and market research agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Focus People is a Market Research Recruitment agency who assist companies with the recruitment of quality respondents, Australia-Wide, for their research projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lonergan Research is an independent strategic research consultancy that combines a wide range of disciplines and approaches to solve complex business challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1993, Market Solutions has grown into a prominent and well respected market and social research company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CRNRSTONE has been acquired by Pureprofile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Market Intelligence Co.(TMIC) specialises in customised business to business and industrial market research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our insights specialists, with expertise from consumer ideation to advanced analytics, bring a clear consumer voice to all parts of the FMCG/CPG & Retail industries from shopper &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Honeycomb Strategy is a behaviourally led research and strategy agency with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Instinct and Reason was established in 2002 as a market research and strategic consultancy with offices in Australia (Sydney, Canberra, Darwin), U.K (London), and Canada (Kelowna).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Lewers, we deliver – because we love what we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ovation Research is an ISO certified (ISO 20252:2019) market research business that offers access to one of Australia’s largest and most responsive consumer online research…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Parallel Data Research provides full-service solutions or à-la-carte online market research services including programming, data processing, coding, tabulation, advanced analysis…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At THINK, we know your customers better than you do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Navigators is a new breed of marketing consultancy, efficiently connecting data in all its forms with decision-making and strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Food Industry Foresight is one of Australia’s most recognised market research firms in the Food Industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Research Ink is a boutique market research consultancy with a strong client service ethic and a focus on quality throughout the research process.” 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: market research businesses. 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 market research businesses.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of market research businesses, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name market research businesses. 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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Market research businesses based in Australia at a glance
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 126 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 market research businesses, 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 Australia whose own description of what they do matches “market research businesses”. 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 market research businesses), 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 market research businesses, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia 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, 476 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.
Market research businesses by metro
- Market research businesses in Sydney29
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 market research businesses, 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 market research businesses are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 126 market research businesses headquartered in Australia 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?
Fiftyfive5, Part Of Accenture Song, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most market research businesses?
Sydney leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (22) and Brisbane (7).
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 476 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 126 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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