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Top 25 Qualitative research consultancies based in Australia

RevenueBase identified 227 qualitative research consultancies headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,737 professional contacts across them, including 616 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers qualitative research consultancies 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 29, 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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227Companies
1,737Contacts tracked
616Verified emails
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The 25 largest qualitative research consultancies based in Australia

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 227 qualitative research consultancies based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to qualitative research consultancies: 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 evidenceSeaford, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-500393 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TKW Research Group is Australia's most trusted research data collection and recruitment organisation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidenceCrows Nest, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20073 contacts →

Partial evidence

“unlimited research solutions McNair yellowSquares is one of the only full-service market and social research companies in Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Partial evidenceSurry Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5055 contacts →

Partial 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 29, 2026
4Partial evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5046 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Orchidea Research started 2 decades ago as a paper and pen research company since then we have run and driven miles to get that one critical response which will help our clients…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Strong evidenceSouth Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5045 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since it was founded in 2010, T garage has grown to become one of the most consumer-centric Research & Strategy consultancies in Australia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Partial evidenceAscot Vale, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“IER is a market research company based out of Australia, specialising in event, tourism and sporting industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Partial evidenceSouthbank, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Whereto is Australia’s most effective research-based consultancy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidenceLeederville, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Painted Dog Research is a Market & Social Research consultancy with offices around Australia including Perth, Melbourne and Canberra.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026201-50034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Servicing the Market Research Industry since 1971, Ekas is Australia's most experienced healthcare and consumer fieldwork agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Indirect evidenceKewdale, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SIBAS is a team of passionate industry experts, change-makers and innovators committed to your business growth and success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMelbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Edified is a specialised consulting firm focused exclusively on the education industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceMalvern, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Partial evidenceFrewville, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial 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 29, 2026
14Partial evidenceHampton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial 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 29, 2026
15Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 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 29, 2026
16Partial evidenceMoonee Ponds, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1993, Market Solutions has grown into a prominent and well respected market and social research company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidenceRushcutters Bay, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ergo Strategy is a boutique consumer insights consultancy that studies people and their markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Indirect evidenceRedfern, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Who are we?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceWaterloo, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CRNRSTONE has been acquired by Pureprofile.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Partial evidenceEdgecliff, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Strategic research and consulting providing clarity and insights to your organisation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Partial evidenceAlexandria, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Market Intelligence Co.(TMIC) specialises in customised business to business and industrial market research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSouth Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5017 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 29, 2026
23Partial evidenceFortitude Valley, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Enhance Research has been delivering quality actionable insights for some of Australia’s leading commercial and government organisations for nearly 30 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Partial evidenceCremorne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5015 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 29, 2026
25Partial evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial 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 29, 2026

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Qualitative research consultancies based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
35.5%Verified-email coverage
7.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
21.1%Largest-city concentration · Sydney
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
151
11-50
66
51-200
7
201-500
3

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 227 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 qualitative research consultancies, 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 “qualitative research consultancies”. 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 qualitative research consultancies), 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 qualitative research consultancies, 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, 616 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 29, 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 qualitative research consultancies, 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 qualitative research consultancies are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 227 qualitative research consultancies 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?

TKW Research Group, headquartered in Melbourne, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most qualitative research consultancies?

Sydney leads with 48 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (37) and Brisbane (9).

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 616 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 227 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 29, 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.