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Top 25 Qualitative research consultancies based in Sydney, Australia

Name: Qualitative research consultancies based in Sydney, Australia
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026 48 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 48 qualitative research consultancies headquartered in Sydney, Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 201 professional contacts across them, including 99 with verified work emails. Across Australia, Sydney is the largest hub for this category.

This list covers qualitative research consultancies headquartered in Sydney, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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201Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest qualitative research consultancies based in Sydney, Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 48 qualitative research consultancies based in Sydney, 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	EKAS	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	201-500	34 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
2	Lonergan Research	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	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 29, 2026
3	Instinct And Reason	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	15 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
4	ACT XM	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Unlock the power of experience management to impress your customers, inspire your teams and build your brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5	SEC Newgate Research	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SEC Newgate Research is one of the most sought-after market and social research firms in Australia and the UK for issues, opinion and reputation research amongst senior…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6	Mymavins	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MYMAVINS is a research consultancy specialising in consumer and B2B behavioural insights.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7	Broadcast Programming & Research	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Few organisations offer the depth of experience in the design, execution and application of media research and research based radio programming strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8	Faster Horses Consulting	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Faster Horses is a new breed of insights consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9	Incept Labs	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Incept Labs helps SMEs, large corporates and Government deal with uncertainty in current and future environments by providing targeted research and supporting innovation, change…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10	MH Consulting Group	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MH Consulting Group (MHC) is a niche practice that specialises in research strategy, evaluation and review, governance strategy and programs implementation and evaluation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11	Chathouse Research	Strong evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ChatHouse is a qualitative market and social research agency established in 2013 as a spin-off of Blue Moon Research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12	Stancombe Research Planning	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stancombe Research + Planning is a thought-leading, nimble and strategically focussed marketing research consultancy For over two decades of Stancombe has been innovating…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13	Thrive Insights	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Insights driven research and consulting agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14	Leapfrog Research	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Leapfrog Research provides strategic yet practical market research solutions, developed collaboratively, to add true business value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15	Storyville Consulting	Strong evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Storyville is a qualitative research based consultancy driven by consumer insight, innovative approach and analysis as well as a deep understanding of how the stories we tell can…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16	QI Insights	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Qi Insights is a research & data driven consulting company, based in Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17	Newlens Research	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Newlens Research is a specialist research consultancy that helps leadership teams understand what stakeholders are thinking and feeling, and why it matters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18	Fuse Strategic Research	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “fuse strategicresearch helps businesses to discover customer & market insights to guide strategy, inform decision making & enable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19	Pagoda	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PAGODA is a market research agency specialising in building capacity in the social sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20	Archer Research & Consulting ARC	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ARC delivers market research and consultancy to creatives and marketers across Entertainment, Consumer Brands and Community Causes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21	sensecheck.net.au	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SenseCheck is a boutique market research agency based in Sydney, Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22	Pragmatic Research And Advisory Services	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pragmatic Research and Advisory Services seeks to understand what people think, why they think it and how you can change their minds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23	Neilson Research Executives	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Neilson Research Executives has extensive experience in Market Research recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24	Golden Thread	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Golden Thread is a boutique insights consultancy delivering PAINFULLY SIMPLE MARKET RESEARCH for brands and marketers who want conviction, not complexity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25	Heartward Strategic	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 29, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Created to make a difference, Heartward is a dedicated, seasoned team, focusing on what can be done about the issues we research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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: qualitative research consultancies. 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 qualitative research consultancies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of qualitative research consultancies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name qualitative research consultancies. 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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Qualitative research consultancies based in Sydney, Australia at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026

49.3%Verified-email coverage

4.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole Australia list rather than for Sydney, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Sydney, over 48 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 Sydney, 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 Sydney 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, 99 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: 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.

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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 Sydney, Australia?

RevenueBase identified 48 qualitative research consultancies headquartered in Sydney, 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?

EKAS, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in Australia has the most qualitative research consultancies?

Sydney leads Australia 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 99 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 48 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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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.