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Top 25 Research and advisory firms based in Italy
RevenueBase identified 479 research and advisory firms headquartered in Italy as of September 2026 and tracks 4,388 professional contacts across them, including 1,506 with verified work emails. Milano is the largest hub.
This list covers research and advisory firms headquartered in Italy, 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.
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.
The 25 largest research and advisory firms based in Italy
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SCS Consulting is a management consulting company, founded in Bologna in 2001.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 20 years, we have been taking care of our clients, ensuring the achievement of business objectives by improving performance, organization, and processes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Strategic Management Partners is a well-established firm within the management consulting sector: our strength lies in our capacity to link innovative and creative strategies to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Designing the next edge of management advisory.#BeTheDifference” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kon S.p.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EOS è una struttura professionale che mette a disposizione dei suoi clienti programmi di consulenza specialistica destinati agli imprenditori e management di aziende private e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Vitale & Co is the leading independent financial advisor in Italy involved in complex corporate finance transactions: mergers & acquisitions, debt restructuring and debt advisory…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SWG, società nata a Trieste nel 1981, è azienda leader in Italia nel settore delle indagini demoscopiche, delle ricerche di mercato, degli studi di settore e degli osservatori.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Valdani Vicari & Associati (VVA), established in 1992, is a consulting company based in Milan with a team of professionals including economists, sociologists, political…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pirola Corporate Finance is a strategic finance advisory firm focused on medium and large-sized companies, which specializes in providing financial advisory services in connection…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re a partnership of critical thinkers, native to the macro and micro, economic and societal influences creating the most pressing challenges of today and shaping the future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ALPHA Consult is a European management and technology consultancy supporting businesses, regulators and European institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Modulo Group è una società di consulenza multidisciplinare nata nel 1990, con l'obiettivo di contribuire al successo dei propri clienti mediante l'elaborazione di una proposta di…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dataflow Security is a results-driven research firm, consistently delivering singular and bespoke applied research results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Siamo una società, parte del gruppo Different Factory, che vanta professionisti altamente qualificati, con esperienza pluriennale nel campo della Consulenza Informatica, in grado…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “New Deal Advisors è una società indipendente specializzata nella consulenza e servizi a supporto di operazioni straordinarie.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “C2Partners è una società di consulenza direzionale dedicata ai Financial Services, una realtà dinamica, energica e in forte sviluppo, fortemente orientata all’imprenditorialità.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DGPA & Co è una Advisory Firm indipendente fondata nel 1991 da professionisti altamente specializzati in molteplici ambiti dell’economia, della finanza e della gestione…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “INTERPRETARE IL PRESENTE PER PREPARARSI AL FUTURO Areté è una società indipendente di ricerca, analisi e consulenza economica specializzata nei settori dell’agricoltura, del food…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Magellano Consulting "Embark on your journey" Consulting Strategy Advisoring Marketing Communication "Start your journey, contact us for a free advisory session"” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cross Border is an independent advisory company with long-standing experience in M&A transactions, fundraising and corporate finance, founded in 1990.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EQUITA Mid Cap Advisory, part of EQUITA Group, is an advisory company focused on - mergers and acquisitions - private equity transactions - strategic and financial planning -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GMG (Global Management Group S.r.l.) è una società di consulenza di direzione attiva in Italia dal 1996, con sede a Roma, costituita da professionisti con diverse esperienze…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A leader in the intelligence industry, we specialise in providing strategic advice to businesses and organisations that need to navigate complex and ever-changing scenarios.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a young, fast growing agency based in Milan.” 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: research and advisory firms. 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 research and advisory firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of research and advisory firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name research and advisory firms. 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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Research and advisory firms based in Italy at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Italy, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Italy, over 479 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 research and advisory firms, 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 Italy whose own description of what they do matches “research and advisory firms”. 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 research and advisory firms), 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 research and advisory firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Italy 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, 1,506 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.
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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 research and advisory firms, 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 research and advisory firms are there based in Italy?
RevenueBase identified 479 research and advisory firms headquartered in Italy 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?
SCS Consulting, headquartered in Zola Predosa, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most research and advisory firms?
Milano leads with 85 headquartered companies, followed by Milan (65) and Roma (44).
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 1,506 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 479 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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