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Top 25 Research and advisory firms based in Malaysia
RevenueBase identified 121 research and advisory firms headquartered in Malaysia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,264 professional contacts across them, including 123 with verified work emails. Kuala Lumpur is the largest hub.
This list covers research and advisory firms headquartered in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 376 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tokio Marine Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd is a management consulting company based out of 11 Bangunan Tm Asia Life, Jalan Todak 5, Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Central Force is a leading market research firm dedicated to ethics, quality and care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since our inception, Vaersa has grown tremendously and prided itself as a professional financial advisory synonymous with impeccable services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “QuantePhi is a boutique Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and M&A deal advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Reed Thornton is a specialist business consultancy practise, specialising in market leading research for a variety of sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PwC Advisory Malaysia, Economics & Policy” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EPR (Kuching) Sdn Bhd is a management consulting company based out of 4 1/2 Mile, Lot 6965, Sublot 20, Section 65, Taman Matang Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Malaysia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Metrix Research is a market research company with more than 20 years of experience helping businesses make smarter, data-driven decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Industry Leader In Independent Market Research (IMR) for IPO and capital market transactions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pinnacle Analytics Sdn Bhd was set-up by a group of market research professionals who have over two decades in the market research and consultancy industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Stratos Pinnacle (S-PAC) is a joint venture between two established market research companies in Malaysia, Stratos Consulting Group and Pinnacle Analytics Sdn Bhd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “International Business Capital was founded as a research company focused on offering market foresight and economic reports through our IBC Global Monitor publication.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ALTER Group is a Malaysia leading Consultancy and Business Advisory Firm, and one of the region’s foremost corporate advisors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2015, Bait Al Amanah is an independent research institute that provides research-based and detailed insights into governance and democracy, economics, security, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “iWealth Global, your trusted partner for investment analysis and advisory services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Khaveen Investments is a global Investment Advisory Firm dedicated to serving the investment needs of clients worldwide including high-net-worth individuals, corporations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Seedset Advisory is a full-service advisory firm specialized in mergers and acquisitions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JS First Sdn Bhd (JS First) is an independent corporate advisory firm based in Malaysia, catering the needs of both international and regional SMEs and large corporations in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Oppotus is a full-service custom market research consultancy that believes in customised solutions to meet our client's unique business needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are armed by the creme de-la-creme of the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to sift through the noise and find the hidden business patterns.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DM Analytics is a boutique research and consulting firm based in Kuala Lumpur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our advisory team has achieved major successes within their careers in the management consulting realm and industry serving Micro, SME, Mid-Tier to Listed companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At ValueAdd Solution Sdn.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are home grown, experienced, highly skilled and dedicated consultants providing the right consultancy services with the right value to our clients.” 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 Malaysia at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Malaysia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Malaysia, over 121 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 Malaysia 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 Malaysia 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, 123 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.
Research and advisory firms by metro
- Research and advisory firms in Kuala Lumpur54
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 Malaysia?
RevenueBase identified 121 research and advisory firms headquartered in Malaysia 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?
Tokio Marine Life Insurance Malaysia BHD, headquartered in Malaysia, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most research and advisory firms?
Kuala Lumpur leads with 54 headquartered companies, followed by Petaling Jaya (11) and Kuala (8).
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 123 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 121 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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