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Top 25 Research and advisory firms based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 525 research and advisory firms headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 4,117 professional contacts across them, including 730 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers research and advisory firms headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, 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 the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 302 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Next-Gen Insights for Competitive Advantage Infomineo delivers lasting competitive advantage through the optimal blend of industry specialists, cutting-edge AI, and comprehensive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the Middle East’s independent board advisory and executive search firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 122 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Strategy Determines Outcome.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “One of the largest independent market research and sales consulting service provider to all major sectors: Over 9 years of experience (founded in 2003) Team Members of AQR and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Reports Intellect – Your trusted partner for comprehensive Market Research and B2B Lead & Demand Generation services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Legacy Partners(LP), is a new-age professional advisory firm founded in 2012 aiming to deliver innovative and pragmatic corporate legal solutions through a unique model of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “EMIR, an exclusive boutique advisory and research firm, harnesses the extraordinary network effect of Boardroom by EMIR.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Born from curiosity and shaped by vision, Kings Research began as a simple question: What if?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “4Front Realty is a Dubai-based real estate investment advisory firm specializing in high-value transactions for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Growth or Turnaround.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Architects of progress in the Global South.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Carexso is a boutique consulting company specialized in transaction advisory and strategy projects focused on Policy shaping, national strategic initiatives and Public Private…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Nimbus Consultancy is a renowned business advisory firm, known for our expertise in navigating both regulated and non-regulated sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Consultycs is a consultancy and advisory firm working with investors, entrepreneurs, business owners and corporations that offers tailor made solutions for business success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At R2R, we are committed to providing you with unparalleled insights and research solutions that will propel your business to new heights.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mithun Girishan is the founder of (Mithun’s Money Market), a consulting firm providing quality training programs in capital markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Australian School of Abu Dhabi is a management consulting company based out of Street 15, Opposite The Civil Defence Building, Khalifa City B, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Business success in today’s world is a combination of several factors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Caliber Consulting is a boutique management consulting firm and a trusted advisor on business strategy in the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Glassford Global is a provider of best in class analytical and research services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “METCO Global offer market research and consultancy services to enterprise businesses, helping them to stay two steps ahead of fast-moving and disruptive markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Oak Business Consultant stands as a global beacon of financial stability and strategic innovation, operating under the guiding philosophy of "Deep Roots, Strong Branches" to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Fifth Element is a boutique management consulting and advisory firm composed of a global, creative, and multidisciplinary team of consultants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ejabat Management Consultants (EMC) is a management consultancy that specializes in Transaction Strategy, Investment Advisory, Business Consulting and Research & Analytics across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At The Entrepreneurs Group, we’re here to empower entrepreneurs and their stakeholders with the right strategies, funding, and expertise to turn ideas into thriving businesses.” 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 the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 525 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 the United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab Emirates 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, 730 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 Dubai338
- Research and advisory firms in Abu Dhabi41
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 the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 525 research and advisory firms headquartered in the United Arab Emirates 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?
Infomineo, headquartered in United Arab Emirates, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most research and advisory firms?
Dubai leads with 338 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (41) and Sharjah (14).
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 730 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 525 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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