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Top 25 Research consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 139 research consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,856 professional contacts across them, including 2,165 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers research consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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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6,856Contacts tracked
2,165Verified emails
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The 25 largest research consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 139 research consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names research consulting firms: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
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1Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0005,514

“Accenture Strategy combines deep industry expertise, advanced analytics capabilities and human-led design methodologies that enable clients to act with speed and confidence.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2
Blackstone GroupStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200229

“Blackstone Group is a full-service custom marketing research and consulting firm providing clients with actionable insights for over 25 years.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3
Technomic, INCPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200159

“Technomic Inc, an Informa company, was founded as a management consulting firm in 1966.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
P&k ResearchPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500100

“More than 60 years ago, our founders were instrumental in developing the research methods that helped lay the groundwork for sensory science and consumer testing.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
StrategexPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5052

“Strategex uses 80/20 and customer research to drive profitable growth for B2B companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5047

“SB Friedman Development Advisors (SB Friedman) provides analytical, strategic and financial consulting services in support of complex, high-impact development projects.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
Epsilon EconomicsIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5045

“Epsilon Economics, a subsidiary of Epsilon Xi, is a firm of economists and financial analysts specializing in economic analysis, analytics, and strategy.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8
Minding Your BusinessIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a42

“At MYB (Minding Your Business), we believe that if you dare to look at things differently the possibilities are endless.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9
WatchlabPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20030

“We're a market research firm working across the United States to find you great conversations.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10
GIO Global IntelligencePartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5026

“GIO Intelligence is a consulting firm specializing in qualitative global competitive analysis.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11
AHZULIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5021

“We find inspiration in culture to advance the way brands connect with consumers.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Smith Research, INCPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20018

“The professionals at Smith Research Inc.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
T4 AssociatesIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1016

“Since 2006, we have offered unique customer insights essential for our clients to make informed business decisions-and we deliver.(Our own Net Promoter Score is 86%, and nearly…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14
Realitycheck ConsultingIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5013

“For over 25 years, RealityCheck has specialized in understanding how people use brands to tell themselves stories about who they are and who they want to be.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15
Bruk ConsultingIndirect evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1012

“Results-oriented strategists and thought partners who transform data into actionable insights to solve our clients’ highest priority challenges.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
Rabin Roberts ResearchPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1011

“Rabin Research Company is now Rabin Roberts Research, a full-service marketing research company, has been providing customized qualitative and quantitative research for a combined…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
Ulta Research Services LLCIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1011

“Located in downtown Chicago, our highly qualified team uses a client-focused approach to provide superior respondents tailored to your specifications.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18
Kiona TechnologiesIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1011

“Kiona Technologies provides a full range of business intelligence, analytics, and decision support services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19
SparketingStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-1010

“Sparketing is a data insights consultancy that brings a new, multi-disciplinary approach to market research, consulting and analytics.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20
ThinkpiecePartial evidence
Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-509

“We help tech and healthcare companies break through surface level insights with our “Expertise-First Research Method” so their research shows what’s working, what’s not, and how…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21
Wicker Park GroupIndirect evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-108

“The Wicker Park Group has helped my firm maintain a strong client focus and ensure the 'client is in the room' when we develop our strategy.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Lab42 Research, LLCPartial evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-107

“Lab42 is a full-service quantitative market research firm that fills a gap by combining a highly consultative, professional approach while still being cost effective and nimble.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-507

“NEW PARADIGM RESOURCES GROUP, Inc.(NPRG) is among the nation’s leading strategic consulting and research firms serving clients within the communications industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-106

“Hansra Consulting and Advisory Services is an SBA 8(a) Certified business that originated as a small educational consulting, sole proprietorship in 2015 aimed at helping the…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
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Foodservice IPStrong evidence
Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 20261-105

“Foodservice IP works one on one with its food and beverage clients to produce: research-based management consulting service, multiclient studies, proprietary research, and more.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Research consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
New YorkLargest hub · 309 HQs
Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
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11-50
39
51-200
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201-500
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501-1,000
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5,001-10,000
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 139 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 consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “research consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among research consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago 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 an evidence 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, 2,165 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 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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Frequently asked

How many research consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 139 research consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States 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?

Accenture Strategy & Consulting, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most research consulting firms?

New York leads with 309 headquartered companies, followed by Washington (153) and Chicago (139).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

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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 SmartSearch, 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.