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Top 25 Research consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Research consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 69 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 69 research consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,142 professional contacts across them, including 977 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers research consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row Match evidence on every row Refreshed Sep 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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2,142Contacts tracked

977Verified emails

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The 25 largest research consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 69 research consulting firms based in San Francisco, 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.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Cornerstone ResearchPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	1,248
	“At Cornerstone Research, we attribute our success to a unique combination of resources: a creative and energetic staff, cutting-edge technology and research, and our work with…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Grand View Research, INCStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	539
	“Grand View Research is an end-to-end market research technology and consulting business.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	Methods MasteryIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	74
	“A lot of work doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Kite ScoutingIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	27
	“KITE Scouting helps you better locate partners, investments and acquisitions.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Radiant InsightsStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	21
	“Radiant insights is a market research and consulting company that provides syndicated research reports, customized research reports, and consulting services.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Pistil DataIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	18
	“Market Intelligence for Growing Industries.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Idin Consulting GroupPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	17
	“IDIN Consulting Group is the intelligence engine that drives better decisions about your business or career.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Peerless InsightsPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	14
	“Peerless Insights is a fast-growing, boutique custom research agency based in San Francisco with a mission to help our clients advance their products and strategic planning by…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	T4Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	12
	“T4 is a boutique strategy consulting firm that helps companies understand their market, competition, and customers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Logica ResearchPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	9
	“Logica Research is a custom marketing research firm specializing in the financial services industry.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Tulchin ResearchStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	8
	“Tulchin Research is a leading polling and strategic consulting firm.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	David Binder ResearchPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	6
	“For over 25 years, David Binder Research has provided research and insight to political, government, and private sector clients.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	AltthinkPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	5
	“ALTthink is a boutique consulting firm focused on strategy and innovation based in San Francisco.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	Scoot InsightsIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	4
	“The Power of Scoot: We help decision-makers choose the right direction.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	The Research HeadsPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	4
	“The Research Heads offers flexible qual/quant research solutions with a focus on helping brands transform insights into bite-sized research assets that will deliver long term…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	MilesbradleyIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	3
	“At MilesBradley, Inc.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Pique SolutionsPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	2
	“Founded in San Francisco in 2003, Pique Solutions provides research and market analysis services to Fortune-500 technology vendors and their customers in the United States and the…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Seratti GroupPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	2
	“The Seratti Group is a unique research firm based in San Francisco.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Netpop ResearchStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	1
	“NetPop is a market research and strategy consulting firm based in San Francisco.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	Datum ConsultingPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	1
	“Datum Consulting is a professional consulting firm specialized in supporting companies in their go to market process, covering all various business development and marketing needs…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Next Curve StrategyIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	1
	“Next Curve Strategy helps leaders develop and execute their strategic initiatives that will enable them to better prepare for uncertainty ahead and shift to the next value curve.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Gadfly ResearchIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	1
	“Employing rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods, we help organizations ask and answer the questions that matter.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Nano Hydrophobics, INCIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	1
	Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	The Nightingale Management GroupIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	1
	“Developing sustainable business strategies and tools focused on company growth, adaptability, and revenue generation.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Covalence Solutions LLCIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	1
	“Strategic insights, deep industry experience, rigorous analytics, and pragmatic solutions that can deepen our client's relationships.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Research consulting firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

New YorkLargest hub · 309 HQs

Contacts with mobile numbers

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Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

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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 San Francisco, over 69 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 San Francisco, 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 San Francisco 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, 977 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.
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 consulting firms by metro in the United States

Research consulting firms in New York309
Research consulting firms in Washington153
Research consulting firms in Chicago139
Research consulting firms in Los Angeles131
Research consulting firms in Atlanta101
Research consulting firms in Boston89
Research consulting firms in Austin85
Research consulting firms in Houston72
Research consulting firms in Miami72
Research consulting firms in Dallas70
Research consulting firms in San Francisco69
Research consulting firms in Seattle62
Research consulting firms in Denver54
Research consulting firms in Philadelphia52
Research consulting firms in Minneapolis51
Research consulting firms in Portland51
Research consulting firms in San Diego51
Research consulting firms in Arlington39
Research consulting firms in Charlotte39
Research consulting firms in Cincinnati38
Research consulting firms in New York City38
Research consulting firms in Orlando34
Research consulting firms in Raleigh34
Research consulting firms in Phoenix32
Research consulting firms in Tampa30
Research consulting firms in San Antonio26
Research consulting firms in Indianapolis25
Research consulting firms in Wilmington25

Frequently asked

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

RevenueBase identified 69 research consulting firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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?

Cornerstone Research, headquartered in San Francisco, 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?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 977 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 69 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 5, 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 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.