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Top 25 Social research organizations based in Germany

Name: Social research organizations based in Germany
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 231 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 231 social research organizations headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,665 professional contacts across them, including 738 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers social research organizations headquartered in Germany, 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 22, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

231Companies

2,665Contacts tracked

738Verified emails

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The 25 largest social research organizations based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 231 social research organizations based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to social research organizations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	GESIS	Strong evidence	Mannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	261 contacts →
	Strong evidence “With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	WZB Berlin Social Science Center	Strong evidence	10785, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	122 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The WZB Berlin Social Science Center conducts basic research with a focus on problems of modern societies in a globalized world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Deutsches Jugendinstitut DJI	Indirect evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Deutsche Jugendinstitut (DJI) ist eines der größten sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsinstitute Europas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	LIFBI	Indirect evidence	Bamberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The LIfBI - Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories studies educational processes from birth to adulthood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	MAX Planck Institute For The Study Of Societies	Strong evidence	Cologne, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies conducts basic research on the governance of modern societies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Krämer Marktforschung Gmbh	Partial evidence	Münster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our services in market research are based on 40 years of field experience in almost all industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Interrogare Gmbh	Partial evidence	Bielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Interrogare represents quality of the highest standard and state-of-the-art market research solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Produkt Markt Marketing Research	Partial evidence	Wallenhorst, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Produkt + Market was founded in 1973 as a full-service institute for qualitative and quantitative research, as well as insight-based consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Minor Projektkontor FÜR Bildung UND Forschung	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Minor wird von einem interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Team getragen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Make Opinion	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our Mission At Make Opinion, we want to ensure that every business, regardless of size, can understand the market and its audience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Rogator AG	Indirect evidence	Nürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die Rogator AG ist ein führender Anbieter von Softwarelösungen und Dienstleistungen für Online-Forschung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Sinus Markt- UND Sozialforschung Gmbh	Strong evidence	Heidelberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SINUS is an independent, owner-managed institute for psychological and social science research and consulting based on quantitative or qualitative research expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	IW Consult	Indirect evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wir unterstützen Entscheider mit Fakten und Entwicklungskonzepten bei konkreten Problemstellungen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Ifak Institut Gmbh & Co. KG	Partial evidence	Taunusstein, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a full-service market research institute, we specialize in customized solutions that provide you with the necessary basis for all your business decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	Concept M Research Consulting Gmbh	Partial evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “RESEARCH AND CONSULTING Concept m (Cologne / Berlin / London / Los Angeles / Shanghai) is an integrated psychological research and consulting institute.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Splendid Research Gmbh	Partial evidence	Hamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SPLENDID RESEARCH is an international market research company offering market research services for qualitative and quantitative research.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Info Gmbh Markt- UND Meinungsforschung	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Full-Service-Institut Quantitative & qualitative Studien Markt- und Meinungsforschung seit über 30 Jahren” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	R Evolution Gmbh	Indirect evidence	Bonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “r)evolution steht für die Verbindung von wissenschaftlich fundierter Forschung und innovativer Softwareentwicklung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Insight Culture	Partial evidence	Frankfurt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in Insight Culture is a qualitative research consultancy dedicated to unlocking the human stories and cultural practices that shape markets worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	Phaydon Research Consulting	Indirect evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “phaydon gehört zu den innovativsten Forschungs- und Beratungsunternehmen im Bereich der Markt- und Medienforschung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	IKJ Institut FÜR Kinder- UND Jugendhilfe Ggmbh	Indirect evidence	Essen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Institut für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe (IKJ) ist eine außeruniversitäre, sozialwissenschaftliche Praxisforschungseinrichtung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Institute For Social Work And Social Education	Indirect evidence	Frankfurt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ISS e.V.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Interval Gmbh	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “InterVal ist ein Forschungs- und Politikberatungsunternehmen mit Sitz in Berlin (Prenzlauer Berg).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Institut FÜR Schulentwicklungsforschung IFS TU Dortmund	Indirect evidence	Dortmund, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung (IFS) an der TU Dortmund ist eine interdisziplinär arbeitende Einrichtung zur empirischen Bildungs- und Schulentwicklungsforschung.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Q Agentur FÜR Forschung	Indirect evidence	Mannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Markets, products, and issues are nothing without the people who drive them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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: social research organizations. 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 social research organizations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of social research organizations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name social research organizations. 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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Social research organizations based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

27.7%Verified-email coverage

11.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

17.7%Largest-city concentration · Berlin

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

102

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 231 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 social research organizations, 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 Germany whose own description of what they do matches “social research organizations”. 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 social research organizations), 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 social research organizations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany 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, 738 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 22, 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.

Social research organizations by metro

Social research organizations in Berlin41

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 social research organizations, 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 social research organizations are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 231 social research organizations headquartered in Germany 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?

GESIS, headquartered in Mannheim, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most social research organizations?

Berlin leads with 41 headquartered companies, followed by Hamburg (23) and Bonn (10).

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 738 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 231 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 22, 2026.

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About this data

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.