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Top 25 Survey research companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 153 survey research companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,841 professional contacts across them, including 639 with verified work emails. Hamburg is the largest hub.

This list covers survey research companies 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.

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1,841Contacts tracked
639Verified emails
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The 25 largest survey research companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 153 survey research companies 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 survey research companies: 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNuremberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 20265,001-10,000290 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Growth from Knowledge.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20068 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“FRAG bonsAI.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceMünster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 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
4Partial evidenceBielefeld, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20045 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
5Partial evidenceWallenhorst, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20043 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
6Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5037 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
7Partial evidenceUlm, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“advise is an innovative and worldwide operating full-service institute specialising in the areas of market research and employee experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5028 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die Rogator AG ist ein führender Anbieter von Softwarelösungen und Dienstleistungen für Online-Forschung.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir sind horizoom.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceTaunusstein, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20022 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
11Indirect evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“2005 in Köln gegründet, konnte sich die Consulimus AG innerhalb weniger Jahre einen Namen als Spezialist für die individuelle Konzeption, die professionelle Umsetzung und die…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20022 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
13Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5021 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
14Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Full-Service-Institut Quantitative & qualitative Studien Markt- und Meinungsforschung seit über 30 Jahren”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Indirect evidenceBonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“r)evolution steht für die Verbindung von wissenschaftlich fundierter Forschung und innovativer Softwareentwicklung.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“phaydon gehört zu den innovativsten Forschungs- und Beratungsunternehmen im Bereich der Markt- und Medienforschung.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Indirect evidenceMannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Markets, products, and issues are nothing without the people who drive them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceNuremberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“OPINION is one of the leading independent market research agencies in Germany.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Strong evidenceMonheim Am Rhein, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5014 contacts →

Strong evidence

“BitBurst is a technology-based market research company that connects millions of targeted respondents with surveys every year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IfaD is the Institute for Applied Data Analysis.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Strong evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Strong evidence

SurveyEngine GmbH provides the leading technology and expert guidance for consumer behavior and preference research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceMainz, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“English version below] Wer wir sind… smartcon ist ein wissenschaftliches Marktforschungs- und Beratungsunternehmen, das seine Empfehlungen ausschließlich auf empirischen Fakten…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBremen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Als Fullservice Marktforschungsinstitut und erfahrener Felddienstleister in einem, sind wir Ihr Partner in jeder Phase des Marktforschungsprozesses – national & international.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“What makes Manufacts stand out from other market research agencies?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-509 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We combine the expertise of top research agencies, the working spirit of leading consultancies, and the global reach of trusted panel providers to deliver unmatched results with…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Survey research companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
34.7%Verified-email coverage
12.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
13.1%Largest-city concentration · Hamburg
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
67
11-50
61
51-200
20
201-500
2
501-1,000
1
5,001-10,000
1

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 153 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 survey research companies, 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 “survey research companies”. 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 survey research companies), 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 survey research companies, 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, 639 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
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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 survey research companies, 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 survey research companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 153 survey research companies 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?

GFK, headquartered in Nuremberg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most survey research companies?

Hamburg leads with 20 headquartered companies, followed by Berlin (13) and Koln (11).

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 639 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 153 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.