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Top 25 User research companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 474 user research companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,783 professional contacts across them, including 1,460 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers user research companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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
474Companies
4,783Contacts tracked
1,460Verified emails
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The 25 largest user research companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 474 user research companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to user 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
1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200312 contacts →

Partial evidence

“RONIN International is an independent B2B market research company specialising in business, healthcare and tech studies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a213 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kudos Research has been providing high value, competitively priced, market research services to both internal and external clients since 1986.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200178 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The world’s most experienced B2B market research company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200171 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Walr, we’re not just a data collection partner.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200139 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Userfeel, we help product teams, agencies, and ecommerce brands make better decisions by watching real users.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200106 contacts →

Partial evidence

Researchbods delivers insight that drives action for ambitious brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Partial evidenceYork, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5072 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Qa Research has merged with Blue Marble Research and Pye Tait Consulting to create Navigator Insight.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceSouthwark, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20069 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bolt Insight is an AI-native research and insights company built around Bolt Intelligence, our always-on consumer intelligence platform that connects qualitative research…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5068 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Perspective is now part of Ipsos, and using the Ipsos brand name, following acquisition in June 2025.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20054 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Explain is a market research agency that is committed to creating insightful and dynamic partnerships that deliver powerful and intelligent results.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Focaldata works with leading brands like Virgin Media O2, Nestlé and Medtronic to simplify and accelerate their entire research workflow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Strong evidenceWorldwide, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We’re intO, a user-centred research agency with a uniquely local approach that empowers innovation around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5047 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Serrula Research is a London based market research agency specialising in recruitment, expert network sourcing, and tailored fieldwork.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Many firms offer UX consulting, but few deliver on implementation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Catalyse Research empowers companies to generate high-impact data insights through direct access to first-party consumer data.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“STRAT7 Jigsaw is an international strategic insight agency, with an exclusively senior team based in the UK and the USA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re a Certified B Corp™, full-service market research agency based in London, and we're experts in B2B & Technology market research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re an award-winning digital market research agency helping clients make fast, confident decisions with high-quality data they can trust.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a39 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sutherland Labs combine research tools and design thinking to make everyday experiences better.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Acumen Fieldwork, we make fieldwork feel less… fieldwork-y.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Partial evidenceHertford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to QRS Market Research!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Partial evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5036 contacts →

Partial evidence

“People for Research are a specialist recruiter of participants for market research and usability testing across the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Indirect evidenceMilnthorpe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Markets grow, consumers evolve, and brands must fight to stay at the forefront of industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SMS Research is a leading independent full-service research agency, providing tailored insights to clients from a range of sectors in business For over 30 years’ we have a team of…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TMG is an innovative financial services company based in Trafford Park in Manchester.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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User research companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
30.5%Verified-email coverage
10.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
43.9%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
314
11-50
117
51-200
37
201-500
1
501-1,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 474 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 user 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “user 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 user 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 user research companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 1,460 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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User research companies by metro

  • User research companies in London208

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 user 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 user research companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 474 user research companies headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

Ronin International, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most user research companies?

London leads with 208 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (16) and Bristol (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 1,460 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 474 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.