At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 31 Market Research companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Market Research Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Orca Hub
Orca Hub is a revolutionising Asset Integrity Management in the offshore energy sector.
Founder(s): David Lane
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Market Research, Robotics
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Anacail
Anacail Limited is a Research company located in University Ave, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Founder(s): Declan Diver
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Internet, Market Research, Product Research
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Wood MacKenzie
Wood Mackenzie is a research and consultancy business for the energy, chemicals, metals, and mining industries.
Founder(s): Morten Keller
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Energy, Market Research, Oil and Gas
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Opinurate
Opinurate is a software company which specialises in building solutions for organisations to understand their customer’s experiences.
Founder(s): David Capaldi, Dominic Capaldi, Gerald Capaldi
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Computer, Customer Service, Market Research, Software
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Covenant Review
Covenant Review is a boutique research company.
Founder(s): Adam B. Cohen
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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My Customer Lens
Award-winning real-time customer listening platform, using AI to future-proof firms that compete on experience
Founder(s): Mike Evans, Paul Roberts
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Market Research, Natural Language Processing, SaaS, Software, Text Analytics
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R Biomedical
R Biomedical is focuses on developing services and products for the regenerative medicine research market.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research, Pharmaceutical
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MTEM Limited
MTEM provides land and marine surveys to oil companies and develops electromagnetic methods to detect sub-sea and underground hydrocarbons.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Energy Management, Market Research, Oil and Gas
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ThinkTank Maths
ThinkTank Maths is a mathematics research company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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NIPO
NIPO develops Online, CAPI and CATI survey solutions specifically to serve the needs of professional market researchers.
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Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, Market Research, Software, Training
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Evolution Search Partners
Evolution Search Partners provides executive recruitment for bio-industry clients.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Human Resources, Life Science, Market Research, Recruiting
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Progressive Partnership
Progressive Partnership is an independent market research company.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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The lang cat
The lang cat is a communication and PR agency that offers financial services with market insight, distribution and product strategy.
Founder(s): Mark Polson
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Market Research, Public Relations
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Winterwell Associates
Winterwell Associates provide practical solutions to tough problems and offer a flexible range of services.
Founder(s): Daniel Winterstein
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Market Research, Neuroscience, Social Media, Software
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Culture Republic
Culture Republic is a research agency providing strategic project leadership, data analysis, study & assessment, coaching &mentoring.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Business Intelligence, Market Research, Marketing
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Pexel Research Services
Pexel Research Services provides quality driven data collection for the international research industry, located in Glasgow.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research, Marketing, Professional Services
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Company Reporting
Technical accounting research database
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Information Services, Market Research
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We Are Engines
We’re a Digital Strategy, UX and Analytics consultancy. We help brands define and grow digital capabilities, products and services.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Analytics, Consulting, Market Research, SEO, UX Design
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Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing
Taylor McKenzie Research & Marketing is a strategic insight and market research service provider.
Founder(s): Marie Taylor
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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Tweed Media
TWEED MEDIA is a PR agency for the outdoor leisure and country lifestyle sectors.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Advertising, Consulting, Market Research, Marketing
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IBP Strategy & Research
IBP Strategy & Research is a full-service strategy consultancy and research agency.
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Location: Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Market Research
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Knowledge Partnership
Knowledge Partnership provides market research services.
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Location: Leith, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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James Law Research Associates
James Law Research Associates is a highly experienced research professional & has been offering personal consultancy & project management.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Business Development, Market Research, Marketing
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North Star Consulting & Research
North Star Consulting & Research is an independent housing and social research consultancy.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Market Research
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Ideas in Partnership
Ideas In Partnership is a small Aberdeenshire-based publicity, conferences, business development and project management agency.
Founder(s): Carolyn Maniukiewicz
Location: Turriff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Management Consulting, Market Research
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Scottish Genealogy Research
Scottish Genealogy Research is a research team specializing in studying the history of the Scottish family.
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Location: Galashiels, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Biotechnology, Customer Service, Internet, Market Research
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Why Research
Why Research is a market and social research consultancy.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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Ashbrook Research & Consultancy
Ashbrook Research & Consultancy is a market research firm.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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Jump Research
Jump Research is an innovative market and social research consultancy.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Consulting, Market Research
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Scotinform
Scotinform provides market research expertise to clients in the public, private and charitable sectors.
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Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Market Research
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