Aug15,2006
TOP 25 GLOBAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION - 2005
Aug15,2006
TOP 25 GLOBAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION - 2005
| Rank 2005 |
|
|
|
Parent Company | No. of
countries with subsidiaries / branch offices1 |
Research-
only |
(US$ in millions) |
Percent change from 20034 | Revenues from outside home country
- (US
$ in millions) |
Percent of
global revenues from outside home country |
| 1 | 1 | VNU NV | Haarlem | Netherlands |
81
|
37,884
|
$3,537.9
|
2.8%
|
$3,502.5*
|
99.0% *
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
Taylor Nelson Sofres plc | London | U.K. |
70
|
13,580
|
1,802.7
|
4.1
|
1,513.5
|
84.0
|
|
|
3 | IMS Health Inc. | Fairfield, Conn. | U.S. |
76
|
6,900
|
1,754.8
|
7.8
|
1,120.5
|
63.9
|
|
|
|
GfK AG | Nuremberg | Germany |
60
|
7,515
|
1,311.3
|
5.2
|
955,9
|
72.9
|
|
|
GfK Group | Nuremberg | Germany |
-
|
-
|
917.3
|
6.5
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
NOP World | Nuremberg | Germany |
-
|
-
|
394.0
|
2.3
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 5 |
|
The Kantar Group | Fairfield, Conn. | U.K. |
61
|
6,600*
|
1,237.2*
|
1.6*
|
798.0*
|
64.5 *
|
|
|
|
Ipsos Group SA | Paris | France |
44
|
6,100
|
964.6
|
8.6
|
836.2
|
86.7
|
|
|
Ipsos | Paris | France |
44
|
5,640
|
871,7
|
8.2
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
MORI | London | U.K. |
2
|
460
|
92.9
|
14.4
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 7 | 7 | InformationResources Inc. | Chicago | U.S. |
8
|
3,604
|
624.0
|
8.9
|
409.0
|
34.5
|
|
|
|
Synovate | London | U.K. |
51
|
5,559
|
602.9
|
10.8
|
494.2
|
82.0
|
|
|
|
Westat Inc. | Rockville, Md. | U.S. |
1
|
1,835
|
420.4
|
5.7
|
-
|
-
|
| 10 | 11 | Arbitron Inc. | New York | U.S. |
2
|
1,057
|
310.0
|
3.9
|
12.4
|
4.0
|
|
|
|
INTAGE Inc.** | Tokyo | Japan |
2
|
1,500
|
261.4
|
8.1
|
1.9
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
Harris Interactive Inc. | Rochester, NY. | U.S. |
4
|
1,373
|
210.5
|
2.5
|
42.5
|
20.2
|
|
|
|
Maritz Research | Fenton,Mo. | U.S. |
4
|
612
|
207.1
|
13.1
|
42.9
|
20.7
|
|
|
|
J.D. Power and Associates | Westlake Village, Calif. | U.S. |
8
|
820
|
198.2*
|
18.3*
|
46.0*
|
23.2*
|
|
|
|
Video Research Ltd.** | Tokyo | Japan |
3
|
391
|
183.0
|
5.1
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
The NPD Group Inc. | Port Washington, NY. | U.S. |
13
|
875
|
161.1
|
14.3
|
32.6
|
20.2
|
|
|
|
Opinion Research Corp. | Princeton, N.J | U.S. |
5
|
707
|
150.6
|
2.1
|
56.4
|
37.5
|
| 18 | 22 | IBOPE Group | São Paulo | Brasil |
15
|
1,483
|
82.1
|
5.9
|
18.3
|
22.3
|
|
|
|
Lieberman Research Worldwide | Los Angeles | U.S. |
2
|
309
|
75.7
|
-2.6
|
9.9
|
13.1
|
| 20 | 21 | Dentsu Research Inc. | Tokyo | Japan |
1
|
118
|
61.1
|
-9.8
|
0.2
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
Nikkei Research Inc. | Tokyo | Japan |
5
|
170
|
53.1
|
1.9
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
ABT Associates Inc. | Cambridge,Mass. | U.S. |
1
|
200
|
52.2
|
25.8
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
comScore Networks Inc. | Reston, Va. | U.S. |
3
|
345
|
50.5
|
29.0
|
5.6
|
11.1
|
| 24 | - | Market Strategies Inc. | Livonia, Mich. | U.S. |
2
|
175
|
44.5
|
12.7
|
1.5
|
3.4
|
|
|
|
Burke Inc. | Cincinnati | U.S. |
1
|
198
|
42.8
|
-1.4
|
5.7
|
13.3
|
| TOTAL |
$99,910
|
$14,399.7
|
5.4%
|
$9,711.8
|
67.4%
|
* Estimated
by Top 25
** For fiscal year ending
March 2006
1. Includes countries that have subsidiaries with an equity interest or branch offices, or both.
2. Includes some nonresearch employees
3. Total revenues that include non-research activities for some companies are significantly higher. This information is given in the individual company profiles.
4.
Rate of growth from year to year has been adjusted so as not to include
revenue gains or losses from acquisitions or divestitures. See company
profiles for explanation. Rate of growth is based on home country currency
and includes currency exchange effects.
TOP 25 GLOBAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION - 2004
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50 U.S. RESEARCH ORGANIZATION - 2005
