Aug15,2007
TOP 25 GLOBAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION - 2006
Aug15,2007
TOP 25 GLOBAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION - 2006
| Rank
2006 |
|
|
|
Parent Company | No. of
countries with subsidiaries / branch offices1 |
Research-
only |
(US$ in millions) |
Percent change from 20054 | Revenues from outside home country
- (US
$ in millions) |
Percent of
global revenues from outside home country |
| 1 | 1 | The Nielsen Co. | New York | U.S. |
108
|
39,517
|
$3,696.0
|
2.6%
|
$1,726.0
|
46,7%
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
IMS Health Inc. | Norwalk, Conn | U.S. |
76
|
7,400
|
1,958.6
|
8.9
|
1,241.7
|
63.4
|
|
|
2 | Taylor Nelson Sofres plc | London | U.K. |
75
|
14,570
|
1,851.1
|
2.5
|
1,572.6
|
85.0
|
|
|
|
The Kantar Group | London & Fairfield, Conn. | U.K. |
59
|
6,900
|
1,401.4
|
4.1
|
892.4
|
63.7
|
| 5 |
|
GFK AG | Nuremberg | Germany |
57
|
7,900
|
1,397.3
|
5.4
|
1,059.1
|
75.8
|
|
|
|
Ipsos Group SA | Paris | France |
50
|
6,503
|
1,077.0
|
6.5
|
952.5
|
88.4
|
|
|
Synovate | London | U.K. |
52
|
5,726
|
739,6
|
9.5
|
673.6
|
91.1
|
|
|
|
IRI | Chicago | U.S. |
8
|
3.600
|
665.0
|
6.6
|
233.0
|
35.0
|
|
|
|
Westat Inc. | Rockville, Md. | U.S. |
1
|
1,906
|
425.8
|
0.8
|
-
|
-
|
| 10 | 10 | Arbitron Inc. | New York | U.S. |
2
|
1,045
|
329.3
|
5.9
|
13.2
|
4.0
|
|
|
|
INTAGE Inc. ** | Tokyo | Japan |
2
|
1,558
|
264.8
|
7.0
|
1.8
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
J.D. Power and Associates* | Westlake Village, Calif. | U.S. |
8
|
840
|
232.6
|
16.4
|
62.1
|
26.7
|
|
|
|
Harris Interactive Inc. | Rochester, NY. | U.S. |
5
|
1,106
|
216.8
|
2.6
|
47.8
|
22.0
|
|
|
|
Maritz Research | Fenton,Mo. | U.S. |
4
|
757
|
216.4
|
4.5
|
38.2
|
17.7
|
|
|
|
The NPD Group Onc. | Port Washington, NY. | U.S. |
13
|
950
|
186.9
|
13.1
|
41.3
|
22.1
|
|
|
|
Video Research Ltd.** | Tokyo | Japan |
3
|
398
|
173.7
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
Opinion Research Corp. | Princeton, N.J | U.S. |
3
|
674
|
154.7
|
2.7
|
57.9
|
37.4
|
| 18 | 18 | IBOPE Group | São Paulo | Brasil |
16
|
1,663
|
103.9
|
10.7
|
21.2
|
20.4
|
|
|
|
Lieberman Research Worldwide | Los Angeles | U.S. |
4
|
298
|
78.3
|
5.7
|
15.2
|
19.4
|
| 20 | - | Telephia Inc | São Francisco | U.S. |
1
|
258
|
71.8
|
12.2
|
2.0
|
2.8
|
|
|
|
comScore Inc. | Reston,Va | U.S. |
5
|
377
|
66.3
|
31.8
|
5.7
|
8.6
|
|
|
|
Dentsu Research Inc. | Tokyo | Japan |
1
|
118
|
61.2
|
4.4
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
ABT Associates Inc. | Cambridge,Mass. | U.S. |
1
|
200
|
53.6
|
2.7
|
-
|
-
|
| 24 | 21 | Nikkei Research Inc. | Tokyo | Japan |
4
|
170
|
50.7
|
0.9
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
Burke Inc. | Cincinnati | U.S. |
1
|
205
|
50.0
|
16.8
|
6.5
|
13.0
|
| TOTAL |
$104.639
|
$15,522.8
|
5.4%
|
$8,664.0
|
55.8%
|
* Estimated
by Top 25
** For fiscal year ending
March 2007
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.
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