Qa Research

Name

Qa Research

Website

https://qaresearch.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Market Research Services

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE)

Keywords

• Market research services
• Social research
• Bespoke research
• Public sector research
• Voluntary sector research

Headquarters

HQ city

York

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Qa Research is an independent social and market research agency that provides bespoke research solutions to clients across the public, private, and voluntary sectors. The firm designs and delivers tailored research engagements rather than syndicated, off-the-shelf products, serving organisations that require customised insight work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bespoke Social Research
• Bespoke Market Research

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Mintel: UK-origin market research firm combining syndicated consumer research with bespoke custom research for brands and public-sector buyers — comparable in custom research delivery.
• IFF Research: UK-based independent social and market research agency with a strong public-sector and third-sector client base — a closely comparable bespoke peer to Qa Research.
• Censuswide: UK-based independent market research agency offering bespoke quantitative and qualitative research — comparable size, model and sector mix to Qa Research.
• Savanta: UK-based market and social research agency with bespoke quantitative and qualitative work for public, private and charity clients — a closely matched mid-sized peer to Qa Research.
• Opinium: London-based market and social research agency providing bespoke insight work for public, private and third-sector clients — a direct competitor for mid-sized UK research mandates.
• YouGov: UK-headquartered, panel-based market research and public opinion polling firm operating across consumer, social and political sectors — directly comparable to Qa Research's social and market research remit.
• Ipsos: Global market research and social research agency serving public, private and NGO clients with bespoke and syndicated offerings — directly overlapping Qa Research's bespoke, multi-sector positioning.
• Populus (subsidiary of The Marketing Group): UK strategic insight and research agency known for public opinion and social research — a directly comparable bespoke research peer.
• ResearchBods: UK digital and social market research agency providing bespoke insight work to brands and agencies — comparable mid-sized bespoke research peer.

Broad incumbents

• Kantar: Global research, data and insights division (WPP) operating across consumer, social and public-sector research — a much larger incumbent competing for many of the same bespoke mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/QaResearch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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