TRIOs

What TRIOs does

TRIOs Development Support Pvt Ltd is a New Delhi-based, privately-held research and consultancy organization founded on 8 March 2010. It delivers two core service lines: Social Research & Consultancy Services (research surveys, evaluations, baseline and endline studies, capacity development, strategy and planning, migration studies, IEC/ICT and behavior change communication, technical support, and pilot interventions across health, nutrition, education, water/sanitation, livelihood, and rural development) and Market Research & Advisory Services (business intelligence, consumer and B2B/B2C research, customer satisfaction surveys, modeling and analytics, market positioning, and competitor analysis for corporate clients).

The firm's operational technology stack centers on Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) for quantitative and qualitative field data collection, demonstrated through a 3.18 lakh-respondent health survey completed for the Government of Bihar and DFID. TRIOs also operates an in-house Independent Review Board (TRIOs-IRB) registered with the U.S. Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP, IRB Registration Number: IRB00012457, since February 2020) to provide ethical review under ICMR guidelines for health and social research, and holds ISO 9001:2015 certification (since 2019) and MSME registration.

TRIOs earns revenue through project-based professional services engagements with central and state government ministries and departments, UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral development organizations (World Bank, DFID), NGOs and civil society organizations (Aga Khan Foundation, TB Alert, Magic Bus India Foundation, Public Health Foundation of India), and private/corporate enterprises for CSR impact assessment and market research. The company is empaneled as a survey/research agency with NITI Aayog, the Ministry of Tourism, and the National Health Systems Resource Centre. Operations are headquartered in Dwarka, New Delhi, with Pan India field execution; headcount is in the 11-50 range and no funding rounds or investor capital have been disclosed.

Name

TRIOs

Legal name

TRIOs Development Support Pvt Ltd

Website

https://triosdev.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TRIOs is a New Delhi-based research and consultancy firm founded in 2010 that provides social research, evaluation, market research, and advisory services to central and state governments, UN agencies, bilateral/multilateral organizations, NGOs, and corporate clients across India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Research and Consultancy Services: Provides research, technical assistance and advisory services to address socio-economic challenges. Services include strategy development, planning, result-based management, technical support, evidence-based research, evaluation, and capacity development for government, funding organizations, foundations, corporate sector and civil society.
2. Market Research and Advisory Services: Market studies and surveys, modelling and analytics on consumer, industry, trade, and customer satisfaction aspects. Includes advisory services for market positioning, competitor analysis, consumer preferences analysis, product innovations and development for B2B and B2C decisions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TRIOs is a research and consultancy organization that provides social research, market research, and advisory services to government, UN agencies, NGOs, and corporate clients. It conducts large-scale sample surveys, baseline and endline studies, impact evaluations, capacity development, and market/advisory studies across health, nutrition, education, water/sanitation, livelihood, and rural development sectors, using CAPI-based quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

Product overview

TRIOs operates as a dual-service organization offering two core product lines: Social Research & Consultancy Services and Market Research & Advisory Services. The Social Research arm provides research surveys and evaluations across health, nutrition, education, water, hygiene, sanitation, livelihood, and rural development sectors, along with capacity development, strategy development and planning, IEC/ICT solutions, migration studies, and technical support services. The Market Research & Advisory Services division supports corporate and government clients with market studies, consumer and trade research, customer satisfaction surveys, modeling and analytics, and business intelligence solutions. Both services share common underlying capabilities in data collection, analysis, and advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Research & Consultancy Services Comprehensive social research services including research surveys and evaluations, migration studies, capacity development, strategy development and planning, IEC and ICT solutions, and technical support and pilot interventions for government, UN agencies, NGOs, and development partners in health, nutrition, education, water, sanitation, livelihood, and rural development.
• Market Research & Advisory Services Market research and advisory services offering business intelligence, strategy development, consumer research (B2C), industrial and trade research (B2B & B2C), customer satisfaction surveys, modeling and analytics, market positioning, and competitor analysis for corporate and government clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ assignments successfully accomplished across India
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• World BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational development organization collaborating with TRIOs for development projects and research initiatives across India
• United Nations AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN agencies as clients for various development and research programs undertaken by TRIOs
• Central and State Government (India)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple government departments and ministries including NITI Aayog, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Electronics and IT for monitoring, evaluation and research services
• Bilateral and Multilateral OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDFID and other bilateral/multilateral development organizations as clients for evaluation, baseline studies and technical support
• NGOs and Development PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizations including Aga Khan Foundation, TB Alert UK, Magic Bus India Foundation for research, evaluation and program support
• Public Health Foundation of India (Immunization Technical Support Team)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for study on Epidemiology of Vaccine Hesitancy in India conducted in two states
• Corporate and Private EnterprisesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrivate sector clients for CSR impact assessments and market research services
• NITI Aayog, Government of IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmpaneled as Survey agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Government programmes
• National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmpaneled as Research Agency for research and evaluation studies under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
• Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) IndiamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for conducting impact assessment of CSR projects
• State Innovations in Family Planning Services Project Agency (SIFPSA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation of NHM/SIFPSA Programme in Uttar Pradesh

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• KPMG India: Big-4 advisory firm with India operations spanning management consulting, risk advisory, and government/DI&E advisory. Competes with TRIOs for larger government M&E and CSR impact assessment contracts, though TRIOs' niche specialization differentiates it from KPMG's broader portfolio.
• Ipsos India: Global market research and public opinion polling firm with mature India presence. Overlaps with TRIOs in the market research and public-attitude/evaluation research segments, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Nielsen India: Global measurement and data analytics firm with strong India presence in consumer, retail, and social sector research. Comparable to TRIOs on large-scale survey execution and consumer/market research, but at much larger scale and with deeper proprietary data assets.
• Kantar India: Global market research and consumer insights firm with substantial India operations across B2C, B2B, and social sector studies. Wider portfolio and brand recognition than TRIOs in the market research line, but competes directly for the same corporate and government market research RFPs.

Emerging players

• Dalberg Global Development Advisors: Global research and advisory firm focused on development, social impact, and emerging-market strategy, with India presence. Comparable to TRIOs in development-sector advisory and impact assessment work, with overlapping donor and foundation clients.

Direct peers

• Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER): India-based policy think tank and research organization producing socioeconomic and policy research for government, multilateral, and private clients. Shares with TRIOs a similar client mix, research-driven service model, and advisory/evaluation orientation.
• Sambodhi Research and Communications: India-based research and M&E firm specializing in development research, baseline/endline evaluations, and large-scale surveys for government, NGOs, and donors. Closest comparability in terms of scale, development-sector focus, and survey-heavy project mix.
• National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER): India-based research organization conducting large-scale social, economic, and market surveys for government, multilateral, and corporate clients. Most comparable to TRIOs in terms of domestic research focus, government/donor client base, and survey methodology grounded in pan-India field operations.
• Hansa Research (formerly IMRB International): India-based market research firm offering consumer, B2B, customer satisfaction, and social research to corporate and government clients. Directly comparable to TRIOs' Market Research & Advisory Services line on business model and client overlap.
• Centre for Policy Research (CPR): India-based public policy research institution producing research and advisory work for government, donors, and civil society. Comparable to TRIOs on policy research, advisory orientation, and government/donor client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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