Global Business Research

What Global Business Research does

Global Business Research (GBR) is a London-headquartered, privately-held B2B research and advisory firm that operates a cross-industry subscription community for senior business leaders at major brand owners, OEMs, manufacturers, and their value-chain partners. Founded in 2019 and registered in England & Wales (Company No. 12159327), the firm employs between 11 and 50 people and positions itself around the principle of "using the profession to develop the profession," with all content and programs led and executed by senior industry practitioners.

The core technology is the GBR Community platform (incorporating the WorXhub module), a cross-industry knowledge ecosystem that delivers research reports, webinars, peer-to-peer benchmarking, training and development, and executive networking. This is supplemented by a suite of discrete service lines — Research, Advisory, Data Insights, Executive Huddles, WorX Meetings, and Roundtables — covering nine industry segments: IoT/Industry 4.0, Health Safety & Environment, Packaging, Industrial Maintenance & Reliability, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Operations, Sustainability, Digital Transformation/Future Technologies, and Business Strategy. The platform is practitioner-led, with a faculty drawn from companies such as Total, Airbus, Whirlpool, Henkel, Alstom/GE, and Whirlpool Europe.

GBR makes money primarily through corporate subscriptions that grant an entire organization access to the content library, benchmarking tools, and networking features, with additional event and advisory revenue from Executive Huddles, WorX Meetings, and Roundtables. Pricing is quote-based rather than published, and the go-to-market is direct enterprise sales targeting senior leadership teams. The firm has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, and the customer base includes 20 named enterprise logos across aerospace, consumer goods, beverages, chemicals, industrial automation, and professional services.

Name

Global Business Research

Legal name

Global Business Research

Website

https://gb-research.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Business Research is a London-based B2B firm operating a subscription community platform for senior business leaders at major brand owners, OEMs, and manufacturers, providing cross-industry research, peer benchmarking, advisory, and executive networking across nine industry segments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Market Research & Business Advisory

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191), Management Consulting Services (54161), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B / Industrial Market Research (MPAAALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE), Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

Keywords

• B2B market research
• Business advisory services
• Executive networking
• Cross-industry benchmarking
• Corporate research subscriptions

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Subscription: Organizations (major brand owners, OEMs, manufacturers, and their supply chain partners) take out corporate subscriptions with the GBR Community. In return, them and their teams get access to GBR's library of content consisting of research reports, webinars, peer-to-peer benchmarking, training & development and executive networking.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Global Business Research is a full-service international B2B research and business advisory firm that provides cross-industry market research, data insights, growth strategy consulting, corporate training, and executive networking to senior business leaders at major brand owners, OEMs, manufacturers, and their supply chain partners. The company sells corporate subscriptions to the GBR Community platform (including WorXhub) and complementary service engagements (Research, Advisory, Executive Huddles, Roundtables, WorX Meetings, Data Insights) across nine industry segments.

Product overview

Global Business Research (GBR) is a full-service international B2B research and business advisory firm offering a portfolio of interconnected professional services. The offering is structured as a platform-plus-services model centered on the GBR Community platform (which includes the WorXhub module) for subscription-based access to content and networking, supplemented by direct service offerings including Research, Executive Huddles, Advisory, Data Insights, WorX Meetings, and Roundtables. All services are led and executed by industry practitioners who use their professional experience to develop the profession across nine industry segments: IoT/Industry 4.0, Health Safety & Environment, Packaging, Industrial Maintenance & Reliability, Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Operations, Sustainability, Digital Transformation/Future Technologies, and Business Strategy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GBR Community A cross-industry platform for global business leaders from major brand owners, OEMs, manufacturers and their customers and suppliers up and down the value chains. Organizations take out corporate subscriptions to access GBR's full library of content, with very senior leaders covering production, supply chain & operations, maintenance & engineering, IoT & digitization, operational excellence, health & safety, sustainability, and strategy & change as the primary audience.
• Research Cross-industry business research services delivered by senior practitioners focusing on multiple industries including IoT/Industry 4.0, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Sustainability, among the nine core industry segments.
• Advisory Business advisory services providing growth strategy consulting and guidance for corporate transformation initiatives, delivered by senior industry practitioners.
• Data Insights Data analytics and intelligence services enabling organizations to derive actionable insights from operational and market data across GBR's covered industry segments.
• Executive Huddles Executive-level discussion sessions providing peer-to-peer learning and strategic insights for senior business leaders within major brand owners, OEMs, and manufacturers.
• WorX Meetings Executive networking events bringing together senior leaders from major brand owners, OEMs, manufacturers, and their value chain partners for cross-industry learning and collaboration.
• Roundtables Facilitated discussion forums focused on specific topics such as Pathways to Reducing Emissions, Digital Factory Transformation, and Sustainability, designed for senior practitioners across industries.

Named customers19 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WeWorkminorOthersGBR's London headquarters is located in WeWork's co-working space at 1 Fore St Ave, London. This is a real estate/office services arrangement rather than a strategic business partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO is a global leadership community of chief executives offering peer learning, roundtables, and executive education through paid membership - structurally similar to GBR's subscription community model for senior business leaders at major enterprises.
• Frost & Sullivan: Frost & Sullivan is a long-established B2B industrial and technology market research firm covering manufacturing, supply chain, sustainability, and digital transformation - directly overlapping with 7+ of GBR's 9 industry segments and serving a similar enterprise buyer base.
• World 50 Group: World 50 Group is a peer community for C-suite and senior executives at large global enterprises, offering private roundtables, summits, and benchmarking - directly comparable to GBR's Executive Huddles, Roundtables, and WorX Meetings for senior business leaders.
• IDC (International Data Corporation): IDC is a global provider of market intelligence and advisory for the IT, manufacturing, and supply chain sectors - directly competing with GBR in IoT/Industry 4.0, digital transformation, and manufacturing research delivered to enterprise subscribers.
• ABI Research: ABI Research is a specialist B2B research firm covering IoT, Industry 4.0, and emerging technologies - directly overlapping with GBR's IoT/Industry 4.0 and Digital Transformation/Future Technologies segments for enterprise subscribers.

Broad incumbents

• Gartner: Gartner is the dominant subscription-based enterprise research firm, serving CIOs, supply chain leaders, and other senior executives with research reports, benchmarking, and advisory - the same end-buyer and model as GBR, but at vastly larger scale and broader coverage.
• Forrester Research: Forrester is a subscription research and advisory firm covering digital transformation, customer experience, and technology strategy - serving the same senior executive buyer with research reports, webinars, and advisory engagements as GBR does across its digital/strategy segments.

Emerging players

• Mango (formerly known as Industry Research): Skip - placeholder not validated.
• AlphaSights: AlphaSights is an expert network that connects clients with senior industry practitioners for primary research and consultations - a partial peer to GBR's practitioner-led model, though delivered as on-demand expert calls rather than subscriptions.
• Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG): GLG is an expert network connecting enterprise decision-makers with industry practitioners for ad-hoc consultations - addressing the same practitioner-led insight demand that GBR serves through its community subscription model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GBRWorX

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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