Market Research Firm Name Ideas

60 name ideas for a market research firm, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.

Market Research Firm name ideas

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How a market research firm is classified

For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a market research firm usually falls under NAICS 541910: Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling.

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in systematically gathering, recording, tabulating, and presenting marketing and public opinion data.

Businesses classified here include

  • Broadcast media rating services
  • Marketing analysis services
  • Marketing research services
  • Opinion research services
  • Political opinion polling services
  • Public opinion polling services
  • Public opinion research services
  • Sampling services, statistical

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 541910), U.S. Census Bureau.

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling in the U.S. by the numbers

4,522Business locations (establishments)
83,902Paid employees (mid-March)
$8,936,223,000Annual payroll
$106,508Average pay per employee
18.6Average employees per location

Locations by number of employees nationwide

1-42,833
5-9581
10-19438
20-49349
50-99158
100-249102
250-49941
500-99913
1,000+7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

States with the most marketing research and public opinion polling locations

  1. California 743 locations
  2. New York 415 locations
  3. Texas 349 locations
  4. Florida 338 locations
  5. Illinois 238 locations
  6. Pennsylvania 179 locations
  7. New Jersey 153 locations
  8. Massachusetts 142 locations
  9. Georgia 139 locations
  10. Ohio 135 locations

Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.

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