- Aberdeen Group Inc. Boston, MA
- www.aberdeen.com
- Founders: John Logan, Peter Kastner and Thomas Willmott
- Founded: 1988
- Principal Executives: John Logan, President, Peter Kastner, Group Vice President, Thomas Willmott, Group Vice President
- Description: User-oriented, considered by many observers to be similar to Forrester Research
- Creative Strategies Consulting, Santa Clara, CA
- www.creativestrategies.com
- Founder: Tim Bajarin
- Founded: 1981
- Principal Executive: Tim Bajarin, President
- Description: Once was a major player but has dwindled to a minor operation
- Dataquest Inc., San Jose, CA
- www.dataquest.com
- Founders: Dave Norman, Bill Coggshall, Ron Miller
- Founded 1971
- Principal Executives: Manny Fernandez, Chairman, President and CEO, Gartner Group
- Description: Historically the most visible market-research firm. Receives most of its revenue from vendors.
- Dell'Oro Group, Portola Valley, CA
- www.delloro.com
- Founder: Tam Dell'Oro
- Founded: 1995
- Principal Executive: Tam Dell'Oro, CEO
- Description: Concentrates on networking.
- Disk/Trend Inc., Mountain View, CA
- www.disktrend.com
- Founder: James N. Porter, President, Robert Katzive, Vice President
- Description: Focuses on computer storage
- Forrester Research Inc., Cambridge, MA
- www.forrester.com
- Founder: George F. Colony
- Founded: 1983
- 1996 Revenue: $22 million (estimated)
- Principal Executive: George F. Colony, President and CEO
- Description: A user-oriented firm perceived as having independence from vendors.
- Freeman Associates Inc., Santa Barbara, CA
- www.freemaninc.com
- Founder: Raymond C. Freeman, Jr.
- Founded: 1977
- Principal Executives: Raymond C. Freeman, Jr., President, Robert C. Abraham, Vice President
- Description: Follows the computer-storage market.
- Gartner Group Inc., Stamford, CT
- Founder: Gideon Gartner
- Founded 1979
- Principal Executive: Manny Fernandez, Chairman, President and CEO
- Description: The $400 million public company (GART) is the largest in the field. With its origins watching IBM, Gartner focuses on advising computer users about trends and companies.
- Giga Information Group Inc., Cambridge, MA
- www.gigaweb.com
- Founder: Gideon Gartner
- Founded: 1995
- Principal Executives: Gideon Gartner, Chairman and CEO, Henry Givray, President and COO, David Gilmour, Senior Vice President, Research
- Description: Formed to deliver research over the Internet.
- In-Stat Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
- www.instat.com
- Founder: Jack Beedle
- Founded: 1981
- Principal Executive: John Abram, President
- Description: Follows the semiconductor industry.
- International Data Corp., Framingham, MA
- www.idcresearch.com
- Founder: Pat McGovern
- Founded: 1964
- Principal Executive: Kirk Campbell, President and CEO
- Description: Primarily serves computer and communications-equipment vendors; has a reputation for conservative forecasting.
- Mercury Research, Scottsdale, AZ
- www.mercury.org
- Founders: Mike Feibus, Dean McCarton
- Founded: 1994
- Principal Executives: Mike Feibus, President, Dean McCarron, Treasurer and Secretary
- Description: Focuses on the semiconductor industry.
- Meta Group Inc., Stamford, CT
- www.metagroup.com
- Founders: Dale Kutnick, Marc Butlein
- Founded: 1989 (a spin-off of the Gartner Group)
- Principal Executives: Dale Kutnick, CEO and Research Director, Marc Butlein, Chairman
- Description: Gets high marks from its computer-using clients.
- Pathfinder Research Inc., San Jose, CA
- www.pathfinder-research.com
- Founder: Fred Zieber
- Founded: 1991
- Principal Executive: Fred Zieber, President and CEO
- Description: Concentrates on the semiconductor industry
- Sherwood Research Inc., Wellesley, MA
- www.sherwoodresearch.com
- Founder: David Thor
- Founded: 1996
- Principal Executive: David Thor, President, Research Director
- Description: Provides data obtained by surveying end users to vendors and others.
- VLSI Research Inc., San Jose, CA
- www.vlsir.com
- Founder: Jerry D. Hutcheson
- Founded: 1976
- Principal Executives: Jerry D. Hutcheson, CEO, G. Dan Hutcheson, President
- Description: Concentrates on semiconductor-production equipment.
- The Yankee Group, Boston, MA
- www.yankeegroup.com
- Founder: Howard Anderson
- Founded: 1970
- Principal Executive: Howard Anderson, Managing Director
- Description: Built its reputation by concentrating on communications while its competitors focused on computers. The company has about equal revenue from users and vendors, which is unusual for a market-research firm.
Source: Upside March, 1997 pg. 107