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2023 GRIT Top 50: Rival and Reach3 voted as top market research companies

AI is making market research faster and more scalable through conversational and mobile-first tools. While AI automates analysis and insight generation, human expertise remains essential for strategy and decision-making.
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Kelvin Claveria Kelvin Claveria is Senior Director of Demand Generation and Content Marketing at Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights | 11 Oct 2023

We’re excited to share that Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights both ranked in Greenbook’s 2023 GRIT Top 50 Most Innovative Suppliers list. Both companies are also named top market research companies in their individual categories in the report.  

Thank you for voting for us! Here’s the scoop on where we landed this year.  

What is GRIT Top 50?  

GRIT is short for GreenBook Research Industry Trends. GRIT Top 50 is an annual list of the most innovative suppliers and buyers in the insights space. The report provides a snapshot of the current state of the industry and the major players and market research trends shaping the future.  

This research, which includes responses from hundreds of insight professionals, is conducted and analyzed by GreenBook.  

More than 30,000 market researchers, marketers, and executives read the GRIT reports, according to Greenbook.   

Who are the top market research companies today?   

The 2023 GRIT Business & Innovation Report reveals the best market research firms today. Both Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights were named key players in various categories

  • Reach3 ranked #19 on the mail 2023 GRIT Top 50 Most Innovative Suppliers list 
  • On the same list, Rival Technologies ranked #30 (Unlike in 2022, Rival Tech and Reach3 were ranked separately this year)  
  • On the GRIT Top 25 Most Innovative Full Service Research Suppliers list, Reach3 ranked #8—up from #9 last year 
  • On the GRIT Top 25 Most Innovative Technology Suppliers list, Rival Technologies ranked #6—up from #10 last year   

A big thanks to Rival customers and Reach3 clients for voting for us this year. As a relatively young company, we’re honored to be mentioned alongside suppliers like Qualtrics, Ipsos, Kantar—big market research consultancies and insight platforms that are well established in our industry.  

Being included in the 2023 Top 50 Most Innovative Market Research Suppliers list is a testament to the momentum we’re seeing in the adoption of conversational research. Today, companies like Coca-Cola, Brunswick, and Kellogg’s are proving that this new way of capturing insights delivers real market research ROI 

Beyond GRIT Top 50: Reimagining research  

We're thrilled to be included again in this year's GRIT report because ongoing innovation is important to us at Rival. Through solutions like Community 2.0, our insight community offering, and Brand Experience Predictor, we aim to help innovative insight pros rival the status quo! 💪  

We're committed to adding capabilities to our market research platform that continue to improve the participant experience and deliver better value to Rival customers. 

In fact, recently we announced AI, reporting and survey-branding capabilities. Our goal is always to deliver on our brand promises of helping researchers increase engagement, enhance their ongoing understanding of their customers, optimize their processes, and elevate storytelling in the organization.  

Thanks again for voting for us in the GRIT Top 50. If you’re curious about our conversational research platform or about building an insight community, please don’t hesitate to reach out for a demo.   

Kelvin Claveria
Written by Kelvin Claveria Kelvin Claveria is Senior Director of Demand Generation and Content Marketing at Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights

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