IMRB

About IMRB International

IMRB is the vision of Mr. Subhas Ghoshal, the legendary head of HTA (now JWT). We are born out of conviction that good advertising can only be built on sound consumer insight. We are the University of the Indian market research. We are one of the top 20 Market Research companies in the world. IMRB was set up in 1970, a full 37 years after BMRB was set up in UK by JWT.

We are a part of WPP which is formed by Sir Martin Sorrell in 1985. WPP is a £8.68 billion; revenue company with 138,000 employees in 2400 offices across 107 countries. Kantar is WPP’s research, insight & consultancy network. Kantar was founded in 1993, is now the world’s fourth largest research conglomerate. It boasts of $1.7 billion worth of revenue with offices in 160 offices across 95 countries.

How are we different?

We add value to clients - real value. We develop a learning culture that fosters innovation and we also contribute to academia and policy makers. We have developed a sustainable working environment that is good and fair to us and our clients. We have the largest team of researchers and analysts with around 4 decades of leadership in the region. We have 26 offices in 12 countries each of them equipped with specialized units by research methods and industry sector. We have 4.4 million customer interactions every year.

Our Methods and Philosophy

Our perspective is unique. Our approach is refreshing. And our solutions provide a comprehensive response to our client’s needs, not packaged data but custom solutions for clients. We offer services with the integration of qualitative and quantitative tools.
We are designed in India for India, our measures and scales are created to maximize sensitivity. We work together with TGI, Web-I, IMRB Retail, Market Pulse, ITOPS and ICUBE. Our passion is to drive your business growth by combining consumer understanding and brand knowledge with intuition and innovation.

Our Achievements - Our Goals

IMRB has demonstrated its vision and leadership in the Indian market by establishing several industry wide measurement and rating systems. Notable amongst these is our pioneering role in establishing India’s first TV rating system (TAM) and the creation of social economic classification (SEC) system in India.

We have won several prestigious awards. Amongst them the most noteworthy being the MR Agency of the year from 2005-2009. We have presented cutting edge research for several years at international forums including ESOMAR and won awards for our efforts. We have also been awarded the WPP’s Atticus award jointly with JWT.

Clients

Our top clients include BAT Group, Bharti Group, Cadbury, Ford Group, Frito Lay, Glaxo Smithkline, Heinz, Indian Airlines, ITC Group, Millward Brown, Nestle, Pepsi Group, Reckitt Benckiser, Research International, TVS Motors, Unilever Group, VST and so on.

A few words from two of our esteemed clients:

“As a team they produce thoughtful proposals, excellent fieldwork and presentations. They are constantly involved in the work. They feel like a version of our own office…”

“IMRB showed a high degree of professionalism, rigor and discipline. An excellent level of client servicing, need fulfilment, pro-activeness and analytical focus.”