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Abacus Data is a full-service market and public opinion research agency based in Canada, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, and Winnipeg. It conducts qualitative and quantitative research for clients in Canada, the United States, Europe, and around the world, and describes itself as the top-performing pollster in Canada's 2025 federal election.

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ACET, Inc. is a woman-and minority-owned small business enterprise based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that provides culturally tailored evaluation services. Founded in April 1998, ACET helps organizations document and understand progress, deliver on goals, and plan for lasting impact through evaluation, surveys, focus groups, participatory research, and community engagement.

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Action Research is a behavior change marketing firm headquartered in Oceanside, California, founded in 2001. It applies behavioral and social science research to the development and evaluation of outreach programs promoting safe, healthy, and sustainable communities, using community-based social marketing (CBSM). It works with government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies across the globe.

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ANR is a full-service market research and consulting firm offering custom research solutions for business and government, with over 40 years of experience across industries including consumer goods, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and government agencies. It operates the Richmond Focus Group Center and is classified as a small business for federal government contracting.

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American Indian Development Associates, LLC (AIDA) supports tribal self-determination through education, health, justice and community development. Based in Albuquerque, NM, AIDA provides research, evaluation, training and technical assistance, tribal capacity building, tribal justice systems work, and community development services to Native people, Indian nations and communities.

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American Political Services (APS) is a global consulting firm specializing in national security, political consulting, and business expansion to developing markets. Its specialists have worked in more than 30 countries, with teams operating across the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. APS assists political parties and leaders to win elections and govern, helps businesses expand into new markets and work with foreign governments, and aids government leaders on policy and national security.

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Applied Neuro Insights, LLC is a team of UX researchers, designers, and research scientists with decades of experience conducting product usability testing and applied research. They offer remote and in-person UX research and software development services for healthcare, tech, and government clients, and conduct grant-funded neuroscience research for government partners using machine learning and AI to measure cognitive states and predict behavioral outcomes.

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Artemis Associates, LLC is a woman-owned business that promotes resilience for children, families, and communities. Grounded in direct service and person-centered care, it conducts assessments, provides consultation and training, engages in research, develops and shares knowledge, and advocates for compassionate, high-quality services for children and families in need. It is a qualified training vendor for the state of Massachusetts and certified as a woman business enterprise (WBE) with the Supplier Diversity Office.

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The Miles Agency is a Virginia Beach-based, 100% minority- and woman-owned marketing and public relations firm founded in 1989. It specializes in strategic communication, public and community relations, advertising, promotions, community engagement, meeting facilitation, and stakeholder communications for public agencies, infrastructure teams, nonprofits, corporations, and municipalities across Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the Mid-Atlantic.

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Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA Consulting or APA) is a federally-registered small business founded in 1983 that provides research and policy analysis on education issues. It has served clients in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including state legislatures, state education agencies, school districts, cities, foundations, and non-profits. APA focuses exclusively on early childhood, K-12, and higher education, with expertise in school finance, program evaluation, cost modeling, and cost-benefit analysis.

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BSP Research is a public opinion research firm that helps political, corporate, and community-based organizations understand and communicate with an increasingly diverse America. Founded by Matt Barreto and Gary Segura, the firm conducts polling, focus groups, message testing, and data analytics, with a focus on Latino, immigrant, and other under-represented communities.

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BCT Partners is a management consulting firm that tackles complex social problems through data analytics, innovative solutions and program management. It employs a multidisciplinary approach combining domain expertise, research, evaluation, technology, and organizational development, guided by the South African philosophy of Ubuntu.

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Bingle Research Group is a full-service marketing and branding research firm in Indianapolis offering custom qualitative and quantitative research solutions. With over 30 years of experience, it helps consumer and B2B companies make decisions on branding, marketing, advertising, and customer offerings or service.

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BLS Research & Consulting is a full-service market research and communication strategy firm founded in 2016 by Dr. Brittany L. Stalsburg. It uses qualitative and quantitative research to generate actionable insights and innovative strategies for organizations, brands, and companies, with specialized experience in social impact, nonprofit, and political sectors. It is a woman-owned, certified SBE/MBE in Connecticut and New York City.

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Bluemont Health Consulting is an LLC partnership founded in 2025 by Sue Felt-Lisk, MPA, and Martha Kovac, MPH, each drawing on three decades of experience leading healthcare research, data collection, and advisory services projects. The firm provides healthcare clients with strategic advice to accelerate progress and adaptation in a changing landscape, improving health outcomes and experiences for health professionals and their patients.

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BrowneMusser is a full-service advertising agency that creates strategic communication and marketing solutions. It offers marketing services including communication strategy, brand audits, focus groups, brand positioning, content strategy, media planning and buying, graphic design, integrated advertising campaigns, brand identity, app design and development, photography, short films, explainer videos, TV commercials, web development, and social media strategy.

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Buyer Advertising is a strategic communications agency providing digital recruitment branding, marketing and advertising solutions. It offers recruitment technology solutions, including its Talent Engine search-engine-optimized hiring platform that helps recruiters attract, engage and track candidates. The company also provides brand development, media strategy and buying, and consumer marketing services.

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B. Weyland Smith Consulting is a consulting group focused on providing a comprehensive support team for all dimensions of public health and grant data. The team collaborates with clients to develop strategies to enhance behavioral and public health programs and interventions, using a person-first, data-informed approach. Located in Central Connecticut and available for national consultation.

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By The Numbers is a firm that provides evaluation, planning, surveys, focus groups, and statistics services. Its projects span Pre-K Education, K-12 Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, and Human Services.

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C.E.K. & Partners, based in Atlanta, is a certified woman-owned marketing agency that provides market research, brand strategy, brand purpose, content marketing, and design and web development services. It serves CMOs, product marketers and sales leaders from mid-size to Fortune 500 companies, with industry expertise in payments, FinTech, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, supply chain and technology.

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C & H Williams & Associates (CHWA), LLC is an American consulting firm in Cordova, TN, founded on April 22, 2022, that specializes in process, impact, outcome, and summative evaluation for governmental/non-governmental, profit/non-profit, and community and faith-based organizations. Its team includes evaluators, social and behavioral scientists, public health officials, educators, financial planners, and IT professionals with over 75 years of experience in applied research and evaluation.

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Clarity Jury Consulting is a jury consulting firm serving law firms throughout the USA, with locations in San Diego, CA, Columbus, OH, and Gulfport, MS. Led by Leticia Ostler, the team of experienced jury consultants provides an educated, experienced, and objective view of cases, helping attorneys understand how jurors will react from opening statements to trial graphics and animation, at any stage of the trial, pre-trial, or post-trial process.

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CLO Enterprises, LLC is a strategic communication and video production firm that specializes in reaching clients' audiences using radio, television, print, social media, and event-based campaigns. It provides results-oriented strategic communication, public relations, and marketing tailored to clients' business and marketing objectives, along with research-based marketing solutions.

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Community Language Cooperative (CLC) provides interpretation services, focus groups, and inclusivity/diversity training to make community, academic and governmental events more accessible. Founded in 2014, it began as an interpretation and translation cooperative and grew into a language justice movement across Colorado, centering radical inclusion, sharing power, and dismantling oppressive systems affecting linguistically diverse communities.

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