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Trusted by brands, marketing & creative agencies and even other research agencies to deliver high-quality brand research.
UK offices with global research reach
5 offices
Clients served from start-ups to enterprise
320+
Established UK market research agency
2008
4,595+
Approved supplier to over 320 organisations
Measure and improve your brand performance with clear, actionable insight.
MRFGR is a UK-based brand research company delivering brand research services for B2B and B2C organisations.
Brand Research Agency for B2B & B2C Organisations
UK Team
with Global Reach
Tailored methodologies
not off-the-shelf approaches
High participant attendance & engagement rates
Consistently strong attendance and engagement
Insight you can act on
Not just reports
Measure brand awareness, perception & positioning
Clear, structured measurement you can track and act on
Research built around you
Tailored to your objectives
Real participants
Not panel-driven shortcuts
Senior-led research
No junior hand-offs
Why Clients Choose MRFGR
Brand Research Services We Deliver
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Measure brand awareness and recall
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Understand brand perception and positioning
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Identify drivers of loyalty and engagement
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Track brand performance over time
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Explore attitudes through qualitative research
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Validate findings with quantitative research
MRFGR supports a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, including:
Ready to explore your brand research project?
Clear, actionable findings are delivered to support confident decision-making.
4. Deliver insight and reporting
Research is delivered using carefully sourced participants and robust methodology.
3. Conduct the research
We recommend the most suitable methodology based on your objectives.
2. Design the research approach
We start by understanding your brand, audience and research goals.
1. Define your objectives
How Our Brand Research Works
Every participant is carefully sourced, screened and verified — ensuring your brand research is built on reliable, real-world data.
Work with a research partner you can rely on.
Clear tracking of brand performance over time
Consistent, high-quality data
Greatly reduced risk of “professional respondents”
Carefully verified participants
Human-led recruitment and screening
Insight focused on real commercial decisions
Tailored methodologies for each project
Senior researchers involved from design to reporting
Clear measurement of awareness, perception and positioning
Research designed specifically around your brand objectives
MRFGR Brand Research
Limited ability to track consistent brand metrics
Inconsistent data quality and reliability
High risk of poor quality participants gaming the system
Limited verification of respondents
Heavy reliance on automated panels
Reports that lack clear, actionable outcomes
Rigid, standardised methodologies
Work often passed to juniors and/or delegated across teams
Inconsistent or unclear brand measurement
Generic, one-size-fits-all research approaches
Typical Research Providers
MRFGR vs Other Agencies
Many research providers rely on standardised approaches and automated panels, which can result in unreliable data and limited insight.
MRFGR takes a more rigorous, hands-on approach to ensure brand research findings are accurate, relevant and actionable.
Why Our Brand Research Delivers More Reliable Insight Than Panel-Based Approaches
Unlike some research providers that rely on ongoing retainers or unclear pricing structures, MRFGR typically works on fixed project fees. Clients know exactly what to expect from the outset, allowing them to plan research projects with confidence.
Transparent Fixed Project Pricing
A significant proportion of our work comes from returning clients and referrals. Organisations that work with MRFGR very often continue to partner with us for future research projects because they value our responsiveness, transparency and consistent quality. Our approach is built on long-term relationships rather than short-term engagements.
Long-Term Client Relationships
MRFGR is a very close-knit team of research specialists who take personal pride in every project we deliver. This culture of accountability ensures that every client receives the attention and care their research deserves.
Culture of Accountability
The MRFGR Cornerstones
MRFGR is trusted by many marketing & creative agencies, consultancies and even other market research agencies to deliver research on their behalf — a strong reflection of the quality and reliability we bring to every project.
We regularly support these organisations with research design, participant recruitment, fieldwork execution and full project delivery — often working behind the scenes under NDA or white-label arrangements.
Our team are accustomed to working to strict project requirements, tight deadlines and the high standards expected by agencies and their clients.
For you, this means you’re working with a team trusted not just by brands, but by the agencies behind them — ensuring your research is in safe, experienced hands.
Research Partner Trusted by Many Agencies
We are approved suppliers to 100s of well known institutions. A small sample are shown below.
Approved Institutional Suppliers to
We work with 1000s of end-clients. A small sample are shown below.
Clients
A regional transport provider conducted a brand awareness study across multiple service locations to assess its position within local markets.
The research combined online and in-person approaches to capture both broad awareness and location-specific insight, including feedback from existing users.
The study provided a clear view of how the brand performs against local competitors, identifying opportunities to improve visibility, strengthen positioning and optimise marketing activity.
Brand Awareness Study (Transport Sector)
A consumer brand conducted research across multiple international markets to identify the most effective brand ambassadors for local audiences.
Survey-based research evaluated potential ambassadors against key attributes such as trust, expertise and relatability.
The study revealed clear differences in audience preferences across markets, enabling confident selection of ambassadors best suited to resonate within each region.
Brand Ambassador Research (Multi-Market)
A US-based quick-service restaurant brand commissioned research to evaluate brand awareness and customer response for its UK franchise locations.
A blended approach captured both general market perception and real-world customer feedback at and around operational sites.
The study provided a clear indication of brand recognition, local demand and customer sentiment, helping inform decisions around future marketing investment and support for UK franchise activity.
Brand Awareness & Market Evaluation (Hospitality Sector)
A UK housing provider commissioned a brand perception study to understand how its brand is viewed within the market, alongside broader consumer attitudes towards new-build properties.
A mixed-method approach provided both scale and depth of insight across its core target audience.
The research revealed that while awareness across the sector is high, meaningful differentiation between brands is limited, with perceptions driven more by assumptions around build quality and customer experience than by marketing activity.
The findings highlighted opportunities to strengthen brand positioning and increase advocacy, informing future customer experience and communication strategies.
Brand Perception Study (Housing Sector)
Brand Research
Case Studies
125+ Reviews
Mark
Heathrow Express
"Over the past year, we have had the pleasure of working with MRFGR on multiple projects, and we cannot recommend them highly enough. Their communication throughout our engagements has been excellent, always prompt and clear, which has greatly facilitated our processes. The team at MRFGR, although small, is exceptionally knowledgeable and dedicated. Their expertise is evident in their ability to obtain high sample sizes and deliver well-published results. What sets them apart is how easily their findings are translated into actionable insights, ensuring that we can swiftly and effectively utilise the data. Their speed of delivery is truly impressive. We consistently receive results in good time, which is crucial for our fast-paced operations. MRFGR has proven to be an invaluable partner, and their service has consistently exceeded our expectations. For anyone in need of reliable, efficient, and insightful research services, MRFGR comes highly recommended."
Olivia
Confidential Client
"MRFGR have been absolutely brilliant! The videos we have received from their respondents have been perfect - they clearly brief their people really well and you can tell from the content we receive. They give clear communication & are on hand to help at all times. We give them some crazy tight timelines and they turn things around for us so quickly and without stress - even when the respondents are coming from multiple countries. I highly recommend Matthew & Paul - they're fab!"
Amy
Febreze
"I would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the work that you recently carried out for us. Stephen Essex and MRFGR were recommended to me by a colleague. It was important for us to find a company who could understand and deliver our brief on a very tight schedule. Stephen demonstrated a level of knowledge and professionalism that gave us the assurance that this would be achieved. The result was a report that clearly met the objectives of our brief, was presented in a professional manner, which then enabled us to present the findings to our customer with confidence. We would not hesitate to recommend or use Stephen again."
Testimonials
No sales team. No juniors. No obligation.
Talk directly with our senior research team, regardless of whether you're new to research or a research pro.
Receive a Brand Research Feasibility & Project Quote.
"We usually respond within 30 mins of your enquiry, where we'll schedule to talk (directly with me), at a time convenient to you about your project requirements (or we can communicate vie email if this is preferred).
We'll advise on the initial research feasibility and research design, and follow-up with a fixed price brand research quote."
Matthew Whitaker
MRFGR - Head of Projects
