B2B data collection for policy & academic research
We recruit and verify business professionals, public sector stakeholders and technical experts across Europe for policy, regulatory and academic studies. Our approach combines targeted B2B outreach, professional verification and GDPR-compliant data collection, making it suitable for complex multi-country studies where respondent quality and role relevance matter.
Verified B2B respondents
Reach real professionals who match your target criteria by role, seniority, sector, company size and geography. Respondents can be verified through business email, LinkedIn profile review, company domain checks and additional quality controls where required.
Multi-country EU coverage
Support for studies across EU27 and wider European markets, including hard-to-reach business audiences in smaller countries. Feasibility is assessed upfront by country, audience and incidence to avoid unrealistic fieldwork assumptions.
Targeted digital recruitment
For narrow or low-incidence audiences, we combine curated contact data, LinkedIn-based targeting, email outreach and screening. This is especially useful when traditional panels or CATI alone cannot reliably identify the right professional audience.
Need to know if your target audience is feasible?
Send us your target group, countries, sample size and timeline. We will assess feasibility, recruitment approach and recommended verification checks before fieldwork starts.
GDPR-compliant recruitment for policy and academic studies
Policy and academic studies often involve sensitive professional audiences, public-sector stakeholders or business respondents contacted outside traditional panels. Our recruitment processes are designed around GDPR-compliant communication, clear consent, transparent invitation wording and secure handling of respondent data.
Compliance is considered at each stage: source selection, invitation, screening, verification, participation, incentive handling and final data delivery.
How we verify B2B respondents
For policy and academic studies, the risk is not only low response rate. The bigger risk is collecting data from people who do not truly match the target group. We apply layered verification to reduce this risk and confirm that respondents are relevant professionals.
Depending on the project, checks can include company email validation, LinkedIn profile review, company domain matching, job-title screening, sector validation, professional background review and incentive controls. This helps distinguish genuine business professionals from general survey takers.
Audiences we recruit for policy and academic studies
Policy and academic studies often require input from professionals who are difficult to identify in standard panels. We help define, source and verify B2B audiences based on policy topic, sector, role, country and decision-making relevance.
Small businesses, employers, founders, operations leads
SMEs & business decision-makers
Reach owners, founders, general managers and senior decision-makers in SMEs and larger companies. Relevant for studies on regulation, administrative burden, labour markets, access to finance, digitalisation, sustainability reporting and cross-border trade.
Policy officers, municipal staff, public administrators, regulators
Public sector & regulatory stakeholders
Recruit professionals involved in policy implementation, local administration, regulation, inspection, procurement or public service delivery. Suitable for studies where institutional experience and jurisdiction-specific knowledge are required.
Engineers, technical managers, product compliance, ESG, EPR leads
Technical & regulatory experts
Reach professionals with specialist knowledge of products, materials, infrastructure, compliance, EPR, ESG, safety standards or technical implementation. These audiences are valuable for policy topics where general business respondents cannot provide reliable answers.
HR, labour market, training, skills, workforce planning
Employers & labour market stakeholders
Recruit HR leaders, training managers, workforce planners and employer representatives for studies on skills gaps, recruitment, working conditions, mobility, apprenticeships, platform work and labour-market regulation.
Investors, financial managers, CFOs, ESG finance stakeholders
Financial & investment stakeholders
Reach finance professionals, investors, CFOs and analysts for studies on access to finance, investment behaviour, ESG reporting, green finance, risk, innovation funding and market confidence.
Digital, AI, cybersecurity, data, product and IT decision-makers
Digital transformation & technology experts
Recruit IT leaders, product managers, cybersecurity specialists, AI and data professionals and digital transformation decision-makers. Relevant for studies on AI adoption, digital regulation, data governance, cybersecurity, platform markets and technology use in business.
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