Colmar Brunton


Colmar Brunton is a market research agency founded in New Zealand in 1981.

Services

Colmar Brunton provides a full-service market research offering. As at 30 June 2009, it employs over 150 full-time staff and 600 part-time staff.
It is also Australia's largest independent market research agency. Its head office is in Sydney, Australia, with other offices in the Australian cities of Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra, as well as in New Zealand and Canada.
There are two Colmar Brunton organisations in operation in the Asia Pacific Region.

History

The first Colmar Brunton was founded in New Zealand and still operates locally with the head office in Auckland.

Expansion

Colmar Brunton Australia is an independent, international market research agency that split away from Colmar Brunton New Zealand in the 90s'. It is Australia's largest independent market research agency. Its head office is in Sydney, Australia, with other offices in the Australian cities of Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra, as well as subsidiaries in New Zealand and Canada. Colmar Brunton Australia specialises in qualitative and quantitative research, using a wide variety of research methodologies. Its subsidiary companies provide performance benchmarking and marketing consultancy services.

Significant Works

Government of Australia

Colmar Brunton has undertaken work for the Government of Australia through various agencies and departments. In 2011, the firm provided services related to "Evaluation of welfare reform and employment" in the NTER. In 2015, Colmar Brunton provided services to the government agency AusTrade.
Other agencies and departments that have engaged Colmar Brunton include: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Medicare Australia, Department of Health, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Taxation Office, Family Court and Federal Circuit Court, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Department of Finance, Department of Education, Department of the Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Australian State Governments

Colmar Brunton was engaged by the Government of South Australia to provide market research services for the Motor Accident Commission from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 until 2013. In 2016, Colmar Brunton won a $1 million 6-month contract to provide Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research Services to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet of the Government of South Australia. The work was awarded in February during the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission with work undertaken from June through December.
Colmar Brunton has worked for the Victorian Government and the Queensland Government.

Private Sector

Colmar Brunton's private sector clients include Fuji Xerox, CanStar Blue, the Australian Farmers Markets Association, the Bavarian Beer Cafe and others.